TY - BOOK AU - Chabon,Michael AU - Kenison,Katrina TI - The best American short stories, 2005 SN - 0618423494 AV - PS643 .B47 2005 U1 - 813/.0108 22 PY - 2005/// CY - Boston PB - Houghton Mifflin KW - Short stories, American KW - Short stories, Canadian KW - American fiction KW - 21st century KW - Canadian fiction N1 - Introduction / Michael Chabon -- The smile on happy chang's face / Tom Perrotta -- Until Gwen / Dennis Lehane -- A taste of dust / Lynne Sharon Schwartz -- Old friends / Thomas McGuane -- Eight pieces for the left hand / J. Robert Lennon -- Stone animals / Kelly Link -- First four measures / Nathaniel Bellows -- The scheme of things / Charles D'Ambrosio -- Silence / Alice Munro -- Death defier / Tom Bissell -- The girls / Joy Williams -- Anda's game / Cory Doctorow -- Simple exercises for the beginning student / Alix Ohlin -- Old boys, old girls / Edward P. Jones -- The secret goldfish / David Means -- The cousins / Joyce Carol Oates -- Natasha / David Bezmozgis -- Hart and boot / Tim Pratt -- Justice shiva ram murthy / Rishi Reddi -- Bohemians / George Saunders ER -