April may be winding down but our issue is in full swing. Todd Morgan gives us this month's featured memoir, and here he gives us the single best word for:

1)      The way your voice sounds so much better in the shower or car than at karaoke: ouch
2)      Seeing a movie you used to love: intrigued
3)      Your driver's license photo: redo
4)      Your sense of style: subtle
5)      Finishing a book: melancholy
6)      A smell t...

Anastasia Stelse is the featured poet of our April issue. If you've read "Shorthand for Flirtationships: 21st Century Edition" and "Shorthand for Disentanglements: 21st Century Edition," then it's no surprise that she is masterful at giving us the single best word for:

1)      The way your voice sounds so much better in the shower or car than at karaoke: Deceptive
2)      Seeing a movie you used to love: Comforting
3)      Your driver's license photo: Mythological
4)...

Pictured

1. My laptop, where all the magic happens.

2.  A framed photo of (a part of) my poetry family: Alberto Ríos, Jeannine Savard, and of course, my poetry dad, Norman Dubie. Norman's collection, The Mercy Seat: Collected and New Poems is my everything. 

3. Barbara Hamby's new book, Bird Odyssey. It's such a gorgeous collection, and I'm obsessed with her poem, "Ode to Sirin, the Bird Goddess of The Siberian Milky Way." You know a poem's a winner when it starts with "What woman doesn't...

We're so excited about our April issue and to feature the work of Hanna Rosenheimer as this month's featured flash fiction writer. She kicks off this month's Fightin' Words with the sweetest kitten and the single best word for:

1)      The way your voice sounds so much better in the shower or car than at karaoke: Unfettered.

2)      Seeing a movie you used to love: Reminiscence.

3)      Your driver's license photo: Baby-butch.

4)      Your sense of style: Lowkey.

5)...

PICTURED

1. The standing desk I created from two IKEA bookshelves and an IKEA kitchen tabletop.
2. The ergonomic keyboard and mouse that make me the butt of quite a few of my wife's jokes.
3. A bookshelf turned on its side that serves as a monitor stand and an additional place to shove books. It currently contains research books for my new novel and a bunch of novels I wish I was reading right now.
4. A Futurama poster along with a rotating cast of Futurama characters randomly placed around the desk.
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Yael van der Wouden's story "In the Other Room" was the second-place winner for our Summer Mixtape Flash Contest. Here, she tells us how the playlist influenced her process and her work.

1. How did the playlist inspire you?

The playlist was THE inspiration! This story wasn't there before the playlist, not even a bud of an idea - it all came from the playlist. I think the moment I saw the prompt I saved the playlist and started walking around listening to it on repeat for a few solid days. I was on vaca...