Often the simplest and most elegant approach to a story is to do as Trevor does (along with O’Connor, Cheever, Yates, Malamud, and all the greats of mid-century short story craft), which is give the reader the vital information right at the beginning.
Our list's true newcomers are Matt Bell and Sequoia Nagamatsu, who join in the sixth and tenth positions for 'Refuse to Be Done' and 'How High We Go in the Dark,' respectively.