The Fall 2010 issue of Ploughshares, guest-edited by Jim Shepard. Ploughshares, a journal of new writing, is guest-edited serially by prominent writers who explore different personal visions, aesthetics, and literary circles.This all-fiction issue edited by American author Jim Shepard features work by Charles Baxter, Aimee Bender, Robert Cohen, Jay Neugeboren, and Meghan Mayhew Bergman.Full Table of ContentsINTRODUCTIONJim ShepardEDITOR PROFILEby Robert CohenFICTION"Mr. Scary," by Charles Baxter"The Fake Nazi," by Aimee Bender"Our Time with the Pirates," by Robert Cohen"We Don't Deserve This," by Sandra Leong"The Two-Thousand-Dollar Sock," by Meghan Mayhew Bergman"Make-A-Wish," by Jay Neugeboren"John, for Christmas," by Ethan Rutherford"Joyriders," Greg Schutz"Dukes and Duchesses of Park Ridge," by Ian StanselMISC.The Pleasure of Letting Go: A Plan B Essay by Kyoko MoriPOSTSCRIPTSCohen Award Winners: Adrian Blevins and Andria Nacina ColeBOOKSHELFJacob M. Appel reviews Raymond Carver: A Writer's Life, by Carol SklenickaKirstin Chen reviews A Disobedient Girl, by Ru FreemanJudith Grossman reviews The Ticking Is the Bomb, by Nick FlynnScott Stanfield reviews The Lost Origins of the Essay, edited by John D'Agata