Coach, from the Idaho review / Rick Bass The silence, from The Atlantic / T.C. Boyle Escape from prison, from Tin house / Ron Carlson Bonnie and Clyde in the backyard, from Glimmer train / K.L. Cook Melinda, from The Kenyon review / Judy Doenges Uncle Rock, from The New Yorker / Dagoberto Gilb Drive, from The Gettysburg review / Aaron Gwyn Looking for boll weevil, from from The hilltop / Toni Jensen Two years, from Narrative / Tim Johnston Same as it was when you left, from The Bat City review / Alyssa Knickerbocker Nevada, from The Southern humanities review / Kate Krautkramer Lunch across the bridge, from The Antioch review / Peter Lasalle Alone, from The New Yorker / Yiyun Li Horn hunter, from The Antioch review / Michael J. Macleod What you do out here, when you're alone, from The New Yorker / Philipp Meyer Iff, from Tin house / Antonya Nelson Creatures of the kingdom, from Epoch / Stephanie Reents Five shorts, from Day out of days : stories / Sam Shepard Opposition in all things, from Ecotone / Shawn Vestal The last thing we need, from Granta / Claire Vaye Watkins