April 2018
Letter from the Editor
Gabriel Blackwell
FICTION
The Omega
Joseph Cardinale
Grad Student Seeking Dog Sitter
Ardith Bravenec
The Nose
Kathleen Heil
The Racers
Anne Sanow
Last Thing
Evan Lavender-Smith
POETRY
Americans
Antidote
L. A. Johnson
A Lesson on Titles and Place with "Americans"
Captions
Patty Nash
A Lesson on Voice and Tone with "Captions"
Watching Her Listen Probably to Janis Joplin
Tim Lynch
A Lesson on Animating the Abstract with "Watching Her Listen Probably to Janis Joplin"
Creation Myth
Ellen C. Bush
A Lesson on Creation Myths with "Creation Myth"
Lexicon
Robert Whitehead
A Lesson on the Voice of Authority with "Lexicon"
Memento
Trenton Pollard
A Lesson on Gesture with "Memento"
NONFICTION
Lanes
Kristine Langley Mahler
BOOK REVIEWS
White Dialogues by Bennett Sims
reviewed by Joe Sacksteder
The Interrogation by Michael Bazzett
reviewed by Mitchell R. McInnis
Stone Baby by Michelle Sacks
reviewed by Laura Nicoară
Lessons on Expulsion by Erika L. Sánchez
reviewed by Ananda Lima
Mr. Neutron by Joe Ponepinto
reviewed by Alex Poppe
Lock & Load: Armed Fiction edited by Deirdre McAfee and BettyJoyce Nash
reviewed by John David Harding