Reading the Short Story

Laura Furman, the series editor for the O. Henry Prize Stories (formerly, and temporarily, the Pen/O. Henry Prize Stories {What was that a...

During the past week, I have been reading the twenty stories in the 2013 O. Henry Prize Stories collection. Although there are stories by...

Antonya Nelson, “Chapter Two” This is a story about the uses of story.   The central character, a woman named Hil, tired of telling h...

I have just finished reading all twenty stories in the 2013 Best American Short Stories.   In my opinion, this is the best (or the best...