Best Short Stories 2023

<b>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. <p/>[A] standout collection . . . . Dazzling performances from some of today's most exciting writers. . . . This is one of the best fiction anthologies in years. --<i>Publishers Weekly</i> starred review<br> </b><br> <i>C</i>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. <p/> <b>THE WINNING STORIES: </b><br> Office Hours by <b>Ling Ma</b><br> Man Mountain by <b>Catherine Lacey</b><br> Me Rory and Aurora by <b>Jonas Eika</b> <br> translated from the Danish by Sherilyn Nicolette Hellberg<br> The Complete by <b>Gabriel Smith</b><br> The Haunting of Hajji Hotak by <b>Jamil Jan Kochai</b><br> Wisconsin by <b>Lisa Taddeo</b><br> Ira & the Whale by <b>Rachel B. Glaser</b><br> The Commander's Teeth by <b>Naomi Shuyama-Gómez</b><br> The Mad People of Paris <b>Rodrigo Blanco Calderón</b> <br> translated from the Spanish by Thomas Bunstead<br> Snake & Submarine by <b>Shelby Kinney-Lang</b><br> The Mother by <b>Jacob M'hango</b><br> The Hollow by <b>'Pemi Aguda</b><br> Dream Man by <b>Cristina Rivera Garza</b> <br> translated from the Spanish by Francisca González-Arias<br> The Locksmith by <b>Grey Wolfe LaJoie</b><br> After Hours at the Acacia Park Pool by <b>Kirstin Valdez Quade</b><br> Happy Is a Doing Word by <b>Arinze Ifeakandu</b><br> Elision by <b>David Ryan</b><br> Xífù by <b>K-Ming Chang</b><br> Temporary Housing by <b>Kathleen Alcott</b><br> The Blackhills by <b>Eamon McGuinness</b>