The Contents
Read by Paul Bellini as the voice of Taddle Creek
The Masthead
Read by Moe Berg
The Indicia
Read by Moe Berg
The Contributors
Read by Moe Berg
The Mail
Read by Jenny Hall, Terri Favro, Brian Joseph Davis, and Paul Bellini as the voice of Taddle Creek
Proper Capitalization
By Taddle Creek
The Ephemera · Read by Paul Bellini as the voice of Taddle Creek
The Apology
By Taddle Creek
The Ephemera · Read by Paul Bellini as the voice of Taddle Creek
Ultra
By Sara Heinonen
The Fiction · Read by Sara Heinonen
Tart. Sweet. Crunchy. Crisp.
By Gary Barwin
The Fiction · Read by Gary Barwin
The Princess Is Dead
By Heather Hogan
The Fiction · Read by Heather Hogan
Speaker
By Gil Adamson
The Fiction · Read by Ryan Bigge and Kevin Connolly
A Situation Comedy
By Lee Henderson
The Fiction · Read by the Taddle Creek Players*
The Grass Seed
By Claudia Dávila
The Fiction · Read by Alexandra Leggat
The Suffering Trickster
By Sally McKay and Von Bark
The Profile · Read by Derek McCormack
Slim Curiosity
By Conan Tobias
The Features · Read by Nathaniel G. Moore
A Better (Sub)way?
By Alfred Holden
The Features · Read by Alfred Holden
My Town Restaurant
By Dave Lapp
The Comix · Read by Dave Lapp
Be Careful, It’s My Heart
By Patrick Rawley
The Poems · Read by Patrick Rawley
Untitled, by Zelda Sayre
By Adrienne Weiss
The Poems · Read by Adrienne Weiss
Pigeon III
By Chris Chambers
The Poems · Read by Chris Chambers
Reading Ma Jian on the Farm
By Alexandra Leggat
The Poems · Read by Alexandra Leggat
New Texas
By Chris Michalski
The Poems · Read by Paul Vermeersch
All You Need Is Lorazepam
By Evie Christie
The Poems · Read by John Degen
The Bonus Track
Artist Unknown
* Ryan Blakely as Jasper, Andy Boorman as Cliff, Jeanie Calleja as Mallory, Gabriela Hahn as Gwen, Gord Rand as Rosy, Adrienne Weiss as the fiancée, Dave MacKinnon as the boss, Conan Tobias as the loser and the paramedic, and Chris Chambers as the narrator.
Credits
The producer and masterer: Dave MacKinnon. The executive producer: Conan Tobias. Recorded May 21 & 25, 2008, at the Junkshop, in Toronto’s Little Italy. Poems recorded live at the I.V. Lounge Reading Series, April 11, 2008. (“Tart. Sweet. Crunchy. Crisp.” recorded by Gary Barwin at the National Rhyme Institute Regional Rhyme Gland Sound Laboratory, Hamilton, May 11, 2008.) Laugh track on “A Situation Comedy” courtesy of SoundSnap. The Bonus Track © Steam Whistle Brewing. This downloadable talking edition of Taddle Creek was released for free in conjunction with the summer, 2008, issue of the magazine. Please distribute. Print rights to all individual works remain the property of the authors. © 2008 by Vitalis Publishing, P.O. Box 611, Station P, Toronto, Ontario M5S 2Y4. All rights reserved. Made in Canada. VITMP3 1002.