The subway car stops. Doors slide open. A crush of commuters wait for passengers to get out, then scramble for seats or jam themselves into nooks. The last ones grab onto straps and metal bars as the doors slide shut. The car shudders into motion. Tired faces succumb to a shared complacency. A Portuguese woman […]
Steven Mayoff
Steven Mayoff was born and raised in Montreal and moved to Prince Edward Island, Canada in 2001. His fiction and poetry have appeared in literary journals across Canada, the U.S. and abroad. His books include the story collection Fatted Calf Blues (Turnstone Press, 2009), the novel Our Lady Of Steerage (B&B, 2015), the poetry chapbook Leonard’s Flat (Grey Borders Books, 2018) and the full-length poetry collection Swinging Between Water and Stone (Guernica Editions, 2019).