Canadian Stories, A Folk Magazine Written By or About Canadians

CHRISTMAS MEMORIES
The Christmas Parcel by Paula Brine Hogan		1
Boxing Day by Susanna Voth Wiebe		1
Christmas 2018 by Glenn Lloyd		2
Arnie and Corby Meet Santa Claus by Rosemary Lyle		3
The Secret of Christmas by Ruth Scoullar		3
A Child’s Christmas in Memory by Gary E. Miller		4
The New Santa by Gary E. Miller		5
And A Little Child Shall Lead Them by Jean Spicer O’Hearn		6
The Gift - A True Story by Ed Janzen		8
Boot Camp Christmas by Marilyn Scoville		9
On by Glenn Lloyd		10
STORIES
Goalie Girl by Denyse Gervais Regan	Featured Story	11
Henry’s Violin by Marcel Gervais		12
Push! in Polish as told to Nesta Primeau		13
A Gift from the Grey Hound by Susanna Voth Wiebe		14
My ‘46 Monarch by Barry Moore		15
Sundays at Sunnyside by Harold Studholm		17
Unlikely Flight by Gail Gifford		18
Quick-Acting Snail-Mail by Eileen M. Harris		19
A Story About The Family Farm in Centreville, King’s County, Nova Scotia by Mack Frail		19
Three Hour Pass by Shirley Callaghan		21
So We Moved Out, To B.C. in August 1936 by Bob Patmore		21
Two Stories: The Flower and The Cricket by Linda Payne		23
To Do List by Peter C. Joyce		24
The Change in Madison by David E. Trouten		25
POETRY
Written at Twenty-Eight by Dawn Thompson		26
On Wires by I.B. Iskov		27
Snow Bank by James Deahl	Featured Poem	28
A Senior Move and Dollarmania by Glenn Lloyd		29
There Was An Old Woman and A Dog Called Monk by Margrit de Graff		30
The Art of Pitching by John Trott		31
Rebirth by Rachel Barduhn		31
Passchendaele by Neil Garvie		32
The Sniper by Gary E. Miller		33
Scenes from a Summer Afternoon by Patrick Connors		33
A Soccer Poem: For Marty and Krieghoff’s Black Horse by Tony Cosier		34
Snowflakes by Gary E. Miller		34
Fallen Heroes by Anieca Lloyd		35
We Can’t Forget and Snow by Anieca Lloyd		36
The Boat Next Door and Canoodling! by Jean Spicer O’Hearn		37
The Anonymous Poet by Lois Kromhoff		38
The Right to Write by Greg Turlock		38
Before the Credits Roll by Greg Turlock		39
To Cecil, My Tortoiseshell Persian Cat by Constance Loreen Haldenby		39
It Always Seems Something Else is More Fun and No Cheers for Progress by S.S. Winterton		40
PERSONAL ESSAY
Serendipity by Joan Gibson		41
I Am Not AWriter by Fay Herridge		43
City Girl Goes Country by Elaine Durst		45
Giving Change a Chance by Hilda Born		48
The Grass People by Kay Parley		49
Autographs 1950s by Alvin Ens		49
Three Canadian Stories by Lyle Dillabough		50
The 1962/3 Chevy II Nova Story continued by Ed Janzen		54
Nordik Joy by Peter C. Joyce		58
MORE POETRY
The Dishwasher and Taxes by Glenn Lloyd		60
The Digital Clock by Glen Lloyd		61
Appropriate or Inappropriate by Cora Goodyear		62
Stratford, Ontario, ACentury of Swans by Norma West Linder		62
Common Sense by Cora Goodyear		63
Cobwebs or, One of Those Days by Kathy Birt		64
Empty by Kathy Birt		65
LEST WE FORGET
World War One Veteran by Mack Frail		66
COLUMNS
Marie’s Musings by Marie Minaker		68
Bruno’s Column by Bruno Penner		68
From Peter’s Pen by Peter C. Joyce		68
7TH STORY ENDING CONTEST
Bullies Versus Bullets by Peter C. Joyce		69
8TH STORY ENDING CONTEST
The Magician by Gary E. Miller		70
LETTERS		70
Editor’s Postscript		72
2019 Contest Announcement		73
Story Ending Contest		Back Cover