The Best Small Fictions 2017

THE BEST SMALL FICTIONS 2017 offers readers 55 exceptional small fictions by 53 authors. This acclaimed new annual series, hailed as a "milestone for the short story," continues to honor contemporary masters and emerging writers of short-short and hybrid forms from across the globe. Guest editor Amy Hempel chose the winners from a pool of 105 finalists: "They conjure and seduce, they startle and haunt, they are funny and searing, short and shorter." The 2017 volume includes Pamela Painter, Brian Doyle, Ian Seed, Frankie McMillan, Karen Brennan, Stuart Dybek, and W. Todd Kaneko, and spotlights Joy Williams and SmokeLong Quarterly.

• The Best Small Fictions 2018
• The Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Writing Flash Fiction: Tips from Editors, Teachers, and Writers in the Field
• The Best Small Fictions 2016
• Best American Short Stories 2017 (The Best American Series ®)
• FLASH!: Writing the Very Short Story
• New Micro: Exceptionally Short Fiction
• Flash Fiction Forward: 80 Very Short Stories
• Flash Fiction International: Very Short Stories from Around the World
• The Best Small Fictions 2015
• The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel