The Best American Short Stories 2008 - Short Stories Included

Short Stories Included

Author Story Where story previously appeared
T. C. Boyle "Admiral" Harper's Magazine
Kevin Brockmeier "The Year of Silence" Ecotone
Karen Brown "Galatea" Crazyhorse
Katie Chase "Man and Wife" The Missouri Review
Danielle Evans "Virgins" Paris Review
Allegra Goodman "Closely Held" Ploughshares
A. M. Homes "May We Be Forgiven" Granta
Nicole Krauss "From the Desk of Daniel Varsky" Harper's Magazine
Jonathan Lethem "The King of Sentences" The New Yorker
Rebecca Makkai "The Worst You Ever Feel" Shenandoah
Steven Millhauser "The Wizard of West Orange" Harper's Magazine
Daniyal Mueenuddin "Nawabdin Electrician" The New Yorker
Alice Munro "Child's Play" Harper's Magazine
Miroslav Penkov "Buying Lenin" The Southern Review
Karen Russell "Vampires in the Lemon Grove" Zoetrope
George Saunders "Puppy" The New Yorker
Christine Sneed "Quality of Life" The New England Review
Bradford Tice "Missionaries" The Atlantic Monthly
Mark Wisniewski "Straightaway" The Antioch Review
Tobias Wolff "Bible" The Atlantic Monthly

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