ontinuing a century-long tradition of cutting-edge literary excellence, this year's edition contains twenty prizewinning stories chosen from the thousands published in magazines over the previous year. Guest editor Lauren Groff has brought her own refreshing perspective to the prize, selecting stories by an engaging mix of celebrated names and emerging voices and including several stories in translation. The winning stories are accompanied by an introduction by Groff, observations from the winning writers on what inspired them, and an extensive resource list of magazines that publish short fiction. AN ANCHOR BOOKS ORIGINAL. “Office Hours,” by “Man Mountain,” by “Me, Rory and Aurora,” by , translated from the Danish by Sherilyn Nicolette Hellberg “The Complete,” by “The Haunting of Hajji Hotak," by “Wisconsin,” by “Ira & the Whale,” by “The Commander’s Teeth,” by “The Mad People of Paris,” translated from the Spanish by Thomas Bunstead “Snake & Submarine,” by “The Mother,” by “The Hollow,” by “Dream Man,” by translated from the Spanish by Francisca González-Arias “The Locksmith,” by “After Hours at the Acacia Park Pool,” by “Happy Is a Doing Word,” by “Elision,” by “Xífù,” by “Temporary Housing,” by “The Blackhills,” by