I wish to thank Christopher L. Leadingham, Mary K. Thomas, Ann E. Bryant, Carson E. Benn, and Gene Hyde, as well as the JAS editorial board, for their support and hard work on the journal. As I write this, I am looking forward to the Appalachian Studies Association's annual conference in Morgantown, West Virginia, and feeling hopeful for an in-person gathering at last. I would like to welcome our incoming media review editor Matthew Ryan Sparks to the JAS team and to thank departing media review editor Gene Hyde for all his great work with the journal over these past years. I also wish to thank the editors of this special issue on “Speculative Fabulations: Queering Appalachian Futurisms” for putting together this issue. The selections outlined below, including material in the book and media reviews, offer readers a chance to imagine a promising and liberatory future for the region and...

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