Best-selling author Meg Wolitzer guest edits the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction.

"If you know exactly what you are ...

Noy Holland’s second collection of stories, What begins with bird, once again finds her pushing the boundaries of language and rhythm with her writing. De...

There was a time when the longest story in this book was known by the title of this book — for in a certain sense that story concerns the fabulous costume...

This is a novel about the persistence of longing in which the twin lives of the title character blur and overlap. Bird puts her child on the bus for schoo...