Retreat and regroup; hide, wait, watch, plan your next move. Stay alive. Fight or flight leads directly into the heart of the literary nervous system. Captivating work from Tanya Jacob Knox, Dylan Landis, Ashraf Zaghal, Idra Novey, Ed Taylor... Just to name a few. We hope you enjoy this issue and that, in some way, it brings out the fight in you. What will you find in this issue of TLR? Everything you didn't know you should read. TLR: Read bravely.