Edited by William Abrahams, is a highly celebrated anthology gathering 20 of the year's best short stories. Published by Doubleday, it notably features Ernest J. Finney’s "Peacocks" (first prize), Joyce Carol Oates’s "House Hunting" (second prize), and David Foster Wallace's early work "Here and There".The anthology selects its contemporary fiction pieces from thousands of works published across North American literary magazines.
