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Issue 1

January 2021

Cannery Row Magazine

A Literary Journal ... with Benefits

Confessions of a Technophobe

by Tanja Rabe

Welcome Wagon

Knife Fight

by Mat Del Papa

Creative Nonfiction

Uncle Bob Says Fuck'em

by Tom LeDuc

  Poetry & Musings

A Certain Kind of Drunk

by John Jantunen

Short Fiction

A Higher Good

by Rebecca Kramer

Can of Worms

Rat Race

Ghost Song

by Tanja Rabe

Poetry & Musings

Christiane F.

by Uli Edel

Screenshots

Is This "Canadian Enough" For Ya?

by John Jantunen

Can of Worms

Home When Returned

The Day I Decided...

by Jenny Bingham

Poetry & Musings

Wrong Exit 

 by Tanja Rabe

 Creative Non-Fiction

The Tent City

by Rebecca Kramer

Poetry & Musings

Warm People

by Rebecca Kramer

Musical Interlude

Two Peas in a Pod

by Tom LeDuc

Poetry & Musings

Warrior Life

by Pamela Palmater

Book Review

  Born in Kingston - Made in Canada

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Issue 2

March 2021

Cannery Row Magazine

A Literary Journal ... with Benefits

What's in a Name?

by Tanja Rabe

Can of Worms

Peeking Through the Fence

by Tom Leduc

Poetry & Musings

A Small Northern Town

by Matthew Del Papa

Mat's Musings

Destination Covid

by Katerina Fretwell

Poetry & Musings

Niche

by John Jantunen

Short Fiction

Trees in Ice

by Rebecca Kramer

Musical Interlude

Did Jesus Smile?

by Rebecca Kramer

Creative Nonfiction

Once Were Warriors

by Lee Tamahori

Screenshots

A Story Seldom Told...

by John Jantunen

Editor's Desk

Mancala

by Denis Stokes

Poetry & Musings

Sex and Death

by Jacob Shulman

Short Fiction

House Call

by Matthew Del Papa

Short Fiction

Sea Change

by Cheryl Ruddock

Fishbone Gallery

Genetic Memory

by Nicholas Ruddock

Poetry & Musings

The English Lesson

by Tanja Rabe

Creative Nonfiction

Savage Gerry

by John Jantunen

Book Nook/ Mat

  Born in Kingston - Made in Canada

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Issue 3

May 2021

Cannery Row Magazine

A Literary Journal ... with Benefits

A Question of Subsistence (1)

by Tanja Rabe

Editor's Desk

Spring's Yellow Horde

by Mat Del Papa

Mat's Musings

Holes

Restaurant Dishwashers

by Roger Nash

Poetry & Musings

Ripe

by John Jantunen

Short Fiction

Last Hummingbird West of Chile

by Nicholas Ruddock

Book Release

Migrating Whales

by Rebecca Kramer

Musical Interlude

Terror in the Tub

by Rebecca Kramer

Creative Nonfiction

Whaler's Cove

by Gregory Patrick

Short Fiction

Wings of Desire

by Wim Wenders

Screenshots

A Tale of Two Kingstons

by John Jantunen

Can of Worms

Russian Ties

by Janet Calcaterra

Short Story

Fishbone Gallery

Robert Michelutti

Visual Arts

In Praise of Inferior Virtues

by Tanja Rabe

Creative Nonfiction

Animal Farm Updated

by Katerina Fretwell

Poetry & Musings

Look Ma, No Hands

by Mat Del Papa

Short Fiction

Southern Cross

by Denis Stokes

Poetry & Musings

Small Memories

by Jose Saramago

Book Nook

 Book Giveaway

  Savage Gerry

 by John Jantunen

  Born in Kingston - Made in Canada

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Issue 4

July 2021

Cannery Row Magazine

A Literary Journal ... with Benefits

A Question of Subsistence (2)

by Tanja Rabe

Editor's Desk

“They Had Always Done It”

by Katerina  Fretwell

Poetry & Musings

No Taxation Without Representation

by Mat Del Papa

Mat's Musings

Forest Discussion

by Rebecca Kramer

Musical Interlude

Life Has Infinite Value

by Rebecca Kramer

Can of Worms

Bread For The Sheep

by John Jantunen

Short Fiction

Rat Race

by Jerry Zucker

Screenshots

Disposable People

by John Jantunen

Can of Worms

In Praise of Skunks

by Roger Nash

Poetry & Musings

A Closet of Bad Feelings

by Mat Del Papa

Short Fiction

Fishbone Gallery

Rebecca Kramer

Photography

Nightshade Lullaby

by Tanja Rabe

Short Fiction

Safety

by Denis Stokes

Poetry & Musings

 

