The O. Henry Prize Stories 2007: The Best Stories of the Year

An arresting collection of contemporary fiction at its best, these stories explore a vast range of subjects, from love and deception to war and the insidious power of class distinctions. However clearly spoken, in voices sophisticated, cunning, or na€ve, here is fiction that consistently defies our expectations. Selected from thousands of stories in hundreds of literary magazines, the twenty prize-winning stories are accompanied by essays from each of the three eminent jurors on which stories they judged the best, and observations from all twenty prizewinners on what inspired them.

€œThe Room€
William Trevor

€œThe Scent of Cinnamon€
Charles Lambert

€œCherubs€
Justine Dymond

€œGalveston Bay, 1826€
Eddie Chuculate

€œThe Gift of Years€
Vu Tran

€œThe Diarist€
Richard McCann

€œWar Buddies€
Joan Silber

€œDjamilla€
Tony D€Souza

€œIn a Bear€s Eye€
Yannick Murphy

€œSummer, with Twins€
Rebecca Curtis

€œMudder Tongue€
Brian Evenson

€œCompanion€
Sana Krasikov

€œA Stone House€
Bay Anapol

€œThe Company of Men€
Jan Ellison

€œCity Visit€
Adam Haslett

€œThe Duchess of Albany€
Christine Schutt

€œA New Kind of Gravity€
Andrew Foster Altschul

€œGringos€
Ariel Dorfman

€œEl Ojo de Agua€
Susan Straight

€œThe View from Castle Rock€
Alice Munro