INSIDE THE NEST
Introduction
Editor-in-Chief Beth Gilstrap
POETRY
Ruffin’s Rule
George Drew
POETRY
On Bumping Into a Formerly Snaggle-Toothed Young Coed
Robert Perchan
POETRY
63-Year-Old Bachelor
Janelle Rainer
CREATIVE NON-FICTION
What I Will Say To My Daughter When She Meets a Boy Like You
Rachel Tanner
CREATIVE NON-FICTION
Bright and Beautiful, Fast and Gone
Michelle Boring
FLASH FICTION
Dear You
Chelsey Clammer
FLASH FICTION
Karen. Karen. Oh Karen.
Mason Cripple
FLASH FICTION
A Prayer for the Motorcycle Girl
Aparna Nandakumar
FLASH FICTION
Light Speed
Justin Muschong
FLASH FICTION
A Dress You Don’t Recognize
Annabel Graham
FLASH FICTION
Uncle Hilbert’s Cohens
Fred White
FLASH FICTION
Pigs is Pigs
Matthew Paul
SHORT FICTION
Cheating, a Love Story
Steven Axelrod
SHORT FICTION
High-Test
Tim Waldron
SHORT FICTION
The Sinner and the Saint
Amanda Miska