Editor Roxanne Gay‘s choices are interesting—lots of coming-of-age stories. Faves: Maria Anderson‘s “Cougar” for loss, landscape, animals as symbols, Great Pyrenees, quiet but effective language; Matthew Lyons‘ “The Brothers Bruno” for energy of language, brutality & sacrifice, ritual magic / Santeria, allegory of excesses of capitalism; Emma Cline‘s “Los Angeles” for consumer culture, identity, sexuality, turns of phrase, amazing sentences. 2018