The best American short stories, 2006

Introduction / Ann Patchett --

Paul Yoon / Once the shore --

Tobias Wolff / Awaiting orders--

Donna Tartt / The ambush --

Maxine Swann / Secret --

Mark Slouka / Dominion --

Patrick Ryan / So much for Artemis --

Benjamin Percy / Refresh, refresh --

Edith Pearlman / Self-reliance --

Alice Munro / The view from Castle Rock --

Kevin Moffett / Tattooizm --

Thomas McGuane / Cowboy --

Jack Livings / The dog --

Yiyun Li / After a life --

Aleksander Hemon / The conductor --

Mary Gaitskill / Today I'm yours --

Nathan Englander / How we avenged the blums --

Robert Coover / Grandmother's nose --

David Bezmozgis / A new gravestone for an old grave --

Katherine Bell / The casual car pool --

Anne Beattie with Harry Mathews / Mr. Nobody at all.