No. 19
Flirting with Fire
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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Featured Pieces
| Celina Lucarelli | A Siren’s Blade | Short Fiction |
| On AI and the Unknowability of Art | Forward | |
| Daryl Bruce | Feed You to Each Other | Short Story |
| Anita (AJ) Dolman | Spiced chocolate | Poetry |
| Sunny Chan | Sure-fire Guide to Success | Poetry |
| Gladys Lou | Something Real | Poetry \ Sketch |
| Chantalyne Beausoleil | Late Night in a Field of Lillies | Poetry |
| Alana Boltwood | Yonge and College | Poetry |
| JAM | unmet needs | Poetry |
| Justin Ancheta | The Quick Start Guide to Dating Your Biromantic Demisexual | Creative Nonfiction |
| Hollay Ghadery | TikTok Virgin | Short Story |
| Kris Lodu | Speak to Me | Visual Art |
| Em Farquhar-Barrie | be as gentle as you can | collage |
| Ayonti Mahreen Huq | Her Love is Chaotic | Digital Illustration |
| Gitanjali Lena | Pride cums b4 Fall | Visual Poetry |
| Alex Detullio | Bi's | Painting |
| Leila Kazeminejad | you grow your hair long, i cut my hair short | Poetry |
| Emma Eaton | Orange | Poetry |
| Vibeke Silverthorne | Are you...? \\ Tell Me More | Digital illustration, 2021 |
| Shrew | Untitled | Pen and Ink |
| Tamara Best | Numerology \\ Office Lunch | Poetry |
| Alyssa Jane O’Dell | High water (water x earth) | Poetry |
| Shine Maverick | Rainbow Vulva | Beadwork |
| Yael Tobón | The Four Act Story of You and Me | Poetry |
| Nikolas Kimura | The Big Top | Short Story |
| KR Byggdin | Night Out | Poetry |
| David Phillips | Molotov | Poetry |
| KL Dolson | A Limerick History of My Queer Flirtations | Poetry |
| Akaash | On Love/A Body of Love | Poetry and Painting |
| Sarah Reive | The Tower | Painting |
| Rojhin Taebi | Chesh Baazi | Painting |
| Alana Boltwood | New Lovers | Acrylic on canvas |
| Anuja Varghese | Dizzying Heights | Flash Fiction |
| Carissa Halston & Randolph Pfaff | Lines | Poetry |
| Jenny O'Kell | Alternate Reality | Short Story |
| Jade Crimson Rose Da Costa | Unarchiving Desire | Poetry |
| Alyssa Pisciotto | Lake Huron, Camlachie Ontario, Summer 2014 #1 \\ Stephanie, Summer 2014 \\ Bonfire, Summer 2014 #1 | Photographs, shot with expired Polaroid Film |
| Anastasia Meicholas | Dream \\ Glimpse \\ Whimsical Garden | Painting |
| Angelica Terso | I Hate This Song But I Hope You Call Me | Short Story |
| Vanida Lim | Seduce the Silence | Dance |
| Eric Folsom | Selected Poems from Ballads From a Lockdown | Poetry |
| Allison Fradkin | It Ain’t Over ’Til the Pink Lady Sings | Stage Play |
| Kamila Rina | Stagger \\ 3 tankas | Poetry |
| Anastasia Meicholas | An Expression of Lost Love \\ Love Makes Growth Possible | Ink on Paper |
| Khashayar Mohammadi | Point-Based Queers for B.O. and Travis Sharp \\ Magna Cum Laude | Poetry |
| Theresa Slater | Contemporary Oracle | Visual Art |
| Jade Wallace | Con Fantasia \\ Anyone Can Find the Dirt in Someone \\ Love Is a Place but You Cannot Live There | Poetry |
| Stephanie Jonsson | Vapour Love | Acrylic on canvas |