Americaas Finest Short Fiction, by some of todayas best authors, edited by Larry Parr, celebrates the diversity and richness in possibilities of the modern short story. It features aA Disaster of Biblical Proportions,a winner of Eaton Literary Agencyas Annual Award for Short Stories, 2008. From aLily,a by Barbara Zimmer, to aThe Boat Tripa by Rose Stookey and aEightieth Summera by Eileen Cunningham, this anthology ranges in stories from the young to the older population. Some of the stories are based on true experiences, such as aThe Great Blizzard of a78 by Robert A. Love, while most are the best of American fiction. Authors include Eileen Cunningham, Beth Bartkus, Carolyn Bass, Christina Bennett, D. Edwin Burbee, Elizabeth Burchardt, Luiz Carvalho, Sesh Damerla, Ava Foster, Dr. Aaron Kemp, Andrew Leach, Rebecca Mate, Gilbert Medellin, James W. Moore, John Ruemmler, Rose Stookey, Laquetta Ward, Barbara Zimmer, and Robert A. Love.