About the Author: Fred Dale is a husband to his wife, Valerie, and a father to his occasional jerk of a dog, Earl. He is a Senior Instructor in the English Department at the University of North Florida, and an avid cyclist, but mostly, he just grades papers. Acknowledgements: “Agnes in the Flood” and “Marriage House” first appeared in Forge (Summer 2014). “Self-Portrait above the Urinal” first appeared in Juked (February 2015). “The Oak Tree” first appeared in glassworks (Spring 2015). “The Sold Porch” first appeared in mojo (Issue 7. 2015). “Migrations” first appeared in miller’s pond (Spring 2015). “The Luminaria Sleeps” first appeared in Chiron Review (Summer 2015). “Learning is All” first appeared in Perversion Magazine (Issue No. 3 Summer 2015). “In the Cotton” first appeared in The Critical Pass Review (Summer 2015). “Oxford Lakes” first appeared in Forge (Summer 2015). “St. Edward the Confessor” first appeared in Crack the Spine (Vol. 159). “Wild Blueberries” first appeared in Stirring: A Literary Collection (Vol. 17, Edition 11: November 2015).