The Best American Short Stories 2010, a volume in The Best American Short Stories series, was edited by Heidi Pitlor and by guest editor Richard Russo.
Short Stories included Author Story Where story previously appearedSteve Almond "Donkey Greedy, Donkey Gets Punched" Tin House Marlin Barton "Into Silence" The Sewanee Review Charles Baxter "The Cousins" Tin HouseJennifer Egan "Safari" The New YorkerDanielle Evans "Someone Ought to Tell Her There's Nowhere to Go" Public Space Joshua Ferris "The Valetudinarian" The New Yorker Lauren Groff "Delicate Edible Birds" Glimmer Train Wayne Harrison "Least Resistance" The Atlantic James Lasdun "The Hollow" The Paris Review Rebecca Makkai "Painted Ocean, Painted Ship" Ploughshares Brendan Matthews "My Last Attempt to Explain What Happened to the Lion Tamer" Cincinnati Review Jill McCorkle "PS" The Atlantic Kevin Moffett "Further Interpretations of Real Life Events" Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern Téa Obreht "The Laugh" The Atlantic Lori Ostlund "All Boy" New England Review Ron Rash "The Ascent" Tin House Karen Russell "The Seagull Army Descends on Strong Beach" Tin House Jim Shepard "The Netherlands Lives With Water" Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern Maggie Shipstead "Cowboy Tango" Virginia Quarterly Review Wells Tower "Raw Water" Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern
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