The Best American Short Stories 2013 Author:Elizabeth Strout (Editor), Heidi Pitlor (Editor) The Best American Short Stories is the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction, guest edited in 2012 by Pultizer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout. Selected from U.S. and Canadian magazines by Elizabeth Strout with Heidi Pitlor. With an introduction by Elizabeth Strout. — Content: — The provincials / Daniel Alarcó... more »n --
Bravery / Charles Baxter --
Malaria / Michael Byers --
Miss Lora / Junot Díaz --
Horned men / Karl Taro Greenfield --
The third dumpster / Gish Jen --
Encounters with unexpected animals / Bret Anthony Johnston --
Magic man / Sheila Kohler --
The chair / David Means --
A voice in the night / Steven Millhauser --
Referential / Lorrie Moore --
Train / Alice Munro --
Chapter two / Antonya Nelson --
Nemecia / Kristin Valdez Quade --
Philanthropy / Suzanne Rivecca --
The Semplica-girl diaries / George Saunders --
The world to come / Jim Shepard --
The wilderness / Elizabeth Tallent --
The tunnel, or The news from Spain / Joan Wickersham --