The best short stories

Book - 2021

A selection of the best short stories of the year, selected from the thousands published in literary magazines, literary journals, and on literary websites.

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Subjects
Genres
Short stories
Periodicals
Published
New York : Anchor Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2021-
Holdings
KEEP FIVE YEARS.
Language
English
Item Description
Editors <2021-> Guest editor: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie; series editor, Jenny Minton Quigley.
A relaunch, after a break in 2020, of The O. Henry prize stories. -- publisher's Web site.
Physical Description
volumes ; 21 cm
Publication Frequency
Annual.
Awards
O. Henry prize.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN
9780593689608
9780593470619
9780593470596
9780593467541
9780593311257
ISSN
24725455
  • Foreword
  • Introduction
  • The Stackpole Legend
  • The Arrow
  • That Girl
  • The Pleasure of a Working Life
  • Blackbirds
  • Hearing Aids
  • Sanrevelle
  • Stump of the World
  • Shotgun Calypso
  • City Girl
  • Sickled
  • The Spit of Him
  • Winner
  • Countdown
  • Just Another Family
  • Mornings at the Ministry
  • Rosaura at Dawn
  • Three Niles
  • Strange Fruit
  • Miracle in Lagos Traffic
  • The O. Henry Prize Winners 2025: The Writers on Their Work
  • Publisher's Note: A Brief History of the O. Henry Prize
  • How the Stories Are Chosen
  • Acknowledgments
  • Publications Submitted
  • Permissions