This collection of short stories is the second from Edward Falco. It takes its name from the view of one of the characters - The world is like a mask that acid burns away. Falco aims to unmask the difficult truths that engage us at the deepest levels of our being.

Winner of the 2006 Sullivan Prize, "The Irish Martyr" is a collection of ten stories by Russell Working, an award-winning fiction writer, "Chicago Tribune" reporter, and former foreign correspondent. With an impressive imaginative reach, Working peoples his stories with unforgettable characters, giving flesh and bone to issues in the headlines. Ranging widely in voice and place, these stories explore the emotional repercussions of fragile humans caught in often harsh situations beyond their control. That we respond to their pathos and humor, resignation and anger, testifies to Working's skill...

What I Found Out About Her: Stories of Dreaming American, winner of the 2014 Richard Sullivan Prize in Short Fiction, reaffirms Peter LaSalle's reputation as one of the most startlingly original writers working in the short fiction genre today. In this collection of eleven stories, LaSalle explores how everyday life for many—an FBI agent, a study-abroad student, a drug dealer's chic girlfriend, a trio of Broadway playwrights, among others—can often take on something much larger than that, almost the texture of a haunting dream. Marked by stylistic daring and a rare lyricism in language,...