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This issue of Profession contains Russell A. Berman's introduction to his Presidential Forum, Language, Literature, Learning, held at the 2012 MLA convention, and the essays of the forum participants Kathleen Fitzpatrick, Christopher Freeburg, Jack Halberstam, B. Venkat Mani, and Imani Perry. To mark...

Something Old, Something New: Contemporary Entanglements of Religion and Secularity offers a fresh perspective on debates surrounding religious and secular thinking. In each chapter, Wayne Glausser focuses on a topic of contemporary relevance in which something old (the sacrament of extreme unction,...

A two-way radio seated in a battery-charger on the counter suddenly squawks to life, and Beth jumps. She catches bits and pieces of a broken transmission—something about having "secured grid 12" and "Zebra Base confirms I.A.C. entering grid 7"—before an old woman snatches it...

I watched as Aaron approached one of the workbenches and fetched an intricately-crafted gold box. “Ah, yes. The shem, you see, is what gives the golem its power—thank you, son, a sheynem dank. It is what gives it the ability to move and become animated.” I glanced at Aaron, who...

Shrouded in fog, Grim Island used to be shunned and used as a dumping ground by the early American colonists to rid themselves of undesirables. An island home to ghosts, monsters and practitioners of Dark Magic. But now, for school teacher Lacey Rodriguez and her detective boyfriend, Jamie MacLeod,...

Outsider; a mixed heritage bounty hunter, finds himself caught in the middle of a much bigger plot between two ruling rival forces: the Guard and the Warriors, when he captures a wanted thief named Thom who stole a magic dagger from them. Together they must fight to survive not only the rival factions,...

Escaping Fate is the story of two lovers, each seeking to escape and forget their past. Set beneath the blazing sun in the British India of the late 19th century, it follows the passionate romance and adventures of American Jack Wilde, serving in the British cavalry, and Kitty O'Keefe, a free-thinking...

ROCKY MOUNTAIN JUSTICE Cole Weston owned all the land around Saddle Rock, Colorado, and figured his money made him the law of the land. To his way of think­ing, nesters and rustlers deserved the same fate-lynching from the nearest tree. The only man brave enough to stand up to Weston's brand...

"It's all so easy," Billy was thinking. "So nice and easy the way they're playing it. Taking their time to get me out of here. Nobody making trouble. No guns, nothing. Not a bad way to grab a buck... not bad at all... good sun...food... lie in the sun... take a little nap." ...Which...

When Kim Logan is hired by Peg Cody to be her snake stomper, he thinks he's helping a nice lady stay out of harm's way. He thinks he's protecting her from the resident badboy, Hank Dunning, who is trying to force Peg's ranch into forfeiture so he could grab it for a song and be the most powerful landowner...

The blazing story of Colorado Territory—when secret societies ruled a lawless land Kirby Grant was sent to Denver by a secret society on a mission vital to the future of the Union. He knew he had to stay alert. There were dangerous men who knew why Kirby was there and hated him for it. Then...

Hell on high red wheels! Cotton Drennan had packed a good many smoky years into a short span of time. For him, death lurked in shadowy alleys, and he watched them carefully always. He owed his life to that care—and to a fast and accu­rate gun. The Broken Ring Ranch was the biggest...

WILL BEESON HAD TWO CHOICES, HE COULD LOSE HIS LAND… OR HIS LIFE. IN A DEAD MAN’S FOOTSTEPS Joe Pardee was hardheaded, trigger-quick, and the closest thing to a father Will Beeson ever had. When Joe was gunned down defending the Box P Ranch against land-hungry settlers,...

A SMALL TOWN BECOMES THE BATTLEGROUND FOR A VERY DEADLY FAMILY FEUD. WELCOME HOME, KID When Jim Dunn, better known as the Kid, rode into his old home town of Cairo, he figured he'd have to shoot fast. He figured they'd remember his saloon-wrecking sprees and hell-raising exploits of...