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COOLEST AMERICAN STORIES 2022 now on sale
to order:
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available to retailers through Ingram and Baker & Taylor 

PRAISE
“These stories bump and brim with rambunctious energy and show that the American short story is alive and well.”
—Ben Fountain, winner of the PEN/Hemingway Award and the National Book Critics’ Circle Award, author of Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk

“Extraordinarily rich storytelling from fresh, vibrant voices—COOLEST AMERICAN STORIES promises to be an annual force.”
—Laura McHugh, internationally bestselling author of The Weight of Blood

“Love short stories? This collection is for you. Not yet sure how to feel about short stories? This collection is definitely for you. Whoever you are, wherever you are: read these stories!”
—Lori Ostlund, Flannery O’Connor Award winner, author of After the Parade and The Bigness of the World

"COOLEST CLASS OF 2022"
(our 2022 contributors)
S. A. Cosby 
Barbara DeMarco-Barrett
David Ebanbach
Matthew Goldberg
Michael Hopkins
John Jeffire
Lori D. Johnson
Lee Martin
Frances Park
Megan Ritchie
D.Z. Stone
Susan Tacent
Mary Taugher