hollars from storysouth the affliction by c. dale young from guernica bad cheetah by andy henion from word riot nothings by aaron block from alice blue review dragon by steve frederick from night train on castles by trevor j. houser from storyquarterly black night ranch by roy giles from eclectica magazine the eskimo keeps her promise by emily ruskovich from inkwell helping hands by david peak from pank the next thing on benefit by castle freeman , jr. from the new england review the night dentist by ron maclean from drunken boat pool by corey campbell from anderbo.com everything is breakable with a big enough stone by taryn bowe from boston review the abjection by michael mejia from agni american subsidiary by william pierce from granta about the authors about the publisher introduction this anthology took shape over the course of many discussions about the short fiction being published online .