Taboos and Transgressions: Stories of Wrongdoings, is a short story anthology, edited by Luanne Smith, Kerri Beth Neville, and Devi Laskar is an anthology focused on breaking the rules featuring stories by Pam Houston, Bonnie Jo Campbell, Joyce Carol Oates, and Kim Addonizio alongside emerging writers. The anthology offers a scope of voices, styles, stories, and wrongdoings. From infidelity to family prejudices, from breaking the law to broken promises, from losing everything to finding empowerment, characters in these pieces offer a look at stepping over the line in all too human ways.

Edited by Luanne Smith, Devi Lasker, and Kerry Beth Neville, the anthology represents the best of both solicited and unsolicited work.

Unsolicited material has been read by judge Maurice Carlos Ruffin and prizes awarded to one winning story and two runners up.