The newest issue of BWR, and my second and last as editor, arrived a tad early to my utter delight.

Meet/meat the Offal issue, 39.2. Isn't she stunning? Powerful and gorgeous? This issue is my favorite yet. It will debut at AWP in Boston in the first week of March.

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I have poems in the next issue of Artifice, which you can pre-order here. I'm off-the-wall excited -- I absolutely love Artifice AND my former managing editor (who is now taking the reins as editor for issue 40.1 of BWR!) and former poetry editor are both in this issue as well! So it's basically the BWR issue of Artifice... uh, right?

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Over the past month or so, I've seen snow in Boston (expected), Baltimore (a rare white Christmas!), and even in Tuscaloosa of all places.

My roommate's dog and I went out tromping in the graveyard, mandated by people on Facebook to find snow ghosts.

The cats declined to join us.

"Are you serious?"

We searched high and low among the headstones and fake flowers. It was quite pretty, and, unsurprisingly, rather warm.

We found this little guy taking refuge under a tree, but his conversation was a bit two-dimensional (ah hah hah).

Finally, we met our match, a snow ghost even taller than our dear pup. This ghost made quite a mess. Luckily, the roads were scarier than the ghost, so he probably melted before anyone but the dog and I saw him.

Meanwhile, back at the house:

They were not amused.