Room, Author at ROOM Magazine

Behind the Glass

Posted by Room | Jan 7, 2009 | Creative Non-Fiction, Reading Room

The honourable mention in our 2009 creative non-fiction contest, judged by Deborah Campbell. Some men go through a transition stage in their mid-thirties, settling in or moving on to something or someone new. For women,...

Lakeshore

Posted by Room | Mar 10, 2008 | Poetry, Reading Room

Arriving at the lakeshore one morning I came upon a poem Arriving at the lakeshore one morning I came upon a poem not of pristine sailboats cutting into precise horizons nor of the watercolour sunrise, nor even of the sound the...

Bliss

Posted by Room | Mar 10, 2008 | Fiction, Reading Room

The island, thirty-five minutes by air off the coast of Belize, is too small for anything like a runway. The island, thirty-five minutes by air off the coast of Belize, is too small for anything like a runway. Instead it offers...

I Visited the Grand Canyon

Posted by Room | Dec 1, 2007 | Fiction, Reading Room

There is no point in describing a man who traverses Nova Scotia on a ten-speed bike with a concertina strapped to his back, is there? Let’s just say that Randy was resourceful, which is why he answered my ad in the first place....

Mother Earth at the bar

Posted by Room | Jun 22, 2007 | Poetry, Reading Room

Truth be told, sometimes she gets bored of the bowing down, all that blessing her with gentle hands. Come night she wants to wade through a mess of hips and eyes Truth be told, sometimes she gets bored of the bowing down, all...