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The Best Short Stories 2024 : the O. Henry Prize winners edited by Amore Towles

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The prestigious annual story anthology, featuring prize-winning stories by Kate DiCamillo, Jess Walter, Dave Eggers, Allegra Goodman, Jai Chakrabarti, Francisco Gonzalez, and more.

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 Amor Towles has brought his own refreshing perspective to the prize, selecting stories by an engaging mix of celebrated names and emerging voices. The winning stories are accompanied by an introduction by Towles, observations from the winning writers on what inspired them, and an extensive resource list of magazines that publish short fiction. 

Contents: Roy / Emma Binder -- Soccer balls of Mr. Kurz / Michele Mari ; translated from the Italian by Brian Robert Moore -- Orphans / Brad Felver -- Home visit / Morris Collins -- Import / Jai Chakrabarti -- Didi / Amber Caron -- Serranos / Francisco Gonzalez -- Hiding spot / Caroline Kim -- Junior / Katherine D. Stutzman -- My good friend / Juliana Leite ; translated from the Portuguese by Zoe Perry -- Castle of Rose Tellin / Kate DiCamillo -- Rain / Colin Barrett -- Marital problems / Robin Romm -- Last grownup / Allegra Goodman -- Honor of your presence / Dave Eggers -- Paper artist / E.K. Ota -- Room-service waiter / Tom Crewe -- Seeing through maps / Madeline ffitch -- Dark / Jess Walter -- Mobilization / Allegra Hyde. Contains twenty prize winning stories chosen from thousands published in magazines around the world over the previous year.