December 2015
Letter from the Editors
Matthew Olzmann & Gabriel Blackwell
FICTION
Sworn
Eric G. Wilson
The Lick
Jessica Plante
Mouse
JoAnna Novak
Anything Goes
Pierre Senges
Translated by Jacob Siefring
EXCERPT
Family Album
Jason Snyder
POETRY
Inventory
Tara Betts
What Will I Do with My X-Ray Vision
Nick Courtright
Clothes
Mathematics
Javier Etchevarren
Translated by Jesse Lee Kercheval
Virginity
Emma Winsor Wood
NONFICTION
Exploiting the Connection
Kelly Miller
BOOK REVIEWS
Our House Was on Fire by Laura Van Prooyen
reviewed by Allison Donohue
Haints Stay by Colin Winnette
reviewed by Gabino Iglesias
A New American Field Guide and Song Book by Ryan Collins
reviewed by Jay Besemer
Valparaiso, Round the Horn by Madeline ffitch
reviewed by Lindsey Hauck