From debut writers to experienced authors whose work has been featured in the New York Times, the Atlantic, and the New Yorker, this exceptional collection promises to be the definitive fictional look at the after-effects of the Iraq and Afghan Wars and will resonate with readers long after the final page.

Winter on the rim -- There's always one -- Small kill team -- Bleeder -- Two grenades -- Operation slut -- Another brother's conviction -- Funeral conversation -- 3 x 5 -- Little -- The Morgan house -- Different kinds of infinity -- Salt -- Blake's girl -- Pawns -- Hadji Khan -- Brown bird -- War party -- The church -- We put a man in a tree -- Into the land of dogs -- Death of time -- American fapper -- The wild hunt.