The shapes that winter leaves behind are not so defined by what was, but all the things you did not see. This season we present: Winter Shapes, an inspired issue that features original fiction from Jessica Handler, the winners of the 501 Word Writing Contest, new spoken word Americana, and much more.

Fiction by: Jessica Handler, S. Frederic Liss, T. B. Grennan, Tom Howard, J. Howard Shannon, Suzanne Stauss, Rebecca Meacham, Tara Deal, William Derringer, Courtney Prather, Scott Parson, Seth Borgen, & Claudine Guertin

Poetry by: Justin Hamm, John Grey, John McCarthy, Ha Kiet Chau, Daniel Kilkelly, Michelle Bonczek Evory, Peter Schwartz, Jon Simmons, M. Ayodele Heath

Review(s) of: Leaving the Sea by Ben Marcus & The Sugar Season by Douglas Whynott

Art: Ryan Molenkamp (cover) & Siolo Thompson (illustration)