The Best American Short Stories 2000
# The Best American Short Stories 2000

The Best American Short Stories 2000 is a volume in The Best American Short Stories series. It was edited by Katrina Kenison and by guest editor E. L. Doctorow.

## Short stories included

| Author | Story | Source |
| - | - | - |
| Geoffrey Becker | "Black Elvis" | Ploughshares |
| Amy Bloom | "The Story" | Story |
| Michael Byers | "The Beautiful Days" | Ploughshares |
| Ron Carlson | "The Ordinary Son" | Oxford American |
| Raymond Carver | "Call If You Need Me" | Granta |
| Kiana Davenport | "Bones of the Inner Ear" | Story |
| Junot Diaz | "Nilda" | The New Yorker |
| Nathan Englander | "The Gilgul of Park Avenue" | The Atlantic Monthly |
| Percival Everett | "The Fix" | New York Stories |
| Tim Gautreaux | "Good for the Soul" | Story |
| Allan Gurganus | "He's at the Office" | The New Yorker |
| Aleksandar Hemon | "Blind Jozef Pronek" | The New Yorker |
| Kathleen Hill | "The Anointed" | DoubleTake |
| Ha Jin | "The Bridegroom" | Harper's Magazine |
| Marilyn Krysl | "The Thing Around Them" | Notre Dame Review |
| Jhumpa Lahiri | "The Third and Final Continent" | The New Yorker |
| Walter Mosley | "Pet Fly" | The New Yorker |
| ZZ Packer | "Brownies" | Harper's Magazine |
| Edith Pearlman | "Allog" | Ascent |
| Annie Proulx | "People in Hell Just Want a Drink of Water" | GQ |
| Frances Sherwood | "Basil the Dog" | The Atlantic Monthly |
