Issue Forty-Seven

April 2015

From the Editor

At the end of a recent visit to my parents’ house, my mom and three-year-old son went outside to release two helium-filled balloons that were losing their pep. It was something I’d done myself many times as a child—both on purpose and by accident. That simple gesture of letting go. As the two balloons rose… Continue reading Issue Forty-Seven

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A Thousand Perfect Strangers Kathy Fish(Read author interview)
The Pool Guy Jessica Alexander(Read author interview)
The Dentist’s Parrot Ann Hillesland(Read author interview)
Alphabet War, Alphabet Letters Shannon Sweetnam(Read author interview)
Moon Wishes Mark Jabaut(Read author interview)
At Night, By the Creek Ashley Hutson(Read author interview)
Six Ways to Break Her Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam(Read author interview)
Wayne Kumai, Novelist, Centaur Matt Bell(Read author interview)
The Replacements Kirsten Clodfelter(Read author interview)
Discipline Michael Don(Read author interview)
Mutable Pleasures Meg Tuite(Read author interview)
Rabbit Natalie Lund(Read author interview)
Write Nothing Down Molly Faerber(Read author interview)
Map Susannah Felts(Read author interview)
Rockaway Luke Wiget(Read author interview)
Two Truths and One Lie About Marian ‘Lady Tyger’ Trimiar, Former Women’s Lightweight Champion of the World Annie Bilancini(Read author interview)
Cords Gay Degani(Read author interview)
A Deer’s a Deer Taryn Tilton(Read author interview)
Nancy Coco Mellors(Read author interview)
Antarctica Michelle Elvy(Read author interview)

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