The best American short stories 2016

Apollo/ Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Ravalushan / Mohammed Naseehu Ali

Garments / Tahmima Anam

Wonders of the shore / Andrea Barrett

The bears / Sarah Shun-Lien Bynum

The great silence / Ted Chiang

The flower / Louise Erdrich

The Letician age / Yalitza Ferreras

For the God of love, for the love of God / Lauren Groff

The suitcase / Meron Hadero

Treasure state / Smith Henderson

Pat + Sam / Lisa Ko

Cold little bird / Ben Marcus

The politics of the quotidian / Caille Millner

Bridge / Daniel J. O'Malley / The prospectors / Karen Russell

On this side / Yuko Sakata

Gifted / Sharon Solwitz

Secret Stream / Héctor Tobar

Williamsburg Bridge /

John Edgar Wideman.