This hotel isn’t on any map or mentioned in any guidebook, but it exists, it is real. You stumble upon it one night and think, “was this always here?” It’s too ornate to survive between these two office blocks; it’s too sinister to be left alone in this neighbourhood. There is something wrong within its [...]

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The pictorial is here.

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Naturally, being three sisters who work together we’re obsessed with other sisters who do the same. The dynamic is so odd, we’re family and can be mean, kind, vicious, sarcastic and loving all in the space of five minutes. Secrets are currency. We are so lucky as our parents are weirdoes and our world is [...]

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Dear Prime Minister Harper,
For five years I was part of a modest arts group, we didn’t make a lot of money, but we made people happy and did some good for a small community of people. As you know there is very little grant money for the arts and even arts funding agencies now tell [...]

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We’re so proud of our good friend Siren who has popped up not only in the new edition of the English Gothic and Lolita Bible, but also here on the Maruione Livejournal, in one of our dresses no less!

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Drawing © Sarah Pomegranate
Sarah’s illustrations will be appearing Sunday, September 28th, at Word on the Street here in Toronto contained within Nancy Baker’s new and very wonderful novella Chrysanthemum Shadows which we are publishing with her. Also there, will be the very magical Liisa Ladouceur who will have hot-off-the-press copies of her new and very [...]

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“Be a good monster, Monster,” I said to our cat Monster as he fluffed his tail like a duster and readied to pounce on Mr. Beebe, the new stray we just took in. Sigh, such drama.
Today we consider edible flowers and art, Nasturtiums and Julie Morstad to be precise.
Nasturtiums, nasturtiums, what can we say about [...]

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Sarah was in a very bad bicycle accident last Wednesday and has lost the use of her right arm and hand for a few weeks. We’ve been keeping watch on her as the pain is excruciating and she is bereft with worry about the fact that she is an artist who needs her right hand [...]

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Interview has an interview with Lord Whimsy!

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The magical Jowita photographing Laura with Allison holding a shoe during our Autumnal Catalogue shoot.

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