Fourteen finalists in the Tartt First Fiction Award present their stories. Includes stories by Joe Benevento, Philip Cioffari, Serena Crawford, Tery Dubow, Melissa Fraterrigo (winner), Thomas D. Lisk, Sean Lovelace, Kelly Magee, Karen Miller, Sandra Novack, Liz Orndoff, Amy Stuber, John Vanderslice, and Susan Weiss.