If a Valentine is an expression of love, we feel there’s no higher demonstration of our affection for our readers than sharing the work that excites us and haunts us and never strays far from our hearts. In the February issue, you will find writing from CL Bledsoe, Eric Burke, Alan Stewart Carl, Joseph Celizic, Katharine Coles, Ori Fienberg, Elisa Gabbert and Kathleen Rooney, Emilie Lindemann, Kimberly Lojewski (and this is her first publication), Corey Mesler, Christopher Ryan, Erik Smetana, Amber Sparks, Charles Dodd White and Maya Jewell Zeller. May these words never stray far from your hearts.