Editor, Gail Entrekin

Published by Hip Pocket Press
Managing Editor, Charles Entrekin
All work reprinted by permission of authors.

Issue Number 68, Spring 2025

Editor's Remarks

Greetings, Canary authors and readers. Happy Spring. It’s a dark time in so many ways, especially for the future of the planet. But the rose and gold finches are eating at the feeders in my front yard, the daffodils are in bloom, and we must have hope for the future.

In my little microcosm of the world, my husband, Charles, the Managing Editor of Hip Pocket Press, the parent press of both Canary and Sisyphus online magazines, passed away on February 12 after years of living with blindness and Parkinson’s Disease. I need not say what a deep hole he leaves in the fabric of my life and in the life of the press we both love.

But the sun is still out, there’s a huge turkey strutting around under the redwood tree outside my window, and my dog companion Seamus is whining to give chase. His blood is up. The sap is rising. It’s spring once again.

May you stop to notice the beauty we are still blessed with. May you feel hopeful. May you be safe. May you do what you can to help.

Gail Entrekin, Editor

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