Table of Contents
Foreword ix
Introduction xii
A Ravishing Sun Leslie Blanco 1
From New Letters
The Little Widow from the Capital Yohanca Delgado 18
From The Paris Review
Man of the House Kim Coleman Foote 29
From Ecotone
The Wind Lauren Groff 50
From The New Yorker
The Hollow Greg Jackson 60
From The New Yorker
Detective Dog Gish Jen 77
From The New Yorker
Sugar Island Claire Luchette 97
From Ploughshares
The Souvenir Museum Elizabeth McCracken 105
From Harper's
Post Alice McDermott 121
From One Story
Bears Among the Living Kevin Moffett 140
From McSweeney's
Soon the Light Gina Ochsner 153
From Ploughshares
Mbiu Dash Okwiri Oduor 167
From Granta
The Meeting Alix Ohlin 180
From Virginia Quarterly Review
The Beyoglu Municipality Waste-Management Orchestra Kenan Orhan 193
From The Paris Review
The Ghost Birds Karen Russell 210
From The New Yorker
Mr. Ashok's Monument Sanjena Sathian 230
From Conjunctions
Ten Year Affair Erin Somers 254
From Joyland
The Sins of Others Héctor Tobar 263
From Zyzzyva
Elephant Seals Meghan Louise Wagner 275
From Agni
Foster Bryan Washington 289
From The New Yorker
Contributors' Notes 309
Other Distinguished Stories of 2021 325
American and Canadian Magazines Publishing Short Stories 329
