Editor’s Note

Raymond Hammond

SOLID GROUND

Tony Gloeggler

MRI

Daryl Sznyter

WHEN MY GIRLFRIEND DISCOVERS A DYING BIRD ON THE FOURTH OF JULY,

Alison Lubar

BETWEEN A SUPERNOVA AND A CHILD’S FIRST CRY

Jared Smith

WHITE LIES

James McKee

THE CURVATURE OF THE EARTH

Brian Rihlmann

WARTIME STORY

Carlton Clayton

LATITUDE

Fernando Rafael Izaguirre, Jr.

CALL TO PRAYER

Clint Margrave

THE FIRST SNOW

Francine Witte

THE HOURS

Lucy Western

VISIT

Alison Stone

FOURTEEN LINES BETWEEN UNRELATED THINGS

Shawnte Orion

PLAYING DOCTOR

Diana Raab

THE FLOOD

Monique Ferrell

THE BOOK OF STARS

Peter Murphy

FRAU TROFFEA RECALLS THE DANCING PLAGUE OF 1518

Macaulay Glynn

DROPS

Cassandra Moss

LOGOS

J. Alan Nelson

GRAY III/ inherited

Susan Kolodny

INTERSECTION SONG

Tony Luebbermann

SHOTS OF THE SPIRIT

Zach Linge

AFTER I LEAVE MY HUSBAND

Dawn Leas

ESSO ESSO ESS

Susan Grimm

PREACHER MAN

Alan Catlin

INHERITANCE

Ruby Stenhouse

I GAVE UP

Michele Herman

EVICTION

Jonathan Greenhause

SAILING AWAY FROM BYZANTIUM

James Grabill

83 MILES

Abigail Frankfurt

GOOD TIMES OF ROARING JAZZ

Matthew Johnson

IN THE LAND OF MONEY

Tom Barlow

THE ART OF NO ANSWERS

Diane Alters

EL DORADO

Dante Di Stefano

THE MANY LIVES OF LITTLE DEATHS

Erika Brumett