Masks. Everybody wears them. Perhaps they are tangible, worn for a job or as part of a costume. More likely, they are metaphorical, shaped by the stories we tell each other and the lies we tell ourselves. This collection of twenty tales by members of Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers explores what happens when we conceal ourselves behind carefully constructed identities. Why do we hide? What are we afraid to confront? And what happens when at last the masks come off?

False Faces: Twenty Stories About the Masks We Wear

Literature & Fiction

Viola, Joshua

STEVENS, Mark

Heermann, Travis

LaFata, Chris

Kroenung, Terry

Duff, Sue

Eads, Sean

Nelson, Steven LeRoy

Wood, MacKay

Literary

RMFW Press

Kathy Barrister's life has never been better. Owner of a thriving massage school, Kathy loves passing on her knowledge of a healing profession to others. But when one of her students is murdered, Kathy must face a darker world than she ever knew existed. A serial killer using online advertising services is targeting prostitutes, and it appears Kathy's student has become his latest victim. What Kathy doesn't know might kill her... She enlists Detective Greg Beacon, a former boyfriend, to help her seek justice, but as more of her students are murdered, she realizes the killer isn't just targeting sex workers. He's targeting her. Now, she must summon the strength and courage to stay alive...or become the killer's next victim.

Trigger Point

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

Hex Publishers

Kathy Barrister's life has never been better. Owner of a thriving massage school, she loves passing on her knowledge of a healing profession to others. Then the murder of one of her students reveals a darker world than Kathy knew existed. A serial killer using online advertising services like Craigslist is targeting prostitutes, and it appears Kathy's student somehow became his latest victim. But what if there were unsavory things about her student Kathy never knew? Stunned by a number of revelations, Kathy enlists Detective Greg Beacon, a former boyfriend, to help her seek justice. As more of her students are murdered, it becomes clear the killer isn't just targeting sex workers. Kathy comes to believe she is the true target of a relentless serial killer. Can she summon the strength and courage to stay alive?

Hex Publishers LLC

The Feast of Panthers

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Fantasy

Queer Space

Nathan Ashcraft knew this morning wasn't going to be easy. After all, he's the town funeral director, and he's coming to work early to meet two grieving parents whose baby was stillborn. The meeting fills him with dread and anticipation because the baby's father, Steve, was his high school crush, and they haven't seen each other in almost thirty years.\nWhat Nathan doesn't know is how the child's death connects him to other people in town, especially Tim Sawyer, the local dentist and Nathan's recent infatuation, and Sarah Lawrence, a retired high school biology teacher whose good intentions almost destroyed his life decades ago.\nThese three people will face their own moment of crisis today, sparking self-reflection and self-doubt, despair and regret that drive them toward their own drastic resolutions and confessions. But in the end, is confession really good for the soul?

Confessions

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