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METAL

METAL
Issue eighteen, "METAL," is 60 pages of poetry, essays, original art, photography and reviews, edited by Carleigh Baker and David James Brock.
Editorial
Letter from the Editor
by Carleigh Baker
Letter from the Editor
by David James Brock
Essay
Fives Times Metal Jmped the Three-Headed Hydra
by Luke Meat
Poems
hephaestus, at the forge
by Brittney Hubley
Satan, at Pandemonium
by Chris Koenig-Woodyard
a love poem for Nathan Explosion
by Dessa Bayrock
Interview with the Dummer
by Adam Pottle
buying Tramadol at El Ture while listening to Brujeria
by Aldona Dziekdziejko
for kim gordon
by buster frequency
A Teenage Hymn
by Khashayar Mohammadi
Metaloid
by John Barton
Live from the Battery
by Joe Bishop
god
by Anne Schernekau
rosaries in hand
by Tawahum Justin Bige
APOCALYPSE PARROT SCREAMS FOR VENGEANCE
by MA|DE
soft mosh 1
by Simon Brown
soft mosh 2
by Simon Brown
soft mosh 3
by Simon Brown
poem in the style of zakk wylde's siganture gibson les paul
by Andrew Zuliani
Bloodbuzz, New Brunswick
by Matt Stranach
Crush 'em on the Coast
By Kevin Spenst
Your Lair is My Lair, Apparently
by Penn Kemp
Threshold
by Mikaela Asfour
Cosmetics
by Leanne Dunic
Bicycle
by Hannah Hackney
KOKUM IS SO METAL
by Jessica Johns
The End of Metal (2009)
by Catherine Owen
Reviews
I left nothing inside on purpose by Stevie Howell
reviewed by Matthew Walsh
The Tide by Jake Byrne
reviewed by David Ly
Calling a Wolf a Wolf by Kaveh Ackbar
reviewed by Anna Maxymiw
Interview
An Interview with Waubgeshig Rice
conducted by Carleigh Baker
Due to errors in editing, the print edition did not include an artist credit for Owen Plummer, who collaborated on a set of illustrations with Kevin Spenst. We sincerely apologize for this error and are making a corrected version available here. We would also like to include a corrected version of Mikaela Joy Asfour's Threshold. We are truly honoured to have published beautiful work by both Owen and Mikaela. Again, we are sorry for these errors.
Executive Editors
Ben Rawluk
Dina Del Bucchia
Guest Editors
Carleigh Baker
David James Brock
Art Director
Will Brown
Copy Editor
Elena Johnson
Volunteer
Mariah Devcic
Art Contributors
Rob Potter
William DeHoogh
Mike Yuhtenko
Austin Wehrwein
Nathan Dumlao
Mike Ko
Hannes Wolf
Mari Pa
Adrien Olichon
Alexander Krivitskiy
Joe Muniz
Owen Plummer
Kevin Spenst
Tom Barrett
Jeroen Wehkamp
David Cohen
Ramandan Morina
Jeremy Bishop
MIchael Mancewicz
Bash Fish
Patrick Hendry
Imani Clovis
Editorial Board
andrea bennett
Elee Kraljii Gardiner
Nikki Reimer
Sheryda Warrener
Shazia Hafiz Ramji
Sonnet L’Abbé
Sachiko Murakami
Christina Cooke
Jillian Christmas
Board of Directors
Aimee Ouellette
Roxan Marucot
Anthony Casey
Cynara Geissler
Jen Sookfong Lee
Web Designer
Left Right Minds
Printer
Hemlock Ltd.
Publisher
Daniel Zomparelli