Read Series: The Best American Short Stories

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The Best American Short Stories 2013 (2013)

A lot of people I know don’t like short stories. I think they’re missing out. For me they’re like a small but intense jewel. The good ones (and let’s assume that that’s the category I’m writing about) leave you yearning for more. They often serve up a punchline that knocks you off balance. And an...

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The Best American Short Stories 2007 (2007)

In her foreword, Heidi Pitlor talks about what her first year as Series Editor was like (replacing the almost irreplacable Katrina Kennison), reading literally thousands of short stories published in American magazines in 2006 and whittling those thousands down the the hundred or so she passed on...