Table of Contents:

“Preface” by Caitlin Roper

“Introduction” by Rivka Galchen

“Recognition” by Victor LaValle

“A Blue Sky Like This” by Mona Awad

“The Walk” by Kamila Shamsie

“Tales from the LA River” by Colm Tóibín

“Clinical Notes” by Liz Moore

“The Team” by Tommy Orange

“The Rock” by Leila Slimani

“Impatient Griselda” by Margaret Atwood

“Under the Magnolia” by Yiyun Li

“Outside” by Etgar Keret

“Keepsakes” by Andrew O’Hagan

“The Girl with the Big Red Suitcase” by Rachel Kushner

“The Morningside” by Téa Obreht

“Screen Time” by Alejandro Zambra

“How We Used to Play” by Dinaw Mengestu

“Line 19 Woodstock/Glisan” by Karen Russell

“If Wishes Was Horses” by David Mitchell

“Systems” by Charles Yu

“The Perfect Travel Buddy” by Paolo Giordano

“An Obliging Robber” by Mia Couto

“Sleep” by Uzodinma Iweala

“Prudent Girls” by Rivers Solomon

“That Time at My Brother’s Wedding” by Laila Lalami

“A Time of Death, The Death of Time” by Julián Fuks

“The Cellar” by Dina Nayeli

“Origin Story” by Matthew Baker

“To the Wall” by Esi Edugyan

“Barcelona: Open City” by John Wray

“One Thing” by Edwidge Danticat