{"product_id":"the-best-american-short-stories-2025-9780063399808","title":"The Best American Short Stories 2025","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Short stories can act like little tuning forks, helping us to clarify our own values,\" writes guest editor Celeste Ng. \"In a time when our values are being tested daily, it's hard to think of anything more important.\" \u003cem\u003eThe Best American Short Stories 2025\u003c\/em\u003e resonates precisely at this pitch: twenty pieces that upend expectations and test the foundation of our beliefs. From a bereaved medical actress obsessed with a student in her rotation to a mysterious sickness that ignites a lethal running mania in its victims, and from the grounds of a wild animal estate to a celebrity look-alike mother-for-hire, these stories transport readers to the impossible edges of our world and vivify characters who reflect the spectrum of human experience. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eTHE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES 2025\u003c\/em\u003e INCLUDES: LAUREN ACAMPORA - SARAH BRAUNSTEIN - BRET ANTHONY JOHNSTON - ELIZABETH McCRACKEN - CARRIE R. MOORE - ANDREW PORTER - WILLIAM PEI SHIH - JUSTIN TAYLOR - JESSICA TREADWAY - AND OTHERS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNg, Celeste:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCeleste Ng\u003c\/strong\u003e is the #1 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of the novels \u003cem\u003eEverything I Never Told You\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLittle Fires Everywhere\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eOur Missing Hearts\u003c\/em\u003e. Ng is the recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation, and her work has been published in over thirty languages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLamy, Nicole A.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNicole A. Lamy \u003c\/strong\u003ewas the books editor of the \u003cem\u003eBoston Globe, \u003c\/em\u003e where she expanded books coverage, including a reader advice column called \u003cem\u003eMatch Book\u003c\/em\u003e, which she subsequently wrote for the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e. In addition to book reviews and features she has written about food, photography, and parenting among other topics for the \u003cem\u003eGlobe\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eTimes, \u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Boston Globe Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e, and the \u003cem\u003eAmerican Scholar\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mariner Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51661505069330,"sku":"9780063399808","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5402dc17-cf3d-4274-b2fb-a72b9083d527.jpg?v=1760446511","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-best-american-short-stories-2025-9780063399808","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}