Thank you to everyone who has contributed to make this Fall issue a special one! We have some desert stories, travel photos, animal paintings, and more. I'm working on web pages and on track to be on time for a mid-September release. In the meantime, I am always reading and viewing for future issues. Consider these words for winter: share, learn, listen. Guidelines, as always, are here .  Note: Please do read the guidelines carefully. Thank you to those who do! Every editor will ask this of you. I get attachments when I ask to just paste the words into the body of the email (except art: .jpgs are good). I get work that is too long (I really prefer the shorter works). I get poems with tabs (I cannot accommodate tabs on the website.) So please, if you haven't already,  save yourself some time and read a little first. End rant. Begin joy!