FICTION

Discover the beauty of found objects with Alisa Golden .

Journey to the end of the world with Rachel Khosrowshahi-Slatten.

Mercedes Lawry shows us how a killer might fall in love with a detective--assuming he doesn't figure her out, that is.

Susan Lin understands random: I stepped in dog shit on my way to class this morning, do you like strawberry cheesecake? 

Richard Luftig makes sense of love.

Rupprecht Mayer understands gardens and children.

Lenore Weiss teaches us about legacy, unity, and how perspective can alter reality.


MULTIMEDIA

Consider a world of inversions in the delicate images of Chrystal Berche 

Explore beauty in the bizarre with Sarah Cascio Smith.

Discover how Sandra Faulkner interprets the meaning of the word "heritage."

Clinton Inman invites us to enter a Hopperistic landscape of color and anguish.

Michael Mira takes to the skies with his photography.

Susan Rukeyser's spoken word videos explore the layers of suburbia and family life in thrilling, unexpected ways.

Lesley Silvia distills the human psyche down into pure imagery.

CREATIVE NONFICTION

Rick Bailey auditions to be a murderer.

Rebecca Elliott connects numbers, time, and the women of Pythagoras.

Leona Holman teaches us that sometimes alternate endings are not only necessary, they're inevitable.

Catherine Kyle understands the meaning of a six pack.

Benjamin Marshall takes a chance and gives Satan a kiss.

Lisa Romeo seeks for understanding in an unclaimed cup of coffee.

Ron Singer resists the urge to write another poem.


POETRY

Jacqueline Jules's mythologies are like an island education in making the familiar strange.

Harold Hoffman explores the devolution of man.

As bittersweet as a forbidden indulgence, Zachary Lundgren falls in love at the county fair.

Brian Robinson explores the mathematics of the catch.

Place gender and femininity under a looking glass with Madeline Vardell's scientific subjects.

Enter a world in which tips depend on so much more with Sarah Brown Weitzman.

You are presently reading the March 2014 issue of Gravel. 

It was written by the names you see to the left of this little wall of text, and edited by graduate students of the MFA program in creative writing at the University of Arkansas at Monticello.

Cover art by Michael Mira.

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