| The Best American Short Stories 2013 | |
| Editor: | Elizabeth Strout and Heidi Pitlor |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The Best American Short Stories |
| Media Type: | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Isbn: | 9780547554822 |
| Isbn Note: | (paperback) |
| Preceded By: | The Best American Short Stories 2012 |
| Followed By: | The Best American Short Stories 2014 |
The Best American Short Stories 2013, a volume in the Best American Short Stories series, was edited by Heidi Pitlor and by guest editor Elizabeth Strout.[1] In her introduction Strout noted that she did not chose a story "primarily based on its subject," but that, for her, "voice" was a stronger criterion:
In the Kirkus Reviews review the volume was found praiseworthy and that " the Contributors’ Notes on the stories are fascinating", but also noted that it is "lighter on discovery and revelation than some previous annuals".[2] In a review by Naomi Huffman in New City Lit the collection is considered to live up to its name and found to feature "no duds, even if a couple of the stories aren’t quite as good as the rest.[3]
| Author | Story | Where story previously appeared |
|---|---|---|
| "The Provincials" | Granta (Winter 2012, No. 118) | |
| "Bravery" | Tin House (Vol. 14, No. 1) | |
| "Malaria" | Bellevue Literary Review (Fall 2012, Vol. 12, No. 2) | |
| "Miss Lora" | The New Yorker (April 23, 2012) | |
| "Horned Men" | ZYZZYVA (Fall 2012, No. 95) | |
| "The Third Dumpster" | Granta (Summer 2012, No. 120) | |
| "Encounters with Unexpected Animals" | Esquire (March 2012) | |
| "Magic Man" | The Yale Review (Spring 2012, Vol. 100, No. 2) | |
| "The Chair" | The Paris Review (Spring 2012, Nr. 200) | |
| "A Voice in the Night" | The New Yorker (December 10, 2012) | |
| "Referential" | The New Yorker (May 28, 2012) | |
| "Train" | Harper's Magazine (Arpil 2012) | |
| "Chapter Two" | The New Yorker (March 26, 2012) | |
| "Nemecia" | Narrative Magazine(Fall 2012) | |
| "Philanthropy" | Granta (Summer 2012, Nr. 120) | |
| "The Semplica-Girl Diaries" | The New Yorker (October 15, 2012) | |
| "The World to Come" | One Story (March 2012) | |
| "The Wilderness" | The Threepenny Review (Spring 2012) | |
| "The Tunnel, or The News from Spain" | Glimmer Train (Issue 82, Spring 2012) | |
| "Breatharians" | The New Yorker (October 22, 2012) | |