The O. Henry Prize Stories 2014

The O. Henry Prize Stories 2014 gathers twenty of the best short stories of the year selected from thousands published in literary magazines. The winning stories roam the world from Nigeria to Venice from an erupting volcano in Iceland to a brothel in the old Wild West. They feature a dazzling array of characters: a young American falling in love in Japan a girl raised by snake-handling fundamentalists an old man mourning his late wife and a fierce guard dog with a talent for escape. Accompanying the stories are the editors introduction essays from the eminent jurors on their favorite stories observations from the winning writers on what inspired them and an extensive resource list of magazines.. Mark Haddon The Gun GrantaStephen Dixon Talk The American ReaderTessa Hadley Valentine The New YorkerOlivia Clare Ptur EcotoneDavid Bradley You Remember The Pin Mill Narrative Kirstin Valdez Quade Nemecia Narrativemagazine.comDylan Landis Trust Tin HouseAllison Alsup Old Houses New Orleans ReviewHalina Duraj Fatherland Harvard ReviewChanelle Benz West of the Known The American Reader William Trevor The Women The New YorkerColleen Morrissey Good Faith The Cincinnati ReviewRobert Anthony Siegel The Right Imaginary Person Tin HouseLouise Erdrich Nero The New Yorker Rebecca Hirsch Garcia A Golden Light Threepenny ReviewChinelo Okparanta Fairness SubtropicsKristen Iskandrian The Inheritors Tin House Michael Parker Deep Eddy Southwest ReviewMaura Stanton Oh Shenandoah New England ReviewLaura van den Berg Opa-Locka The Southern ReviewThe Jurors on Their Favorites: Tash Aw James Lasdun Joan SilberThe Writers on Their WorkPublications Submitted