The Vanishing Act Normal evening routine: Your sister goes to her room, closes the door, and falls asleep. Normal, that is, until you never see her again. New fiction by Kevin Fanning, illustrated by Josh Allen.

Roundtable: Academia What happens when you put five academics together and talk about the future of higher learning, the intricacies of tenure, and whether or not American high-schoolers are really learning anything? The Editors strap on their mortarboards and find out.

You Betrayed Me (June) Striving to be a good father also means being a good husband. And while co-attending birthing classes is a smart idea, springing a surprise baby shower—and not warning your wife about the stain on her top—is not.

Amanda Hesser, Mr. Latte, and Me A new cookbook arrives in the mail, and with great surprise, Rosecrans Baldwin discovers that its author, Amanda Hesser, has included a cryptic footnote just for him.