| The Best American Short Stories 1987 | |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The Best American Short Stories |
| Published: | 1987 |
| Publisher: | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
| Media Type: | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages: | 334 |
| Isbn: | 0395413419 |
| Preceded By: | The Best American Short Stories 1986 |
| Followed By: | The Best American Short Stories 1988 |
The Best American Short Stories 1987, a volume in The Best American Short Stories series, was edited by guest editor Ann Beattie with Shannon Ravenel.[1]
| Author | Story | Source |
|---|---|---|
| "The Way We Live Now" | The New Yorker | |
| "The Afterlife" | The New Yorker | |
| "The Prince" | Esquire | |
| "Favor" | The New Yorker | |
| "Kingdom Come" | The New Yorker | |
| "The Lover of Women" | Mademoiselle | |
| "The Lie Detector" | The Crescent Review | |
| "Circle of Prayer" | The Paris Review | |
| "Dreams of Distant Lives" | Harper's | |
| "Men under Water" | The Atlantic | |
| "Boxes" | The New Yorker | |
| "The Tenant" | The Literary Review | |
| "The Blue Men" | Esquire | |
| "Private Debts / Public Holdings" | Grand Street | |
| "How I Found My Brother" | Indiana Review | |
| "The Other Miller" | The Atlantic | |
| "Lady of Spain" | The Hudson Review | |
| "The Interpretation of Dreams by Sigmund Freud: A Story" | The Ontario Review | |
| "Milk" | The North American Review | |
| "The Things They Carried | Esquire | |