The Meadow Annual Literary Arts Journal 2016

Table of Contents Fiction Shane Jones Albany Dinah Cox Oklahoma Drivers Are Very Upset Courtney Cliften Help Wanted The 2016 Novella Prize Mark Brazaitis Poetry Michael Minassian Sean Prentiss Amelia Pease Ruth Holzer Jeffrey Alfier Tobi Alfier Courtney Cliften Ciara Shuttleworth Jerry Mathes II Matthew Baker Virag Nikolics Troy Cavins Christopher Muravez Merridawn Duckler Cody Trapanese Hannah Waldman Darren Demaree Jeff Haynes Elena Gabriel Bob Hicok Alisha Bingham Hannah Little Scott Rose Lauren McKenzie Reed Ace Boggess The Spider Postcard Found on the Side of the Road Bones in Juarez Winter Birth Poultry Roup Pills, Price 50c a Box Gala, or: Mercy Killing Pet Chicken as the Children Watch Through Blinds Bless the Child Sonoran Valley Redemption Taking the 10am Away from Here Migration Reflections of Winter Meditation in a Cold Front My Birth as ƒ(x) First Impressions of the High Desert Earthquakes (apostasy shall be law) Hundred Year Floodplain Heaven was apparently captured by the Hubble Space Telescope Living the Wife Nude Male With Echo #319 Lovebirds Sunday Lunch Summer Wait A night out, complete with silver linings Care and feeding Beyond the Horizon Another First Date Okay, Maybe a Cemetery Wasn’t the Best Place to do that and Other Reflections upon Losing my Virginity What I Wanted to Say at My Best Friend’s Funeral Play Me Where I Love You 7 69 85 134 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 68 80 81 82 83 84 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 102 104 105