& the first slip into clear running water by the moon. I want to be a wild animal caught in the glimpse of your gaze & when you look again I am gone. Make the memory of my body a flock of bats erupting. A feral bark. Let the threat of myself prowl. I would like to live on as the plummet in...
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Girly Girls
Content warning: gun violence It was Christmas Eve and Ogre had a semi-automatic pistol in her waistband. Her hand flinched towards it every other minute—when a car door slammed around the corner, when Liq let out a muffled laugh, when a neighbour’s dog whined at its leash. She stumbled on the back...
Stanley Park
look back and you’ll find a boy hot on your trail. smiling at your arms outstretched. reaching for something called horizon. the cold breeze. the gloveless fingers. I don’t mind if you’re in front. if somehow. I could frame this place on a map of us. I’ll tell you a secret: (I don’t know if I’ve...
Plenitude Reading at the Vancouver Public Library on August 26
It’s a Pride mashup! To celebrate Pride in Vancouver through the month of August, Plenitude Magazine is pairing with the Vancouver Public Library for a live literary reading and speed friending event! On Tuesday, August 26 at 6:30pm, join us at the downtown branch to hear local Plenitude authors...
No Place Like Far-From-Home: A Review of I Remember Lights by Ben Ladouceur
Reviewed by Andrew Woodrow-Butcher Ben Ladouceur, I Remember Lights (Book*hug Press, 2025), 268 pp., $24.95. On October 22, 1977, Montreal police raided gay bars Truxx and Le Mystique, arresting all on-site staff and patrons in what was, at the time, the largest mass arrest in Canadian history...
From the Archives: Digital Issues 1 to 5 Available Again
When Plenitude Magazine first started in 2012, we published traditional issues in print and digital versions. Five issues in total were published before we transitioned to an online-only format, with content posted regularly each month to our website. The first five issues were no longer digitally...
