This excellent collection of 31 contemporary short stories is the fifth volume in the acclaimed Short Story America anthology series of short fiction, featuring tales by established, emerging and new authors in the tradition of this great original American literary art form. Authors such as Mathieu Cailler, Gregg Cusick, T.D. Johnston, Richard Hawley, James Goertel, Douglas Campbell, Meg Kimmel, Ray Morrison, Nim Stevens and Lawrence Buentello return to this highly-touted series, along with many writers who are new to Short Story America, like Michael Matson and Beverly Jean Harris, the winner and runnerup of the third Short Story America Prize for Short Fiction. Like the previous four volumes in the series, this is an eclectic collection from superb voices in today's world of short fiction.