The Best Short Stories of 2023

Pub Date 09/12/23 - Paperback Continuing 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.   THE WINNING STORIES:"Office Hours," by Ling Ma"Man Mountain," by Catherine Lacey"Me, Rory and Aurora," by Jonas Eika,translated from the Danish by Sherilyn Nicolette Hellberg"The Complete," by Gabriel Smith"The Haunting of Hajji Hotak," by Jamil Jan Kochai"Wisconsin," by Lisa Taddeo"Ira & the Whale," by Rachel B. Glaser"The Comm