Set in the world of the first book in The Firebird Trilogy, a masquerade ball brims with tension between Stephanie and Alex as she pursues her interview--and maybe more--with him.

"Paper Faces" is a 7500-word novelette.

Jennifer Loring's short fiction has been published widely, appearing in anthologies such as Nightscript IV, Not All Monsters, and Arterial Bloom as well as online in The Literary Hatchet among many others. She holds an MFA in Writing Popular Fiction with a concentration in horror fiction. Jenn lives in Philadelphia, PA, where she and her husband are owned by a turtle and two basset hounds.