CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION
Yuka Igarashi, series editor

SIX MONTHS
Celeste Mohammed
from New England Review

CANDIDATES
Megan Tucker
from Washington Square Review

VIDEOTECA FIN DEL MUNDO
Ava Tomasula y Garcia
from Black Warrior Review

BRENT, BANDIT KING
Grayson Morley
from The Brooklyn Review

ZOMBIE HORROR
Drew McCutchen
from The Baltimore Review

BLACK DOG
Alex Terrell
from Black Warrior Review

NEW YEARS IN LA CALERA
Cristina Fríes
from Epoch

APPETITE
Lin King
from Slice

1983
Elinam Agbo
from The Baltimore Review

STAY BRAVE, MY HERCULES
Ernie Wang
from McSweeney's

BELLEVONIA BEAUTEE
Lauren Friedlander
from The Rumpus

THE CRAZIES
Maud Streep
from One Story

About the Judges

About the PEN/Robert J. Dau
Short Story Prize for
Emerging Writers

List of Participating Publications

Permissions