The provincials from Granta / Daniel Alarcón --
Bravery from Tin house / Charles Baxter --
Malaria from Bellevue literary review / Michael Byers --
Miss Lora from New Yorker / Junot Dí́az --
Horned men from ZYZZYVA / Karl Taro Greenfield --
The third dumpster from Granta / Gish Jen --
Encounters with unexpected animals from Esquire / Bret Anthony Johnston --
Magic man from Yale review / Sheila Kohler --
The chair from Paris review / David Means --
A voice in the night from New Yorker / Steven Millhauser --
Referential from New Yorker / Lorrie Moore --
Train from Harper's magazine / Alice Munro --
Chapter two from New Yorker / Antonya Nelson --
Nemecia from Narrative magazine / Kristin Valdez Quade --
Philanthropy from Granta / Suzanne Rivecca --
The Semplica-girl diaries from New Yorker / George Saunders --
The world to come from One story / Jim Shepard --
The wilderness from Threepenny review / Elizabeth Tallent --
The tunnel, or the news from Spain from Glimmer train / Joan Wickersham --
Breatharians from New Yorker / Callan Wink --
Other distinguished stories of 2012 --
Editorial addresses of American and Canadian magazines publishing short stories.
The provincials / Daniel Alarcón --
Bravery / Charles Baxter --
Malaria / Michael Byers --
Miss Lora / Junot Díaz --
Horned men / Karl Taro Greenfeld --
The third dumpster / Gish Jen --
Encounters with unexpected animals / Bret Anthony Johnston --
Magic man / Sheila Kohler --
The chair / David Means --
A voice in the night / Steven Millhauser --
Referential / Lorrie Moore --
Chapter two / Antonya Nelso --
Nemecia / Kirstin Valdez Quade --
Philanthropy / Suzanne Rivecca --
The semplica-girl diaries / George Saunders --
The world to come / Jim Shepard --
The wilderness / Elizabeth Tallent --
The tunnel, or The news from Spain / Joan Wickersham --
Breatharians / Callan Wink.