June 2025

Soft blue lights rippled along the walls of the subway tunnel with curved lines of light and dark passing by. It gave the illusion that we were travelling under water, the light shining down through waves above us. In reality, it was an advertisement for the Sillwood aquarium, using projectors mounted in the tunnels. The […]

The door clicked shut. For a moment, as I looked down the barrel of a gun, the air felt as stale as that parkade where I’d encountered Squish. I fought the urge to move or Shape antlers. Who knew how itchy his trigger finger was? Vanessa, AJ, and Zola watched with alarm on their faces.

AJ in his red hoodie appeared on the balcony and he deftly climbed over the side and dropped on top of a dumpster and then to the ground. He made sure his hood was on and then stuffed his hands into his pockets and approached Nell and I. “Hey Peep,” I said. “This is Nell,