Guest edited by Ryan Boudinot, Hobart #4 features a diverse collection of stories from the absurd to realist, from first time writers to short shorts by Rick Moody and Stephen Elliott. Aimee Bender's "Crew" bookends the issue in two parts, about a devil and skeleton rowing naked families across a lake of fire, inspired by Marcel Dzama's cover art.

"Another Literary Journal"

The ninth issue of Hobart: Another Literary Journal. Built around the theme of games, this issue features essays on Magic: The Gathering and Leisure Suit Larry, comics by Jeffrey Brown and Lilli Carré, a roundtable discussion abotu role-playing games, and short stories about nearly everything else game-related.

Contributors Alicia Gifford, Amy L Clark, Lydia Conklin, Curtis Dawkins, Brad Gayman and Blake Butler.

Doorless Dispatches by Sean Adams What Can Be Done by Robert Baumann Pulled From the River by Jon Chopan Your Ballad of Milt & Stanley by Brian Evenson & Lily Hoang North Country by Roxane Gay Gregg Fisher's Pontiac Vibe by Debbie Graber Saucer by Karl Taro Greenfeld St. Charles Place by Robin Hemley At Least We've Legs by Jim Henry The Borovsky Circus Goes to Littlefield by Aubrey Hirsch Rockabye by Dave Housley Man Without a Head by Etgar Keret Man Without a Head by Mike Meginnis They Find the Drowned by Melinda Moustakis Wet Leaves by Dylan Nice 4 Nintendo Shorts by Brian Oliu I Was a Math Student by Rob Roensch The View of Heaven From the Moon by Douglas Silver

Lucky Hobart #13 with writing Amy Butcher, Brian Allen Carr, Steve Castro, Jimmy Chen, Ashley Farmer, Tod Goldberg, Amelia Gray, Jac Jemc, Adam Levin, Rolf Potts, Sean Lovelace, M. Owens, Micah Riecker, Shya Scanlon, Curtis VanDonkelaar & Joshua Ware

Contents: "The Swimmers" by Andrew Bourelle "Love Among the Lampreys: Comics" by Adrienne Celt "Fire! Fire! Fire!" by Jayson Hawkins "Buff Ruins: An Essay" by Sean Kilpatrick "Afternoon Sex" by Sharanya Manivannan "Steps for Home Tooth Extraction, Berkeley, 2006: An Essay" by Charles McLeod "The Legend of Troy Cartwright" by Patrick Somerville "2 shorts" by Colin Winnette & BUFFALO PRIZE WINNERS (w/ introductions by judge who chose each story): "Baby Baby" by Becky Adnot-Haynes (Mary Miller) "The Bashful Yeti Tree Sculpture" by Courtney Maum (Adam Novy) "Scratch Patrol Presents: The Big Game" by Kate McIntyre & Joe Aguilar (Jess Stoner) "We Shall Fill Our House With Spoil" by Delaney Nolan (Dylan Nice) "El Desierto" by Suzanna Quintana (Karl Taro Greenfeld) "Stromatolites" by Robert James Shaw (Elizabeth Ellen) cover by Hollis Brown Thornton

Hobart 15: Hotel Culture Includes work by: Annik Adey-Babinski, Becky Adnot-Haynes, Rachael Armstrong, Brett Beach, JL Bogenschneider, James Brubaker, Doug Paul Case, Patrick Coleman, George Djuric, Danielle Etienne, Annelyse Gelman, Katrin Gibb, francine j. harris, Michael Hemmingson, Lori Jakiela, Amy Kurzweil, Maxim Loskutoff, Elizabeth McGuire, Kyle Minor, Jefferson Navicky, David Nutt, Chris Pedler, Jacob Perkins, Woody Skinner, Joel Smith, Janice D. Soderling, Stephen Thomas, Ryan Winet. Additional bonus chapbook includes work by: Elizabeth Ellen, Chelsea Martin (comics), Mary Miller, Dylan Nice.