Foreword
Introduction
DANIEL ALARCÓN
The Provincials
CHARLES BAXTER
Bravery
MICHAEL BYERS
Malaria
JUNOT DÍAZ
Miss Lora
KARL TARO GREENFELD
Horned Men
GISH JEN
The Third Dumpster
BRET ANTHONY JOHNSTON
Encounters with Unexpected Animals
SHEILA KOHLER
Magic Man
DAVID MEANS
The Chair
STEVEN MILLHAUSER
A Voice in the Night
LORRIE MOORE
Referential
ALICE MUNRO
Train
ANTONYA NELSON
Chapter Two
KIRSTIN VALDEZ QUADE
Nemecia
SUZANNE RIVECCA
Philanthropy
GEORGE SAUNDERS
The Semplica—Girl Diaries
JIM SHEPARD
The World to Come
ELIZABETH TALLENT
The Wilderness
JOAN WICKERSHAM
The Tunnel, or The News from Spain
CALLAN WINK
Breatharians
Contributors’ Notes
Other Distinguished Stories of 2012
Editorial Addresses of American and Canadian Magazines Publishing Short Stories
About the Editor
Copyright