Short Stories

The Darker Mask, Heroes from the Shadows, is an illustrated anthology of noir superhero and fantasy stories, edited by Christopher Chambers and Gary Phillips, featuring mystery, horror and graphic novel writers Walter Mosley, Lorenzo Carcaterra, Tannarive Due and Steven Barnes, Mike Gonzalez, Reed Farrel Coleman, Ann Nocenti, Mat Johnson, Victor LaValle, Gar Anthony Haywood, Reed Farrel Coleman, Jerry Rodriguez, LA Banks, Peter Speigelman, Naomi Hirahara, Wayne Wilson, Doselle Young and Alexandra Sokoloff.

These are not your standard white male superheroes, and no cheerleaders or strippers, either! This multicultural collection presents desperate, disenfranchised characters who have to overcome personal and societal obstacles to grow into their true powers. Each story is illustrated in the great old pulp style.

Alex's story, "The Edge of Seventeen," is about an alienated high school girl who keeps dreaming of the destruction of her school and comes to believe she may be able to prevent the tragedy.

The Darker Mask

Publisher: Tor Books
Hardcover and Trade paperback
August 2008
ISBN-10: 0765318512
ISBN-13: 978-0765318510

Awards

"The Edge of Seventeen" has been nominated for ITW's Thriller Award for Best Short Story.