| The Best American Short Stories 2012 | |
| Editor: | Tom Perotta and Heidi Pitlor |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The Best American Short Stories |
| Media Type: | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Isbn: | 9780547242101 |
| Isbn Note: | (paperback) |
| Preceded By: | The Best American Short Stories 2011 |
| Followed By: | The Best American Short Stories 2013 |
The Best American Short Stories 2012, a volume in the Best American Short Stories series, was edited by Heidi Pitlor and by guest editor Tom Perotta.[1]
| Author | Story | Where story previously appeared |
|---|---|---|
| "The Last Speaker of the Language" | New Ohio Review | |
| "Pilgrim Life" | American Short Fiction | |
| "What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank" | The New Yorker | |
| "The Other Place" | The New Yorker | |
| "North Country" | Hobart | |
| "Paramour" | Ploughshares | |
| "Navigators" | Hobart | |
| "Miracle Polish" | The New Yorker | |
| "Axis" | The New Yorker | |
| "Volcano" | Tin House | |
| "Diem Perdidi" | Granta | |
| "Honeydew" | Orion | |
| "Occupational Hazard" | Ploughshares | |
| "Beautiful Monsters" | Tin House | |
| "Tenth of December" | The New Yorker | |
| "The Sex Lives of African Girls" | Granta | |
| "Alive" | Fifth Wednesday Journal | |
| "M&M World" | The New Yorker | |
| "Anything Helps" | Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern | |
| "What's Important is Feeling" | The Paris Review | |