The Best Short Stories 2023: The O. Henry Prize Winners by Lauren Groff
The Best Short Stories 2023: The O. Henry Prize Winners by Lauren Groff
English | 2023 | General Fiction
Continuing a century-long tradition of cutting-edge literary excellence, this year’s edition contains twenty prizewinning stories chosen from the thousands published in magazines over the previous year. Guest editor Lauren Groff has brought her own refreshing perspective to the prize, selecting stories by an engaging mix of celebrated names and emerging voices and including several stories in translation. The winning stories are accompanied by an introduction by Groff, observations from the winning writers on what inspired them, and an extensive resource list of magazines that publish short fiction.
Contents:
Office Hours: The Atlantic by Ling Ma
Man Mountain: Astra by Catherine Lacey
Me, Rory and Aurora by Jonas Eika
The Complete by Gabriel Smith
The Haunting of Hajji Hotak by Jamil Jan Kochai
Wisconsin by Lisa Taddeo
Ira & the Whale by Rachel B. Glase
The Commander’s Teeth by Naomi Shuyama-Gómez
The Mad People of Paris by Blanco Calderón
Snake & Submarine by Shelby Kinney-Lang
The Mother by Jacob M’hango
The Hollow by Pemi Aguda
Dream Man by Cristina Rivera Garza
The Locksmith by Grey Wolfe LaJoie
After Hours at the Acacia Park Pool by Kristin Valdez Quade
Happy Is a Doing Word by Arinze Ifeakandu
Elision by David Ryan
Xífù by K-Ming Chang
Temporary Housing by Kathleen Alcott
The Blackhills by Eamon McGuinness
