Established early in the last century as a memorial to O. Henry, throughout its history this annual collection has consistently offered a remarkable sampling of contemporary short stories. Each year stories are chosen from large and small literary magazines and a panel of distinguished writers is enlisted to award the top prizes. The result is a superb collection of twenty inventive, full-bodied stories representing the very best in American and Canadian fiction.
"Prize Stories is eerier, broodier, chancier, and ultimately more alive to the genre's exhilarating unpredictability [than The Best American Short Stories]."--Entertainment Weekly
CONTENTS
Weight by John Edgar Wideman The Man with the Lapdog by Beth Lordan The Deacon by Mary Gordon Plains of Abraham by Russell Banks Flush by Judy Budnitz These Hands by Kevin Brockmeier Salve Regina by Melissa Pritchard The Smallest People Alive by Keith Banner Bones of the Inner Ear by Kiana Davenport The Fool's Proxy by J. Robert Lennon He's at the Office by Allan Gurganus The Gilgul of Park Avenue by Nathan Englander Theories of Rain by Andrea Barrett Whileaway by Jeannette Bertles Rose by John Biguenet The Gardens of Kyoto by Kate Walbert Easy Pickings by Tim Gautreaux The Beautiful Days by Michael Byers Watch the Animals by Alice Elliott Dark Kindling by Raymond Carver
Established early in the last century as a memorial to O. Henry, throughout its history this annual collection has consistently offered a remarkable sampling of contemporary short stories. Each year stories are chosen from large and small literary magazines and a panel of distinguished writers is enlisted to award the top prizes. The result is a superb collection of twenty inventive, full-bodied stories representing the very best in American and Canadian fiction.
"Prize Stories is eerier, broodier, chancier, and ultimately more alive to the genre's exhilarating unpredictability [than The Best American Short Stories]."--Entertainment Weekly
CONTENTS
Weight by John Edgar Wideman The Man with the Lapdog by Beth Lordan The Deacon by Mary Gordon Plains of Abraham by Russell Banks Flush by Judy Budnitz These Hands by Kevin Brockmeier Salve Regina by Melissa Pritchard The Smallest People Alive by Keith Banner Bones of the Inner Ear by Kiana Davenport The Fool's Proxy by J. Robert Lennon He's at the Office by Allan Gurganus The Gilgul of Park Avenue by Nathan Englander Theories of Rain by Andrea Barrett Whileaway by Jeannette Bertles Rose by John Biguenet The Gardens of Kyoto by Kate Walbert Easy Pickings by Tim Gautreaux The Beautiful Days by Michael Byers Watch the Animals by Alice Elliott Dark Kindling by Raymond Carver