Last Hummingbird West of Chile

by Nicholas Ruddock

Book Nook

  Born in Kingston - Made in Canada

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Issue 5

September 2021

Cannery Row Magazine

A Literary Journal ... with Benefits

Jumping the Gun

by Tanja Rabe

Editor's Desk

Personal  Anthropocene

by Katerina Fretwell

Poetry & Musings

Unimpressed

by Mat Del Papa

Mat's Musings

Tobe Dervish

The Sandy Hookers

Musical Interlude

The Body Politic

by John Jantunen

Short Fiction

Is there a Mystery to

"Blind Obedience"?

by Nasreen Pejvack

Featured Essay

Basque Coast #1

by Katerina Fretwell

Poetry & Musings

Top Twenty

TV Show Binge Guide

by Tanja Rabe

Screenshots

The More Things Change...

by John Jantunen

Editor's Desk

Odd Fits

Motel Room Table

by Roger Nash

Poetry & Musings

Tourist Trap

by Matthew Del Papa

Short Fiction

Fungus Homunculus

 by Tanja Rabe

Fishbone Gallery

Policy Shmallacy

by Rebecca Kramer

Essay

Blue Pool

by Rebecca Kramer

Musical Interlude

The Error of Our Ways

by Tanja Rabe

Short Nonfiction

Atacama

by Carmen Rodríguez

Book Nook

  Born in Kingston - Made in Canada

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Issue 6

November 2021

Cannery Row Magazine

A Literary Journal ... with Benefits

The Cull of the Wild

by Tanja Rabe

Editor's Desk

Presidential Pet Peeve

by Mat Del Papa

Mat's Musings

Light-House Keeper

by Roger Nash

Poetry & Musings

An Island Risen in Fire

by Greg Patrick

Short Fiction

Cathedral Forest

by Rebecca Kramer

Musical Interlude

A Many Splendour'd Thing

by John Jantunen

Short Fiction

For the Coffin-Makers

by Denis Stokes

Poetry & Musings

The Education

of Little Tree

by Richard Friedenberg

Screenshots

On Reading to My Son

by John Jantunen

Editor's Desk

Autumn

by Roger & Chris Nash

Fishbone Gallery

Not a Snowball's Chance in H...

by Matthew Del Papa

Short Fiction

The View From Above

by Katerina Fretwell

Poetry & Musings

 

Shady the Shadfly

by Rebecca Kramer

Poetry & Musings

 

From Carson and Suzuki

to Thunberg

by Nasreen Pejvack

Featured Essay

Howling for Life

by Nasreen Pejvack

Poetry & Musings

The Hermit of Africville

by Jon Tattrie

Book Nook

  Born in Kingston - Made in Canada

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Issue 7

February 2022

Cannery Row Magazine

A Literary Journal ... with Benefits

Abandoned Objects

by Tanja Rabe

Editor's desk

Liberation

by Matthew Del Papa

Mat's Musings

Dandora Landfill

by Katerina Fretwell

Poetry & Musings

Scent of Place

by Randy Eady

Musings in Nature

Wintering

by Roger & Chris Nash

Fishbone Gallery

Farley

by John Jantunen

Short Fiction

Don't Look Up

by Adam McKay

Screenshots

Small Victories

by John Jantunen

Editor's Desk

Dragon's Blood

by Randy Eady

Art History

Nursing Doubts

by Mat Del Papa

Short Fiction

Psych Ward Privileges

by Rebecca Kramer

Mental Heath

West Coast Wonder

by Rebecca Kramer

Musical Interlude

The Crush

by Tanja Rabe

Creative Nonfiction

The Essential Role of Artists

by Senator Patricia Bovey

Speech Review

  Born in Kingston - Made in Canada

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Issue 8

May 2022

Cannery Row Magazine

A Literary Journal ... with Benefits

Occupational Hazards

by Tanja Rabe

Editor's Desk

Napoleon's Can

by Matthew Del Papa

Mat's Musings

In Memory of

Khalil Gibran

by Suzanne Mansour

Musical Interlude

A Woman's Place is . . .

