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 editor's 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," Granta

Stephen Dixon, "Talk," The American Reader

Tessa Hadley, "Valentine," The New Yorker

Olivia Clare, "Pétur," Ecotone

David Bradley, "You Remember The Pin Mill," Narrative

Kirstin Valdez Quade, "Nemecia," Narrativemagazine.com

Dylan Landis, "Trust," Tin House

Allison Alsup, "Old Houses," New Orleans Review

Halina Duraj, "Fatherland," Harvard Review

Chanelle Benz, "West of the Known," The American Reader

William Trevor, "The Women," The New Yorker

Colleen Morrissey, "Good Faith," The Cincinnati Review

Robert Anthony Siegel, "The Right Imaginary Person," Tin House

Louise Erdrich, "Nero," The New Yorker

Rebecca Hirsch Garcia, "A Golden Light," Threepenny Review

Chinelo Okparanta, "Fairness," Subtropics

Kristen Iskandrian, "The Inheritors," Tin House

Michael Parker, "Deep Eddy," Southwest Review

Maura Stanton, "Oh Shenandoah," New England Review

Laura van den Berg, "Opa-Locka," The Southern Review



The Jurors on Their Favorites: Tash Aw, James Lasdun, Joan Silber

The Writers on Their Work

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