| Flotsam, by Caitlín R. Kiernan |
| Cold Spring Calling-On (poem), by Sonya Taaffe |
| Pinion, by Amanda Downum |
| The Eyes However (poem), by Karen R. Porter |
| One Man Home, by Shane Nelson |
| Foreign Exchange Student (poem), by David C. Kopaska-Merkel |
| The Assassin’s Morning (poem), by J.J. Steinfeld |
| Charlie, by Patricia Russo |
| The Middle Hours (poem), by Danny Adams |
| On Waking (poem), by Marcie Lynn Tentchoff |
| Song of the Mother (poem), by Gemma Files |
| Tales of Eaglesnest, by Jennifer Rachel Baumer |
| No Blues Sadder Than This (poem), by Kent Kruse |
| Blue Vervain Murder Ballad #2: Jack of Diamonds, by Erik Amundsen |
| Art: Dale Rhodes (cover), John Stanton |