F(r)iction No. 13

Editor's Note Introduction by Dani Hedlund, Editor-in-Chief Amorpho & The Leering Freak Short Fiction by Jason Baltazar Three Poems [Alphabet Street / Rock 'n' Roll Suicide / Kurt Cobain Wallpaper] Poetry by Nick Flynn How to Make a PB&J Sandwich Short Fiction by Samantha Schmidt A Dog Ran Down the Highway Flash Fiction by Kim Chinquee The Reds Short Fiction by Annie Neugebauer Clean Slate Short Fiction by Jason McCormick A Window into Worlds Unfamiliar: A Pioneering Writer Feature with Joyce Carol Oates Interview with Joyce Carol Oates by Dani Hedlund Ground Covered: The Life and Career of Joyce Carol Oates Sorrowful Virgin [a chapter excerpted from Joyce Carol Oates's forthcoming novel, My Life as a Rat] In Real Time: A Look into Joyce Carol Oates's Writing Process Diligence Creative Non-Fiction by Patricia Horvath Afterworld A Graphic Short Story by Sarah Winifred Searle Women of Will: A Feature with Words Without Walls Just as Sure as I'm Singing This Song by Janette Schafer Truckin' by Holly C. Spencer Two Truths and a Lie by Leanne McLaughlin Bruise by Barbara Grimm Sushi Short Fiction by Alexandra O'Neil Breaking Ground: A Debut Author Feature with Emily A. Duncan Interview with Emily A. Duncan by Dani Hedlund Excerpt from Wicked Saints by Emily A. Duncan Three Poems [Ahead / The Strange / Hunger] Poetry by Alli Cruz Snarglefox Short Fiction by Vaughn Gaston About the Authors and Artists