TY - BOOK AU - Pitlor,Heidi AU - Anderson,Maria AU - Brinkley,Jamel AU - Choi,Yoon AU - Cline,Emma AU - Elliott,Alicia AU - Evans,Danielle AU - Ferrell,Carolyn AU - Glaviano,Ann AU - Guajardo,Jacob AU - Henríquez,Cristina AU - Iskandrian,Kristen AU - Johnson,Jocelyn Nicole AU - Lyons,Matthew AU - Nayeri,Dina AU - Obreht,Téa AU - Rash,Ron AU - Silverberg,Amy AU - Sittenfeld,Curtis AU - Solomon,Rivers AU - Wang,Esmé Weijun TI - Best American short stories 2018 T2 - Best American series SN - 9780544582941 CY - Boston : !b Mariner Books Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, !c 2018. KW - Short stories, American KW - Short stories, Canadian KW - American fiction KW - 21st century KW - Canadian fiction KW - Short stories KW - lcgft N1 - Foreword -- Introduction -- 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 Henriquez -- 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 WasBack Matter / Esmé Weijun Wang -- Contributors' Notes -- Other Distinguished Stories of 2017 -- American and Canadian Magazines Publishing Short Stories N2 - Presents a selection of the best works of short fiction of the past year from a variety of acclaimed sources ER -