A NEWFOUNDLAND DECK OF CARDS: FOLKLORE EDITION poetry Play as a tiny animal

Play as a tiny animal from the Guild of Poulticepounders

exploring a universe outside of time consisting of planets full of creatures who ended up there when they died

a map by Jonathan Yee

but is stopped by the sound of clashing steel

Editing by Jim Parkin

A NEWFOUNDLAND DECK OF CARDS: FOLKLORE EDITION poetry Play as a tiny animalEach suit in this deck is organized around different folklore traditions in Atlantic Canada (described below). The Joker cards depict two staples of Newfoundland tales trying to outwit each other in a game of cards: the down home hero known as Jack (with a magic sword and apple) and the cunning Devil, disguised here in the clothing of a fisherman from Portugal, another early colonial presence in Newfoundland. Rounding out the deck is a partridgeberry