The Best American Mystery Stories 2016

“The Little Men” by Megan Abbott. First published by Bibliomysteries, Mysterious Press, September 15, 2015. Copyright © 2015 by Megan Abbott. Reprinted by permission of Megan Abbott.

“Okay, Now Do You Surrender?” by Steve Almond. First published in Cincinnati Review, vol. 11, no. 2. Copyright © 2015 by Steve Almond. Reprinted by permission of Steve Almond.

“Toward the Company of Others” by Matt Bell. First published in Tin House, issue 65. Copyright © 2015 by Matt Bell. Reprinted by permission of Matt Bell.

“Fool Proof” by Bruce Robert Coffin. First published in Red Dawn: Best New England Crime Stories. Copyright © 2015 by Bruce Robert Coffin. Reprinted by permission of Bruce Robert Coffin.

“Safety” by Lydia Fitzpatrick. First published in One Story, issue 207. Copyright © 2015 by Lydia Fitzpatrick. Reprinted by permission of Georges Borchardt, Inc., on behalf of the author.

“Christians” by Tom Franklin. First published in Murder under the Oaks, edited by Art Taylor. Copyright © 2015 by Tom Franklin. Reprinted by permission of Tom Franklin.

“A Death” by Stephen King. First published in The New Yorker, March 9, 2015. From The Bazaar of Bad Dreams by Stephen King. Copyright © 2015 by Stephen King. Reprinted with the permission of Scribner, a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc. All rights reserved.

“For Something to Do” by Elmore Leonard. First published in Charlie Martz and Other Stories: The Unpublished Stories of Elmore Leonard. Copyright © 2015 by Elmore Leonard, Inc. Reprinted by permission of HarperCollins Publishers.

“The Continental Opposite” by Evan Lewis. First published in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, May 2015. Copyright © 2015 by David Evan Lewis. Reprinted by permission of Evan Lewis.

“Street of the Dead House” by Robert Lopresti. First published in nEvermore! edited by Nancy Kilpatrick and Caro Soles, July 1, 2015. Copyright © 2015 by Robert Lopresti. Reprinted by permission of Robert Lopresti.

“Lafferty’s Ghost” by Dennis McFadden. First published in Fiction, no. 61. Copyright © 2015 by Dennis McFadden. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“The Tank Yard” by Michael Noll. First published in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, July 2015. Copyright © 2015 by Michael Noll. Reprinted by permission of Michael Noll.

“Trash” by Todd Robinson. First published in Last Word by the editors of Joyride Press, August 2015. Copyright © 2015 by Todd Robinson. Reprinted by permission of Todd Robinson.

“Christmas Eve at the Exit” by Kristine Kathryn Rusch. First published in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, January 2015. Copyright © 2015 by Kristine K. Rusch. Reprinted by permission of Kristine K. Rusch.

“The Mountain Top” by Georgia Ruth. First published in Fish or Cut Bait: A Guppy Anthology, April 7, 2015. Copyright © 2015 by Georgia Wilson. Reprinted by permission of Georgia Wilson.

“Mailman” by Jonathan Stone. First published in Cold-Blooded, edited by Clay Stafford and Jeffery Deaver, October 27, 2015. Copyright © 2015 by Jonathan Stone. Reprinted by permission of Jonathan Stone.

“Rearview Mirror” by Art Taylor. First published in On the Road with Del & Louise by Art Taylor, September 15, 2015. Copyright © 2015 by Art Taylor. Reprinted by permission of Henery Press, LLC.

“Border Crossing” by Susan Thornton. First published in the Literary Review, vol. 58, no. 3, Summer 2015. Copyright © 2015 by Susan R. Thornton. Reprinted by permission of Susan R. Thornton.

“Entwined” by Brian Tobin. First published in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, June 2015. Copyright © 2015 by Brian Tobin. Reprinted by permission of Brian Tobin.

“God’s Plan for Dr. Gaynor and Hastings Chiume” by Saral Waldorf. First published in Southern Review, Spring 2015. Copyright © 2015 by Saral Waldorf. Reprinted by permission of Saral Waldorf