EDITORIALMusings from Maryland: Editorial by Lesley Conner FICTIONNine Theories of Time by Spencer NitkeyTo Live and Die in Dixieland by Russell NicholsThe First Promise We Break by Risa WolfTenure by Devon MihesuahIt Rises and Falls and Rises Again by RJ TaylorStrata by Benjamin Blattberg CLASSIC FICTIONAn Arc of Electric Skin by Wole TalabiIn the Garden of Ibn Ghazi by Molly Tanzer NONFICTIONAlways and Forever by Milton J. DavisNever Let the Light Go Out by Linda D. Addison REVIEWSWords for Thought: Short Fiction Review by A.C. WiseBook Review: A Spindle Splintered by Alix E. Harrow (reviewed by Lesley Conner)Book Review: Sweep of Stars by Maurice Broaddus (reviewed by Tracy Robinson) INTERVIEWSInterview with Author Spencer Nitkey by Andrea JohnsonInterview with Author RJ Taylor by Andrea JohnsonInterview with Cover Artist JR Slattum by Bradley Powers DRM-free