Contents “The Cow” Kelly McMasters ◆ “The River Cave” Jill Christman ◆ “Fiction” Michelle Bliss ◆ “Hell and Back” Chris Rose ◆ “Transformer: How Tragedy Shaped a Journalist’s Mission” Mark Massé ◆ “The Caul of Inshallah” Mohja Kahf ◆ “Beyond Assumption” Heather Killelea McEntarfer ◆ “Cape Town, My Love” Mark Behr ◆ “Mystery Ways” Brent Spencer ◆ “Autumn” Kathy Fagan ◆ “Nine Lessons from an October Day” Michael Bogan ◆ “The Essay Mouse” Rebecca McClanahan ◆ “On Voice Prints, Ghost Thoughts, and Plates Set Spinning: An Interview with Rebecca McClanahan” Gretchen Clark