The work in this issue contains a constant thread of death, burial, and sometimes resurrection.In some of the work, stages of death and burial are portrayed while resurrection is still but a possibility. In reality, the path to the cross and our subsequent soul work is often wrought with pain and disappointment, doubt and questions. This issue's Fiction from Stacy Barton, Zachary Davis, Shelly Drancik, Melanie Haney, Lyn K. Hawks, and Juned Subhan. Creative Nonfiction from Mike Duran, Ryan Graudin, Deanna Hershiser, Jill Noel Kandel, and Amy Letter. Poetry by Marc Harshman, Justin Ryan Boyer, David Breeden, Lynn Domina, Natasha Lynn Heller, Ed Higgins, Ann Iverson, Eliza Kelley, Gina Marie Mammano V., Amanda McQuade, Darren J. N. Middleton, Jay Rubin, Martha Serpas, Brian Spears, Jennifer G. Stewart, Larry D. Thomas, Don Thompson, and Shanna Powlus Wheeler. Plus, a special sneak peek at the second edition of Coach's Midnight Diner from Maggie Stiefvater!