Reports are reaching the desk of Beth Brower that some readers worry Vol. 6 is the end, and that Emma and her compatriots are going to be endlessly floating on a sea of unresolved storylines, plots, and questions. Let said readers be very much assured this is Not So. The journals of Emma M. Lion encompass (approximately) four years of Emma’s life. 1883 was the first year. We have now barreled into 1884. There are many happenings to come. Emma 7 is well on its way.