The Best American Short Stories 2018 (The Best American Series ®)

Best-selling, award-winning, pop culture powerhouse Roxane Gay guest edits this year’s Best American Short Stories, the premier annual showcase for the country’s finest short fiction.“I am looking for the artful way any given story is conveyed,” writes Roxane Gay in her introduction to The Best American Short Stories 2018, “but I also love when a story has a powerful message, when a story teaches me something about the world.” The artful, profound, and sometimes funny stories Gay chose for the collection transport readers from a fraught family reunion to an immigration detention centre, from a psychiatric hospital to a coed class sleepover in a natural history museum. We meet a rebellious summer camper, a Twitter addict, and an Appalachian preacher—all characters and circumstances that show us what we “need to know about the lives of others.” Best-selling, award-winning, pop culture powerhouse Roxane Gay guest edits this year's Best American Short Stories, the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction. “I am looking for the artful way any given story is conveyed,” writes Roxane Gay in her introduction to The Best American Short Stories 2018, “but I also love when a story has a powerful message, when a story teaches me something about the world.” The artful, profound, and sometimes funny stories Gay chose for the collection transport readers from a fraught family reunion to an immigration detention center, from a psychiatric hospital to a coed class sleepover in a natural history museum. We meet a rebellious summer camper, a Twitter addict, and an Appalachian preacher—all characters and circumstances that show us what we “need to know about the lives of others.” Cougar -- Maria Anderson A family -- Jamel Brinkley The art of losing -- Yoon Choi Los Angeles -- Emma Cline Unearth -- Alicia Elliott Boys go to Jupiter -- Danielle Evans A history of China -- Carolyn Ferrell Come on, Silver -- Ann Glaviano What got into us -- Jacob Guajardo Everything is far from here -- Cristina Henríquez Good with boys -- Kristen Iskandrian Control Negro -- Jocelyn Nicole Johnson The Brothers Brujo -- Matthew Lyons A big true -- Dina Nayeri Items awaiting protective enclosure -- Téa Obreht The baptism -- Ron Rash Suburbia! -- Amy Silverberg The prairie wife -- Curtis Sittenfeld Whose heart I long to stop with the click of a revolver -- Rivers Solomon What terrible thing it was -- Esmé Weijun Wang. Best-selling, Award-winning, Pop Culture Powerhouse Roxane Gay Guest Edits This Year's Best American Short Stories, The Premier Annual Showcase For The Country's Finest Short Fiction. Best-selling, Award-winning, Pop Culture Powerhouse Roxane Gay Brings Her Signature Dry Wit And Piercing Psychological Depth (harper's Bazaar) To Selecting The Best American Short Stories 2018. Presents a selection of the best works of short fiction of the past year from a variety of acclaimed sources.