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