2 The Dehumanization of Creative Writing in Undergraduate Education Julie Babcock Tracery Tim Cleary WikiLeaks from the VIP Boxes in the Outer Circle Daniel Roy Connelly Sign Paintings Nicole Reber Wholly Ghost Chad Faries At Gate Found Sorrow Christopher Higgs Fleetwood Rising Richard LeBlond Where All the Elephants Lie Down: Chapter 1 Kat Mandeville Itchy Occupations: Toward a Parasitic Mode of Writing Megan Milks Thought Point Lisa Samuels Cover Image, Issue Two from Vex’d Discretion, 2016, collage on paper (15″ x 18″). Eric Amling. Courtesy of the artist.