Meet Calum Robertson! Calum’s nonfiction piece, “Dirtdays of Dirtfag” will be featured in our upcoming issue, Vol. 15!
How Calum describes “Dirtdays of Dirtfag” in 12 words or less:
“Try n dirtfag it for a day, if ya gotta.”
Calum Robertson, sometimes known as syf, (fae/faer/faerself) is a full-time tea drinker, part-time forest cryptid from Mohkinstsis/Calgary, Treaty 7, Alberta, currently studying communications in Kitchener-Waterloo, Dish with One Spoon Treaty, Ontario, Canada, Turtle Island. The 2022 winner of the Barbara Schneider Writing Award in Communications, faer work focuses on sound studies, nature, queer identities and Outsider art. Fae have written nonfiction articles for publications as diverse as university campus newspapers (the Gauntlet), the Christian Courier (community newspaper) and filling Station (experimental literature). Faer poetry and prose have appeared in numerous magazines both online and in print, including Canthius, nod, deathcap, the anti-Langurous Project, Lida Literary, Bourgeon, peculiar, Red Coyote, and Tofu Ink. Fae’d like to be reincarnated as a grouse, next time around. You can find faer on Instagram as @sheepiemcgoaters, where fae typically post cups of tea half-drunk and books mostly read.
untethered magazine 