THE UNCONVENTIONAL COURIER

A gruesome game of segregation, played while the man upstairs watches from above. Somewhere someone always pays the price. And fellow...

By Claire Kroening (Instagram: @clairerosek) September-spilled memories hold me to after-hours I hope to forget- from the brick walls,...

By Jennifer Klein (Instagram: @jenniferkleinreal) Sunken Friendships People always talk about perished romance Decaying petals on a...

Written by Carrie Knowles (Twitter: @CarrieJKnowles Instagram: @carriejknowles Website: cjanework.com) Angie watched as the clock on the...

Written by Jonas David (@thejonasdavid) “The final mystery is oneself.” ― Oscar Wilde I’m bound to start eventually, I told myself again,...

Written by Mick Donaldson (Twitter: @donaldson_mick) “How senseless is everything that can ever be written, done, or thought, when such...

Written by Emmanuel Adanegbe (IG: @emmanueladanegbe Twitter: @emmanueladanegbe1) ...and my eyes no longer gaze the same on the face of...

Written by Ashwini Gangal (Twitter: @writerashwini) “I tell my students there is such a thing as ‘writer’s block,’ and they should...

We at The Unconventional Courier wish to thank the writer/artist/photographer Tetè DePunk for her thoughtful photograph of The Hart House...

How do you know when to walk away from a work? Ashwini Gangal: Oh it’s simple. I know it’s time to walk away from work when my physical...

Interviewed by the editors Interview with Peter Devonald In Issue 8, the editors interviewed award-winning scriptwriter, novelist, and...

By Steven David Lampley (Facebook: @stevendavidlampley) JUST ME They've gone on before Like the places I used to go. It's all changed,...

By R.S. (IG:@thepoetrywindmill) Life Goes On I've learned about life: it goes on: In restless breaths is time inhaled, Right after dark,...

By Peter Donnelly (Twitter:@Peatstweet) After the French of Charles Baudelaire. One night, the soul was wine warbling in its bottles:...

By Shamik Banerjee (Instagram: @where_tales_end) The Aim is Not Like a Bulk Cedar Tree The aim is not like a bulk Cedar tree, to have...

By Shawn Scott Smith (Twitter: @luckycreature Website: @luckycreature.com ) "The Railing" Smooth metal with the occasional imperfection,...

By Adesokan Tunde (Toonday) (Twitter: @tunde_adesokan Instagram: @toondayatkins Facebook: tunde.w.adesokan) "Whoreship I" Abeni, Are your...

By Benjamin Jelkmann (FaceBook: @benjaminjelkmannwriter) "Adrift" Waves of rum crash behind his eyes, Rhythmic with the gentle swell in...

By Ali Ashhar (Twitter: @AliAshhar11 Instagram: @ali_ashhar1) You are not the rattle of 1K likes or 10K followers You are the serene...

Written by Nancy Jorgensen (@Facebook: nancy.jorgensen.7 Twitter: @NancyJorgensen Instagram: @Nancjoe Website: NancyJorgensen.weebly.com)...