"At once timely and timeless, ancient and futuristic—reimagining and remaking a region long potent in the imagination." - from the introduction by Vanessa Hua, author of Forbidden City"The stories in This Side of the Divide: New Lore of the American West are fantastic, gritty, imaginative; full of characters as complicated and brutal as the landscapes they inhabit. As disturbing as it is delightful, this anthology both reveals and re-imagines the complex beauty of the American West. I couldn't put it down." - Claire Boyles, author of Site Fidelity, listed for the Reading the West and PEN/Bingham Book Awards in debut fiction"This Side of the Divide: New Lore of the American West is a dazzling ride through reimagined and remixed landscapes of the still-lonesome American West. In its gleeful variety of genres and styles, this anthology affirms that the American West—as an active idea, as a ground for new meaning—is as wide and deep and wild as ever."- Joseph Scapellato, author of The Made-Up Man and Big Lonesome

• Stories The Ghosts in the Desert- Day Al-MohamedThank You, Little Queens- Laura ArciniegaCanada, Maybe Even California, or Other States (Wyoming? Montana?)- Kate BernheimerThe Wind’s Last Breath- Jos BurnsThe Last Genuine Cowboy- Katie CarmerIn Fresno, One Last Bath in Dust- Matt CarneyThe Drone Pilot- Andrew Colarusso Variation on a Legend- Jaydn DeWaldVariation on a Myth- Jaydn DeWaldThere Are Ghosts Here- Dominique DickeyCrepuscular - Tessa FontaineBroken Crow- Alyson HagyThe Objects- Yuri Herrera; translated by Lisa DillmanWhat We Tell Ourselves- Jac JemcWhat I Assume You Shall Assume- Ken LiuSalt- Tara Lynn MasihHow I Came to Love Kelly Sand’s Sister- Alex McElroyPyrosome- Kathleen McNamaraMan, Water, Dignity- Caitlin PalmerSomebody Is Going to Have to Pay for This- Benjamin PercyA Billion Miles from What Was Home- PhoebeOnce Called California- Christian TranbergThe Run- Willy Vlautin

"At once timely and timeless, ancient and futuristic—reimagining and remaking a region long potent in the imagination." - from the introduction by Vanessa Hua, author of Forbidden City"The stories in This Side of the Divide: New Lore of the American West are fantastic, gritty, imaginative; full of characters as complicated and brutal as the landscapes they inhabit. As disturbing as it is delightful, this anthology both reveals and re-imagines the complex beauty of the American West. I couldn't put it down." - Claire Boyles, author of Site Fidelity, listed for the Reading the West and PEN/Bingham Book Awards in debut fiction"This Side of the Divide: New Lore of the American West is a dazzling ride through reimagined and remixed landscapes of the still-lonesome American West. In its gleeful variety of genres and styles, this anthology affirms that the American West—as an active idea, as a ground for new meaning—is as wide and deep and wild as ever."- Joseph Scapellato, author of The Made-Up Man and Big Lonesome

• Stories The Ghosts in the Desert- Day Al-MohamedThank You, Little Queens- Laura ArciniegaCanada, Maybe Even California, or Other States (Wyoming? Montana?)- Kate BernheimerThe Wind’s Last Breath- Jos BurnsThe Last Genuine Cowboy- Katie CarmerIn Fresno, One Last Bath in Dust- Matt CarneyThe Drone Pilot- Andrew Colarusso Variation on a Legend- Jaydn DeWaldVariation on a Myth- Jaydn DeWaldThere Are Ghosts Here- Dominique DickeyCrepuscular - Tessa FontaineBroken Crow- Alyson HagyThe Objects- Yuri Herrera; translated by Lisa DillmanWhat We Tell Ourselves- Jac JemcWhat I Assume You Shall Assume- Ken LiuSalt- Tara Lynn MasihHow I Came to Love Kelly Sand’s Sister- Alex McElroyPyrosome- Kathleen McNamaraMan, Water, Dignity- Caitlin PalmerSomebody Is Going to Have to Pay for This- Benjamin PercyA Billion Miles from What Was Home- PhoebeOnce Called California- Christian TranbergThe Run- Willy Vlautin