The O. Henry Awards Prize Stories, 1998 / O. Henry prize stories, 1998 Prize stories 1998 edited and with an introduction by Larry Dark. - New York, N.Y. : Doubleday, 1998. - xviii, 446 pages ; 22 cm

"Best of 1998"--Cover.

Introduction / People like that are the only people here The knife thrower The children stay Flower children / Two brothers / Winky / Me and my enemy / Tarantula / Gare Du Nord / Eating dirt / Relief / Boot / Crimson / Movietone : detour / Cosmopolitan / Ashes / The myths of bears / Satan : hijacker of a planet / The chimpanzees of Wyoming territory / Brokeback Mountain / Contributors' notes -- Jurors -- 50 honorable mention stories -- 1998 Magazine Award : the New Yorker -- Magazines consulted. Larry Dark -- Lorrie Moore ; Rick Moody -- Steven Millhauser ; Mary Gaitskill -- Alice Munro ; Andrea Barrett -- Maxine Swann -- Brian Evenson -- George Saunders -- Karen Heuler -- Thom Jones -- Suketu Mehta -- Carolyn Cooke -- Peter Ho Davies -- Reginald McKnight -- Josip Navakovich -- Peter Weltner -- Akhil Sharma -- D.R. MacDonald -- Rick Bass -- Louise Erdrich -- Don Zancanella -- Annie Proulx -- (first prize) / introduced by (second prize) / introduced by (third prize) / introducted by

Includes story by Minnesota author Louise Erdrich.

0385489587 9780385489584


Short stories, American.


United States--Social life and customs--Fiction.

PS 648 .S5 O23 1998