Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books, (2007.). First edition - The 22th volume in this series, featuring the best short stories published during the year either by Southern writers or about the US South. Introduction by Edward Jones. Includes stories by James Lee Burke, Rick Bass, George Singleton, Joshua Ferris, Toni Jenson and more. Each story is followed by brief biographical notes on the author and a comment by the author about the genesis of the story. Appendices including lists of magazines consulted and a complete list of the stories in previous volumes. 375 pp.