| The Best American Short Stories 2008 | |
| Editor: | Salman Rushdie and Heidi Pitlor |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The Best American Short Stories |
| Media Type: | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Preceded By: | The Best American Short Stories 2007 |
| Followed By: | The Best American Short Stories 2009 |
The Best American Short Stories 2008, a volume in The Best American Short Stories series, was edited by Heidi Pitlor and by guest editor Salman Rushdie.[1]
| Author | Story | Where story previously appeared |
|---|---|---|
| "Admiral" | Harper's Magazine | |
| "The Year of Silence" | Ecotone | |
| "Galatea" | Crazyhorse | |
| "Man and Wife" | The Missouri Review | |
| "Virgins" | Paris Review | |
| "Closely Held" | Ploughshares | |
| "May We Be Forgiven" | Granta | |
| "From the Desk of Daniel Varsky" | Harper's Magazine | |
| "The King of Sentences" | The New Yorker | |
| "The Worst You Ever Feel" | Shenandoah | |
| "The Wizard of West Orange" | Harper's Magazine | |
| "Nawabdin Electrician" | The New Yorker | |
| "Child's Play" | Harper's Magazine | |
| "Buying Lenin" | The Southern Review | |
| "Vampires in the Lemon Grove" | Zoetrope | |
| "Puppy" | The New Yorker | |
| "Quality of Life" | The New England Review | |
| "Missionaries" | The Atlantic Monthly | |
| "Straightaway" | The Antioch Review | |
| "Bible" | The Atlantic Monthly | |
In his introduction to the volume, Rushdie named several other writers whom he said that he was "sad to have left out" including Andre Aciman, David Foster Wallace, Rick DeMarinis, Beverly Jensen, Erin Soros, Shena McAuliffe, Brendan Mathews and Andrew Sean Greer. Among the other notable writers whose stories were among the "100 Other Distinguished Stories of 2007" were Daniel Alarcón, Jacob Appel, John Barth, Stuart Dybek, Mary Gordon, Marjorie Kemper, Stephen King, Molly McNett, Antonya Nelson, Jim Shepard, Melanie Rae Thon and John Updike.