Everywhere

by Nasreen Pejvack

Women's Rights

Spring Thoughts

Chris and Roger Nash

Fishbone Gallery

Final Round

by John Jantunen

Short Fiction

Maid

by John Wells

Screenshots

Potholes

by John Jantunen

Editor's Desk

In For a Dime

by John Jantunen

Book Release

Stones, Soles and

Survivor Solace

by Randy Eady

Art Therapy

The Dove of Peace

Speaks Out:

by Katerina Fretwell

Poetry & Musings

The Tail-End of Two Secrets

by Rebecca Kramer

Mental Health

Willow

by Rebecca Kramer

Musical Interlude

Adrenaline Junkie

by Les Edgerton

Book Nook

  Born in Kingston - Made in Canada

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Issue 9

August 2022

Cannery Row Magazine

A Literary Journal ... with Benefits

Chasing Distant Horizons

by Tanja Rabe

Editor's Desk

Water

by Katerina Fretwell

Poetry & Musings

Blue Hues of

Healing

by Randy Eady

Nature Therapy

Summer

by Roger & Chris Nash

Poetry & Musings

The Rise and Fall of

Randy Lavine

by John Jantunen

Short Fiction

Scholars and Reindeer

by Tasnuva Hayden

Poetry & Musings

The Commitments

by Tanja Rabe

Screenshots

Riding the R5 Express

by John Jantunen

Editor's Desk

America Not the Beautiful

by Katerina Fretwell

Poetry & Musings

Executive Privilege

by Mat Del Papa

Mat's Musings

Collage

by Alice Shapiro

Fishbone Gallery

The Freedom to

Self-Actualize

by Rebecca Kramer

Mental Health

Sea of Cloud

by Rebecca Kramer

Musical Interlude

On Finding Allies

in Fictional Authors

by John Jantunen

Book Nook

  Born in Kingston - Made in Canada

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Issue 10

November 2022

Cannery Row Magazine

A Literary Journal ... with Benefits

Seasonal Afflictions

by Tanja Rabe

Editor's Desk

Scattering Thoughts

by Roger Nash

Poetry & Musings

Fretting Over the Impossible

by Mat Del Papa

Mat's Musings

Ice Sculpture

by Rebecca Kramer

Musical Interlude

A Question of Maintenance

by John Jantunen

Creative Nonfiction

Three Thousand Years of Longing

by George Miller

Screenshots w/Randy

The Thin Blue Line to Hell

by John Jantunen

Editor's Desk

Night of the Krampus

by Randy Eady

Seasonal Folklore

Naming

by Katerina Fretwell

Poetry & Musings

My Brush with Suicide

by Rebecca Kramer

Mental Health

King's Town Splash

by Tanja Rabe

Fishbone Gallery

The Last Chieftain of Molokai

by Gregory Patrick

Short Fiction

  Born in Kingston - Made in Canada

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Issue 11

May 2023

Cannery Row Magazine

A Literary Journal ... with Benefits

Over the Rainbow

by Tanja Rabe

Editor's Desk

Canada's Dirty, Little Secret

by Mat Del Papa

Mat's Musings

Cellular

by Katerina Fretwell

Poetry & Musings

Victim

by John Jantunen

Short Fiction

Waterfall Symphony

by Rebecca Kramer

Musical Interlude

Beat Poetry and

Freudian Slip-Ups

by Rebecca Kramer

Poetry & Musings

Mason's Jar

by John Jantunen

Book Launch

In the Beginning...

by Chris Nash

Bio Excerpt

Spilt Kettle

by Roger Nash

Poetry & Musings

Whispering Womb

by Randy Eady

Natural History

Hired Muscle

by Matthew Del Papa

Short Fiction

Sunset Strip

by Tanja Rabe

Fishbone Gallery

Socrates vs. the State

by Craig Matheson

Poetry & Musings

Jerry Lewis Told Me

I Was Going To Die

by Matthew Del Papa

Book Nook

  Born in Kingston - Made in Canada

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Issue 12

 November 2023

Cannery Row Magazine

A Literary Journal ... with Benefits

The Education of Little Munch

by Tanja Rabe

Editor's Desk

Secret Ninja Squirrels

by Randy Eady

Nature's Critters

Opening Up the Cottage

by Roger Nash

Poetry & Musings

Tiers of Justice

by Mat Del Papa

Mat's Musings

Your Hand

by Rebecca Kramer

Musical Interlude

CB & BC

by John Jantunen

Short Fiction

Dream On

by Katerina Fretwell

Poetry & Musings

One of Those Days

by John Jantunen

Editor's Desk

Ode to Nikola

by Craig Matheson

Poetry & Musings

Miss Alice's Assignment

by Cheryl Romo

Short Fiction

Bending Tranquility

by CJ Jackson

Poetry & Musings

Far From the Maddening Crowd

by Tanja Rabe

Fishbone Gallery

The Cookie Deed

by Rebecca Kramer

Creative Nonfiction

Mason's Jar

by John Jantunen

Book Nook w/Mat

  Born in Kingston - Made in Canada

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