| The Best American Short Stories 2007 | |
| Editor: | Stephen King and Heidi Pitlor |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The Best American Short Stories |
| Media Type: | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Preceded By: | The Best American Short Stories 2006 |
| Followed By: | The Best American Short Stories 2008 |
The Best American Short Stories 2007, a volume in The Best American Short Stories series, was edited by Heidi Pitlor and by guest editor Stephen King.[1]
| Author | Story | Where story previously appeared |
|---|---|---|
| "Pa's Darling" | Yale Review | |
| "Toga Party" | Fiction | |
| "Solid Wood" | Boulevard | |
| "Balto" | Paris Review | |
| "Riding the Doghouse" | West Branch | |
| "My Brother Eli" | Hudson Review | |
| "Where Will You Go When Your Skin Cannot Contain You" | Tin House | |
| "Eleanor's Music" | Ploughshares | |
| "L. DeBard and Aliette: A Love Story" | The Atlantic Monthly | |
| "Wake" | New England Review | |
| Roy Kesey | "Wait" | Kenyon Review |
| "Findings & Impressions" | Iowa Review | |
| "Allegiance" | Ploughshares | |
| "The Boy in Zaquitos" | Fantasy and Science Fiction | |
| "Dimension" | The New Yorker | |
| "The Bris" | Subtropics | |
| "St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves" | Granta | |
| "Horseman" | The Atlantic Monthly | |
| "Sans Farine" | Harper's Magazine | |
| Kate Walbert | "Do Something" | Ploughshares |
Stephen King also selected "100 Other Distinguished Stories of 2006." These included short stories by many well-known writers including Francine Prose's "An Open Letter to Doctor X" from Virginia Quarterly Review, Jhumpa Lahiri's "Once in a Lifetime" from The New Yorker, Lorrie Moore's "Paper Losses" from The New Yorker and Jacob Appel's "The Butcher's Music" from West Branch, as well as works by up-and-coming fiction writers such as David Kear, Matthew Pitt, Paula Nangle, Alison Clement and Justin Kramon.