The Best American Short Stories 1988, a volume in The Best American Short Stories series, was edited by Shannon Ravenel and by guest editor Mark Helprin.Ravenel, Shannon and Mark Helprin (editors), The Best American Short Stories 1988, New York, 1988. In announcing the publication of this annual edition, Publishers Weekly noted that it is an "at times inspired anthology which draws from small and big-gun literary magazines in equal measures [and] is heralded by a sonorous, sagacious introduction..." while the reviewer at Kirkus Reviews described Mark Helprin's introduction as a "John-Gardneresque screed."
Short stories included Author Story SourceRick Bass "Cats and Students, Bubbles and Abysses" Carolina QuarterlyRichard Bausch "Police Dreams" The AtlanticWill Blythe "The Taming Power of the Small" EpochRaymond Carver "Errand" The New YorkerRichard Currey "Waiting for Trains" North American ReviewLouise Erdrich "Snares" Harper's MagazineMavis Gallant "Dédé" The New YorkerC. S. Godshalk "Wonderland" The Iowa ReviewE. S. Goldman "Way to the Dump" The AtlanticLucy Honig "No Friends, All Strangers" The Agni ReviewGish Jen "The Water-Faucet Vision" NimrodHilding Johnson "Victoria" StoryQuarterlyBrian Kiteley "Still Life with Insects" FictionRobert Lacy "The Natural Father" CrazyhorseRalph Lombreglia "Inn Essence" The AtlanticEdith Milton "Entrechat" The Kenyon ReviewMarjorie Sandor "Still Life" The Georgia Review Robert Stone "Helping" The New YorkerMary Ann Taylor-Hall "Banana Boats" The Paris Review Tobias Wolff "Smorgasbord" Esquire
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