2023 Comox Valley Collective Featured Poet Winter
i will always choose the trees if i have to choose between society or the forest. it makes sense to me in here, with my feet bare on the mossy […]
By Morgan Leigh CallisonPhoto by Scott Bell

BOW HUNTING: A MULTI-GENERATIONAL LIFETIME OF LESSONS
Strathcona Collective 2023 Fall/Winter
Adam Swift has been bow hunting and fishing on the West Coast since he was a kid growing up in Campbell River. “My dad introduced me to archery,” he remembers. […]
Words by Alison BellOpening photo by Scott Bell

ALTERED LANDSCAPE
2022 Comox Valley Collective Fall
My first home in Cumberland was on Camp Road, in a row of rough cabins that were built in 1888 when the coal mine opened. The interior walls were thick […]
Words by Meaghan CursonsPhotos by Scott Bell

ON THE UPSWING
2021 Comox Valley Collective Fall Intro
I’m so glad you’re here. As many readers know, each issue is part of a cycle with four linked themes. COVID-19 has made the 2021 cycle our most challenging yet. […]
Words by Jen GroundwaterPhoto by Scott Bell

ARE WE OUT OF THE WOODS YET?
Comox Valley Collective 2020 Intro Winter
I began to write this letter on a rainy, blustery day in early November—possibly not the best time to reflect on resilience. With the ongoing news about the pandemic, institutional […]
Words by Jen GroundwaterPhoto by Scott Bell

FEATURED WORDS: DISTANCE
Comox Valley Collective 2020 Fall Featured Words
The fire that forged the earth holds the space between us ancient atoms in our blood and bones pulled to the safety of flickering light Our tender hearts explore strange […]
Poem by Meaghan CursonsPhoto by Scott Bell

COVERING NEW GROUND
Comox Valley Collective 2019 Fall
Despite the perpetual spotlight that the world of technology enjoys for “changing the world”, few technical innovations have truly shaken our foundations like the simple and humble wheel. For millennia […]
Words by Mike B.Photo by Scott Bell

BREAKING THE SURFACE
Comox Valley Collective 2019 Intro Summer
Storytelling originates underground. It’s the job of a writer to drag little known stories to the surface. Journalists bring covered up or willfully ignored information to the light. It’s a […]
Vol. 20 Intro by Allie JenkinsonPhoto by Scott Bell

THE FIRST SNOWFALL
Comox Valley Collective 2017 Intro Winter
In my 20s I was thrilled by the promise of a blank slate. I moved often, believing each new location was rich with the potential to solve anxiety, stalled creativity, […]
Words by Allie JenkinsonPhoto by Scott Bell

CELEBRATE
Comox Valley Collective 2017 Fall Intro
We have much to celebrate in the Comox Valley. Aside from spectacular scenery and a host of ways to amuse ourselves, our natural environment provides for us both practically and […]
Words by Julie SabeyPhoto by Scott Bell
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