In this issue, we explore relationships, whether it's the relationship between old friends ("Girls' Night Out" and "Chatiment de l'orqueil"), between employer and employee ("Maria"), between neighbors ("Jack's New Apartment" and "The Kind of Women People Are Afraid Of"), between lovers ("I Did Not Break Up Claire and Jeremy" and "Fidelity"), between the desired and the desirers ("Rick's Flight," "Hair Like Brown Silk," "The Shop Girl's Affair"), between parents and children ("My Kid, The Sponge"), between siblings ("Big Dave"), between coworkers ("One Mukluk"), with a pet ("Finding Love in the Newspaper"), with the afterlife ("Halloween House" and "Where Len Lies"), with the corporate world ("The Scent of Passionate Indigestion"), with oneself ("Full Arms and Underarms"), and even with the universe ("Biography of an Immortal").

Through poetry, fiction, humor, essays, and more, we explore the various types of relationships we encounter and ponder how they shape and alter our lives.

Alyce Wilson, Wild Violet editor