The Penguin Book of the International Short Story

John Freeman (External Editor) John Freeman is the author and editor of more than a dozen books, including The Penguin Book of the Modern American Short Story and California Rewritten. Rabih Alameddine (External Editor) Rabih Alameddine has written nine books that have been translated into more than twenty languages. His most recent awards include the 2019 Dos Passos Prize, the 2021 Lannan Literary Award for Fiction, the 2022 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, and the 2025 National Book Award.