The Best Small Fictions 2016 - Softcover

Featuring Small Fictions by: Amir Adam, Daniel Aristi, Tina Barry, Paul Beckman, Laurie Blauner, John Brantingham, Alberto Chimal, Justin Lawrence Daugherty, Toh EnJoe, Grant Faulkner, Kathy Fish, Rosie Forrest, Megan Giddings, Amelia Gray, Charles Hansmann, Britt Haraway, Mary-Jane Holmes, Laird Hunt, A. Nicole Kelly, James Kennedy, Etgar Keret, R. O. Kwon, Nathan Leslie, Paul Lisicky, Eliel Lucero, Nancy Ludmerer, Melissa Manning, Michael Martone, Elizabeth Morton, David Naimon, Jessica Plante, Dianca London Potts, Dawn Raffel, James Reidel, Sophie Rosenblum, Caitlin Scarano, Vincent Scarpa, Robert Scotellaro, Courtney Sender, Janey Skinner, Curtis Smith, Robert Vaughan, Clio Velentza

"Readers, don't let the word 'small' throw you off. This year's edition of The Best Small Fictions redefines the word with writing that towers above the rest." --NewPages

"At their ends, these sto­ries pray, roar, walk out, ring, hold on, go back to sleep, lis­ten, tell, touch, talk, think, sink, hobo south, get swal­lowed, ask, show, dis­cover, mur­mur, beckon, imag­ine, gaze up,bang out, hope, reach, throw, nod, dwindle, climb, grin, float into the dark­ness, hang on, drive off, defog, drape, rinse away, flick, blink out, grow, call, cry, reply, face the dawn­ing light--and stop." --Flash Fiction Review
"The bestof these fictional vignettes are like a splash of ice water in the face.  . . . They create their emotional effects witha quick windup and a powerful release, often a final, lingering image." -Harvard Review

"The Best Small Fictions 2016 lives up to offering the best in the field. All the stories in the collection offer the reader something unique."--Joseph Spuckler

"This collection features an international crowd of much-published and much-awarded authors, and it feels absolutely packed with material, even though the forty-five stories included would amount to fewer than a hundred pages . . . every reader should find favorites in this year's edition of The Best Small Fictions."--Libby Maxey, Mom Egg Review

"In every essence, the series simply cannot be overestimated. It is a literary lightning bolt moving from cloud to ground, unstoppable." --Enclave/CCM-Entropy

"Prepare to be surprised by this striking new series--it has quickly become essential reading."--Amy Hempel