QT
Queer Toronto Literary Magazine

No. 19

Flirting with Fire

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Whether it’s the initial spark of someone new or the slow burn of an ongoing crush, flirting ignites a fire within us. Maybe you’ve felt that excited embarrassment that will blush and burn your cheeks, or the way a lover’s touch will leave a trail of heat on your skin. Maybe you’ve been pulled into a dangerous, explosive passion like a moth to flame. Maybe you’ve gotten too close to the fire and been burned. Whatever it is, QT and the Bi+ Arts Festival invite you to explore Flirting with Fire.

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  1. Short Story

    Feed You to Each Other

    Daryl Bruce

  2. Forward

    On AI and the Unknowability of Art

  3. Poetry

    Spiced chocolate

    Anita (AJ) Dolman

  4. Short Fiction

    A Siren’s Blade

    Celina Lucarelli

  5. Poetry

    Late Night in a Field of Lillies

    Chantalyne Beausoleil

  6. Poetry \ Sketch

    Something Real

    Gladys Lou

  7. Poetry

    Sure-fire Guide to Success

    Sunny Chan

  8. Poetry

    Yonge and College

    Alana Boltwood

  9. Creative Nonfiction

    The Quick Start Guide to Dating Your Biromantic Demisexual

    Justin Ancheta

  10. Short Story

    TikTok Virgin

    Hollay Ghadery

  11. Poetry

    unmet needs

    JAM

  12. Visual Art

    Speak to Me

    Kris Lodu

  13. Visual Poetry

    Pride cums b4 Fall

    Gitanjali Lena

  14. collage

    be as gentle as you can

    Em Farquhar-Barrie

  15. Digital Illustration

    Her Love is Chaotic

    Ayonti Mahreen Huq

  16. Poetry

    you grow your hair long, i cut my hair short

    Leila Kazeminejad

  17. Digital illustration, 2021

    Are you...? \\ Tell Me More

    Vibeke Silverthorne

  18. Poetry

    Orange

    Emma Eaton

  19. Painting

    Bi's

    Alex Detullio

  20. Pen and Ink

    Untitled

    Shrew

  21. Poetry

    High water (water x earth)

    Alyssa Jane O’Dell

  22. Beadwork

    Rainbow Vulva

    Shine Maverick

  23. Poetry

    Numerology \\ Office Lunch

    Tamara Best

  24. Poetry

    The Four Act Story of You and Me

    Yael Tobón

  25. Poetry

    Molotov

    David Phillips

  26. Short Story

    The Big Top

    Nikolas Kimura

  27. Poetry

    Night Out

    KR Byggdin

  28. Poetry

    A Limerick History of My Queer Flirtations

    KL Dolson

  29. Poetry and Painting

    On Love/A Body of Love

    Akaash

  30. Painting

    The Tower

    Sarah Reive

  31. Painting

    Chesh Baazi

    Rojhin Taebi

  32. Acrylic on canvas

    New Lovers

    Alana Boltwood

  33. Short Story

    Alternate Reality

    Jenny O'Kell

  34. Poetry

    Unarchiving Desire

    Jade Crimson Rose Da Costa

  35. Poetry

    Lines

    Carissa Halston & Randolph Pfaff

  36. Flash Fiction

    Dizzying Heights

    Anuja Varghese

  37. Photographs, shot with expired Polaroid Film

    Lake Huron, Camlachie Ontario, Summer 2014 #1 \\ Stephanie, Summer 2014 \\ Bonfire, Summer 2014 #1

    Alyssa Pisciotto

  38. Painting

    Dream \\ Glimpse \\ Whimsical Garden

    Anastasia Meicholas

  39. Dance

    Seduce the Silence

    Vanida Lim

  40. Short Story

    I Hate This Song But I Hope You Call Me

    Angelica Terso

  41. Poetry

    Selected Poems from Ballads From a Lockdown

    Eric Folsom

  42. Stage Play

    It Ain’t Over ’Til the Pink Lady Sings

    Allison Fradkin

  43. Poetry

    Stagger \\ 3 tankas

    Kamila Rina

  44. Ink on Paper

    An Expression of Lost Love \\ Love Makes Growth Possible

    Anastasia Meicholas

  45. Poetry

    Point-Based Queers for B.O. and Travis Sharp \\ Magna Cum Laude

    Khashayar Mohammadi

  46. Visual Art

    Contemporary Oracle

    Theresa Slater

  47. Poetry

    Con Fantasia \\ Anyone Can Find the Dirt in Someone \\ Love Is a Place but You Cannot Live There

    Jade Wallace

  48. Acrylic on canvas

    Vapour Love

    Stephanie Jonsson