December 2013
Letter from the Editors
Matthew Olzmann & Gabriel Blackwell
FICTION
Yes Hog
Ben Segal
Things that come from inside us
Tasha Coryell
Inge and Her Imaginary Sister
TaraShea Nesbit
Gateway to Paradise
Matthew Vollmer
NOVEL EXCERPT
This Is Between Us
Kevin Sampsell
POETRY
What My Father Might Say, If I Let Him Speak
Geffrey Davis
This Child
Laura Van Prooyen
Mr. Rogers Is Flipping You Off
Marci Rae Johnson
Sign
J.P. Grasser
NONFICTION
A Sweeping Presentation of the Main Theme
Brenda Rankin
BOOK REVIEWS
Three Scenarios in Which Hana Sasaki Grows a Tail By Kelly Luce
reviewed by Lindsey Hauck
Charms Against Lightning by James Arthur
reviewed by Lauren Hilger
X Marks the Dress: A Registry by Kristina Marie Darling & Carol Guess
reviewed by Laura Madeline Wiseman
Housebound by Elizabeth Gentry
reviewed by Angela Woodward