The Best American Short Stories 2024 is a volume in the annual Best American Short Stories anthology. It was edited by the series editor, Heidi Pitlor, and guest editor Lauren Groff.Pitlor, Heidi and Groff, Lauren (editors), The Best American Short Stories 2024 Mariner Books, New York, 2024. The collection was published in October 2024 with a print run of 75,000 copies.

Short stories included Author Title First publishedShastri Akella "The Magic Bangle" Fairy Tale ReviewSelena Gambrell Anderson "Jewel of the Gulf of Mexico" McSweeney'sMarie-Helene Bertino "Viola in Midwinter" Bennington ReviewJamel Brinkley "Blessed Deliverance" Zoetrope: All-StoryAlexandra Chang "Phenotype" Electric LiteratureLaurie Colwin "Evensong" The New YorkerKatherine Damm "The Happiest Day of Your Life" The Iowa ReviewMolly Dektar "The Bed & Breakfast" The Harvard ReviewSteven Duong "Dorchester" The DriftMadeline ffitch "Seeing Through Maps" Harper's MagazineAllegra Hyde "Democracy in America" The Massachusetts ReviewTaisia Kitaiskaia "Engelond" Virginia Quarterly ReviewJhumpa Lahiri "P's Parties" The New YorkerDaniel Mason "A Case Study" The Paris ReviewLori Ostlund "Just Another Family" New England ReviewJim Shepard "Privilege" PloughsharesSusan Shepherd "Baboons" The Kenyon ReviewAzareen Van der Vliet Oloomi "Extinction" Electric LiteratureSuzanne Wang "Mall of America" One StoryPaul Yoon "Valley of the Moon" The New Yorker

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