Ten Favorite English-Language* Short Stories of the 21st Century
(alphabetically by author)
"The Torturer's Wife" by Thomas Glave
"Professor Berkowitz Stands on the Threshold" by Theodora Goss
"Monday" by Mark Helprin
"Bobcat" by Rebecca Lee
"Catskin" by Kelly Link
"The Briefcase" by Rebecca Makkai
"The Next Thing" by Steven Millhauser
"Reeling for the Empire" by Karen Russell
"The Baby" by David Rutschman
"The Dreamed" by Robert McLiam Wilson
* I wanted to reduce this list to ten, and I couldn't figure out how else to do it.
— July 18, 2025