Best American Short Stories 2024

<p><strong>A collection of the year's best short stories selected by celebrated bestselling author Lauren Groff author of <em>Matrix</em> and <em>The Vaster Wilds</em> and series editor Heidi Pitlor.</strong></p><p>There have never been as many exquisitely built stories in existence than there are now proclaims guest editor Lauren Groff in her introduction. This abundance led to a volume of robust stories with the nerve to push against narrative expectations. <em>The Best American Short Stories 2024</em> boasts a collection of twenty stories that buzz with their own strange logic. A man becomes a tourist in his own hometown. An unemployed jeweler sails in an antique slave ship. A therapist decides to call an ex-patient years after their last session. Daring and resonant the stories in this volume invite in Groff a feeling that both the author and I were simultaneously discovering something together.</p><p><em>The Best American Short Stories 2024</em> includes JAMEL BRINKLEY - ALEXANDRA CHANG - LAURIE COLWIN - MOLLY DEKTAR - TAISIA KITAISKAIA - DANIEL MASON - JIM SHEPARD - AZAREEN VAN DER VLIET OLOOMI - PAUL YOON - and others</p>