Big Muddy 14.1
Editor
Dr. Susan Swartwout
Assistant Editor
Lilly Bange
Carrie Walker
Publishing Interns
Elizabeth G. Johnson
Sarah Jane Hodge
Nicole Larson
Nevada Lewis
Jessica Pisciotta
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Contents
Contest Winners
Wilda Hearne Flash Fiction Contest
“What Happened to Laura?” by Robert Garner McBrearty
Mighty River Short Story Contest
“The Cainine Cure” by Catherine Browder
Fiction
Matthew Sissom
Mud Ballad
Becky Browder
Unconditional
Tricia Currans-Sheehan
The Suburban Hotel 1965
Elyse Schuler-Cruz
Sister Mary
Katherine Kipp
The Facebook Babies
Leesa Williams
Gourmet
Paul Pekin
Dies Irae
James Ulmer
Pine Straw
Poetry
C. D. Albin
Ciero Jack Remembers Tom Cochran’s Boy
Jim Daniels
Crooked Teeth
Spanning
Richard Cecil
Home Thoughts from Abroad
James O. Ferrugia
The Calling
John Samuel Tieman
Word
David Gross
Little Egypt
Marlene VanderWiel
Golddust
Robert Parham
FROM, TO
Paul Stroble
Settlement
The Emigrant
Geo. Staley
After 39 Years
James Valvis
Trails Are Trials
John P. Kristofco
Painters
Paul Felsch
Plain Visions
Mark Christhilf
The Riverman FinkWatches a Steamboat
Leslie Brower
Flood Warning
Katherine A. Baskin
The Chester Bridge
Reviews
Joshua Owens reviews:
Casanova, Mary. Frozen. University of Minnesota Press, 2012. Paper, 248 pp. Hardcover, $16.95.
Manheim, Mary H. Bone Remains: Cold Cases in Forensic Anthropology. Louisiana State University Press, 2013. Cloth. 123 pp., $26.95.
Dixon Hearne reviews:
Armand, David. Harlow. Texas Review Press, 2013. $16.95.
Emily Dillner reviews:
Wright Sr., John A., and Sylvia A. Wright. Extraordinary Black Missourians: Pioneers, Leaders, Performers, Athletes, & Other Notables Who’ve Made History. Reedy Press, 2013. Paper, 228 pp., $19.95.
Brittany Gilbert reviews:
Shua, Ana Maria. Translated by Labinger, Andrea. The Weight of Temptation. University of Nebraska Press, 2012. Paper, 200 pp., $19.95.
Booth, Dexter L. Scratching the Ghost. Graywolf Press, 2013. Paper, 69 pp., $15.00.
Sarah Jane Hodge reviews:
McBride, Greg. Porthole. Briery Creek Press, Longwood University, 2012. Paper. 71 pp.
deLavigne, Jeanna. Ghost Stories of Old New Orleans. Louisiana State University, 2013. Paper, 374 pp.
Elizabeth G. Johnson reviews:
McGriff, Michael. Home Burial. Poetry. Copper Canyon Press, 2012, 63 pp. Paper, $15.00.