Behind the Mask A Superhero Anthology Author:Tricia Reeks (Editor), Kyle Richardson (Editor) Behind the Mask is an exciting collection of short stories about the everyday lives of superheroes. Ranging from laugh-out-loud funny to deliciously dark, these stories are about the ordinary day-to-day challenges facing these extraordinary individuals growing up, growing old, relationships, parenting, coping with that age-old desire to... more » fit in when, let s face it, they don't.
Includes:
“Ms. Liberty Gets a Haircut” by Cat Rambo, originally published in Strange Horizons (October 26, 2009)
“Destroy the City with Me Tonight” by Kate Marshall
“Fool” by Keith Frady
“Pedestal” by Seanan McGuire
“As I Fall Asleep” by Aimee Ogden
“Meeting Someone in the 22nd Century or Until the Gears Quit Turning” by Jennifer Pullen
“Inheritance” by Michael Milne
“Heroes” by Lavie Tidhar, originally published in Strange Horizons (September 19, 2016)
“Madjack” by Nathan Crowder
“Quintessential Justice” by Patrick Flanagan
“The Fall of the Jade Sword” by Stephanie Lai
“Origin Story” by Carrie Vaughn, originally published in Lightspeed Magazine (April 2016)
“Eggshells” by Ziggy Schutz
“Salt City Blue” by Chris Large
“Birthright” by Stuart Suffel
“The Smoke Means It’s Working” by Sarah Pinsker
“Torch Songs” by Keith Rosson
“The Beard of Truth” by Matt Mikalatos
“Over an Embattled City” by Adam R. Shannon
“Origin Story” by Kelly Link, originally published in A Public Space (Winter 2006) and reprinted in Kelly Link’s Get in Trouble (Random House; 2015)