The prestigious annual story anthology includes prize-winning stories by Jamil Jan Kochai
David Ryan Kirstin Valdez Quade Lisa Taddeo Ling Ma Catherine Lacey and Cristina Rivera
Garza. “[A] standout collection . . . . Dazzling performances from some of today’s most
exciting writers. . . . This is one of the best fiction anthologies in years.” — Publishers
Weekly starred review C ontinuing a century-long tradition of cutting-edge literary
excellence this year's edition contains twenty prizewinning stories chosen from the thousands
published in magazines over the previous year. Guest editor Lauren Groff has brought her own
refreshing perspective to the prize selecting stories by an engaging mix of celebrated names
and emerging voices and including several stories in translation. The winning stories are
accompanied by an introduction by Groff observations from the winning writers on what inspired
them and an extensive resource list of magazines that publish short fiction. AN ANCHOR BOOKS
ORIGINAL. THE WINNING STORIES: “Office Hours ” by Ling Ma “Man Mountain ” by Catherine
Lacey “Me Rory and Aurora ” by Jonas Eika translated from the Danish by Sherilyn
Nicolette Hellberg “The Complete ” by Gabriel Smith “The Haunting of Hajji Hotak " by Jamil
Jan Kochai “Wisconsin ” by Lisa Taddeo “Ira & the Whale ” by Rachel B. Glaser “The
Commander’s Teeth ” by Naomi Shuyama-Gómez “The Mad People of Paris ” Rodrigo Blanco Calderón
translated from the Spanish by Thomas Bunstead “Snake & Submarine ” by Shelby Kinney-Lang
“The Mother ” by Jacob M’hango “The Hollow ” by ’Pemi Aguda “Dream Man ” by Cristina Rivera
Garza translated from the Spanish by Francisca González-Arias “The Locksmith ” by Grey
Wolfe LaJoie “After Hours at the Acacia Park Pool ” by Kirstin Valdez Quade “Happy Is a
Doing Word ” by Arinze Ifeakandu “Elision ” by David Ryan “Xífù ” by K-Ming Chang
“Temporary Housing ” by Kathleen Alcott “The Blackhills ” by Eamon McGuinness
