The Northern Appalachia Review is an annual publication making a place for the under-recognized literature of its region. The editors identify northern Appalachia as the Appalachia counties of Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland, New York, and the northern portion of West Virginia, a part of America where authors have yet to be distinguished with a literary identity, a place that nonetheless remains rich in stories of conflict among humans and their landscapes. The Review publishes authors from, living in, or writing about northern Appalachia. It seeks work that best conveys the character of the people and places of the region and which represents it as both distinct from and part of greater Appalachia. The exposure offered by the Review generates support for the authors of Northern Appalachia, ensuring that the voice of this remarkable part of the country is acknowledged, appreciated, and preserved. In this volume: Legacy by Donna Geise - What Do Widows Do in Cemeteries by Helen Collins Sittler - Don’t Come for Me, Mr. Death by Sandi K. Johnson - Easter Sunday by Jessica Cory - Pokeweek Woman by Maddie Ratcliff - Naamah Speaks by Nancy McCabe - Immaculate Heart by Theresa Doerfler - White Witch of Moss Creek by Sandra Vrana - Heart of Stone by James Lowell - Unthaw by Andi Stout - even least things happen so much by gaye gambell-peterson - Spots by Richard Hague - time to by Gail Langstroth - The Room Where by Amy Le Ann Richardson - Tin Heart by Mischelle Anthony - Physics of Fat by Molly Prosser - On Jennings Creek by Lois Spencer - Coal Towns by Rachel Berryman - Two Coal Poems by Mark Sebastian Jordan - At the Ice Cream Stand in Saegertown by Linda Mills Woolsey - Hawk by Sharon Fagan McDermott - From Basketstar to Bipolar by Margaret Kasper Reed - I Named Him David by Alexandra Kemrer - I Saw It. It Happened. It Keeps Happening. by Susan Sailor - The Storm by Tori Hirsh - The Best of Time by Aaron Murphy - Bandage by Keegan Flanagan - Early Spring by Karen Whittington Nelson - Echoes of Home by Mayson Moffitt - The Altoona Curve by Matthew Ussia - Mint Chocolate Chip by Arlene Weiner - The Creek Already Knew by Bradley Firchow - East of Venice Street by Stefanie Wielkopolan - Road Trip by Janet E. Irvin - Breezy Clarity by John Repp - A Day Long Awaited by Jane Ellen Freeman - Flew by Kerry R. McGee - Giving Directions by Shaheen Dil - Reasons with Examples by Olivia Plummer - Third Weekend in March by Rodd Whelpley - Lookout Farm by James Lowell - The Actor by Daniel Flatley - The One Life We’ve Been Given by Roy Bentley - Three Chords and the Truth by Fred Shaw - The Harvest by Jeremy Lloyd - At a Certain Age by Christine Aikens Wolfe - Apalachin Spring by Mary Pat Hyland - Kids by Annabelle Smith - Morning Star by Jessica Jones - Embarrassing Notes From an Appalachian Adolescence by Ben Moyer - The Revolution (a Wurster poem) by Ziggy Edwards - Aquifer by Ed Simon - Rivers & Whistles by Stacy Alderman - Drink Up by Martha Michael - Rural Pennsylvania! by Caroline Wermuth - Antlers by Dodi Hanes - I Drive Myself Sane by Gary Ciocco - Ghostprints in the Snow by Karen Ferrick-Roman, Ed.D - Hunting With My Old Boyfriend by Angela Cannon-Crothers - Naming/Not Naming by Cathy Lentes - While at Eyecare Associates, My Dead Mother Walks In by Todd A. Comer - Monongahela Rye by Timons Esaias - My Old Man and the Sea by Ed Pfeifer - Poem for the Doe with the Crumpled Leg by Juanita Smart - Moving into Mamaw’s House by J.r. Gill PJ Piccirillo's stories and articles have appeared widely. He is the author of the novel Heartwood and has twice won the Appalachian Writers Association Award for Short Fiction. He lives with his wife and three sons in north-central Pennsylvania, which has always been home.