Widely regarded as the nation s most prestigious awards for short fiction. The Atlantic Monthly
The O. Henry Prize Stories 1994 gathers 21 of the best short stories of the year, selected from thousands published in literary magazines.
Stories include:
Alison Baker Better Be Ready Bout Half Past Eight (first prize)
John Rolfe Gardiner The Voyage Out (second prize)
Lorrie Moore Terrific Mother (third prize)
Stuart Dybek We Didn t
Marlin Barton Jeremiah s Road
Kelly Cherry Not the Phil Donahue Show
Elizabeth Cox The Third of July
Terry...