CHAMELEON | Contents

contents 2008

F I C T I O N and P O E T R Y


Cover Letter —fiction	Cam Lavender

Saint Charlie—novel excerpt	Kellee Ngan

My Mother’s Ghost—fiction	Ria Voros

Girls’ Wrestling Team—poetry	Jamella Hagan
Driving Daytona—poetry

Confessions of Jewish/Catholic Princess—non-fiction	Marlisse Silver Sweeney

A Body Tale—fiction	Jenny Fjellgaard

Kerri—non-fiction	Mary Leighton

Last Kiss in Kensington Market—poetry	Marie-Helene Westgate

Screen Door—fiction	Lia Granger

And Apparently, Cigarettes—fiction	John Mavin

Dilton Doiley—poetry	Catharine Chen
It’s OK to Be Obsessed with Your Hair—poetry
Jughead Jones—poetry

Gotta Have My Man—stageplay excerpt	Kari-Lynn Winters


Illustration Credits Aidan Cassie—Screen Door Deborah Morriss—Kerri Kathryn E. Shoemaker—Cover Letter & It’s OK to Be Obsessed with Your Hair Tami Thirlwell—My Mother’s Ghost & Gotta Have My Man
Editorial Team—Caleb Das , Jess Hodgins , Sarah Maitland, Kaleigh Wisman

editors’ note The editors wish to thank Michelle Winegar, Alison Acheson and the team at Educational Insights for their support of this magazine.

Faculty Advisors—Alison Acheson, Michelle Winegar

Cover—Jess L. Heart

Web Design Team—Lynn Fels and the team at Educational Insights in the Centre for Cross-Faculty Inquiry, in the Faculty of Education at the University of British Columbia

C h a m e l e o n is published yearly by the Program of Creative Writing, epartment of Theatre, Film and Creative Writing at the University of British Columbia. Content is copyright the authors and illustrators, © 2008. Reproduction, in whole or part, is prohibited without the permission of the authors and artists.