Since its inception in 1915, the Best American series has become the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction. For each volume, a series editor reads pieces from hundreds of periodicals, then selects between fifty and
Contents:Introduction / Edward GormanThe used / Loren D. EstlemanA cold foggy day / Bill PronziniSwamp search / Harry WhittingtonTake care of yourself / William Campbell GaultA matter of ethics / Robert J. RandisiTough / John LutzThis world, then the fire