Rachel Sarah reported on the stigma attached to dating as a single mom. Scott Landers read his forthcoming story “Age of Heroes,” about a professor of comparative literature serving out a felony conviction. Hyla Molander described scattering the ashes of her ex-husband and father-in-law, and the power of Tennessee Valley. Meghan Thornton told of a girl in dark woods discovering an unusual frog. Joel Landmine brought his own brand of dour and drunken streetwise poetry.