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FICTION

BRAD VICE
The Bear Bryant Funeral Train | 10

MICHAEL MATTES
Stock Options as an Instrument of Love | 25

JOHN POCH
Man Under Water | 75

MARY CARROLL-HACKETT
The Long Clear After the Hunt | 84

POETRY

DANIEL ANDERSON
First Frost | 6
An Aubade | 6

ROB RASH
Trespass | 23
Watauga Country: 1959 | 23

SARA MONAHAN
Offertory | 41

ROBERT KING
Love Along the River | 66
Scenic View | 66

E.I. PRUITT
Gram Negative | 82

CHRISTINE ANN CUCCIO
Love Poem, circa 1990 | 83

NONFICTION

MICHAEL MCFEE
Christmases with Flanney | 70

SPECIAL SECTION: ELIZABETH SPENCER

AMY WELDON
A Conversation with Elizabeth Spencer | 43

ELIZABETH SPENCER
Excerpt from Days of Wonder | 56

CATHERINE SELTZER
Elizabeth Spencer’s Literary Landscapes: A Brief Road Map | 60

REVIEWS

KRISTEN GRAVITTE
Raising the Dead by Ron Rash | 87

ILLUSTRATIONS

DAN PARRISH
TWO POEMS BY DANIEL ANDERSON

Moira Marquis | EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

FICTION CO-EDITORS

Rae Yan & Laura Broom

BOOK REVIEW EDITOR

Sam Bednarchik

NON-FICTION EDITORS

Travis Alexander

COVER DESIGN

Philip McFee

POETRY EDITORS

Sarah George & Calvin Olsen

ART EDITOR

Chloe Accardi

INTERNS: John Ligtenberg, Krista Harder, Noah Sayre, Maddie Norris, Samantha Farley
FICTION READERS: Mallory Findlay, Kenneth Lota, Lauren Pinkerton, and Anneke Schwob
POETRY READERS: Matthew Hotham and Jeffrey Peterson
NON-FICTION READERS: Ryan Ashley-Anderson, Anneke Schwob, Logan Woelk