Prize Stories 1985

The O. Henry Awards

By: William Abrahams

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Paperback | 13 August 1985 | Edition Number 1

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"Widely regarded as the nation's most prestigious awards for short fiction."-The Atlantic Monthly

The O. Henry Prize Stories 1985 gathers 21 of the best short stories of the year, selected from thousands published in literary magazines.

Stories include:
Jane Smiley "Lily" (first prize, jointly awarded)
Stuart Dybek "Hot Ice" (first prize, jointly awarded)
Ann Beattie "In the White Night"
Helen Norris "The Quarry"
Susan Minot "Lust"
Claude Koch "Bread and Butter Questions"
Wright Morris "Glimpse into Another Country"
Louise Erdrich "Saint Marie"
R. C. Hamilton "Da Vinci Is Dead"
Joseph McElroy "Daughter of the Revolution"
Steve Heller "The Crow Woman"
Ward Just "About Boston"
Tobias Wolff "Sister"
Gloria Norris "Holding On"
Peter Cameron "Homework"
Ilene Raymond "Taking a Chance on Jack"
Eric Wilson "The Axe, the Axe, the Axe"
Joyce Carol Oates "The Seasons"
Rolaine Hochstein "She Should Have Died Hereafter"
Josephine Jacobsen "The Mango Community"
John Updike "The Other"

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Publisher's Note	p. vii
Introduction	p. ix
Co-Winners of First Prize
"Lily" The Atlantic	p. 1
"Hot Ice" Antaeus	p. 20
"In the White Night" The New Yorker	p. 46
"The Quarry" Stories	p. 51
"Lust" The Paris Review	p. 63
"Bread and Butter Questions" Four Quarters	p. 71
"Glimpse into Another Country" The New Yorker	p. 89
"Saint Marie" The Atlantic	p. 103
"Da Vinci Is Dead" The Antioch Review	p. 116
"Daughter of the Revolution" Antaeus	p. 132
"The Crow Woman" The Texas Review	p. 148
"About Boston" The Atlantic	p. 174
"Sister" Ploughshares	p. 199
"Holding On" The Sewanee Review	p. 206
"Homework" The New Yorker	p. 222
"Taking a Chance on Jack" Mademoiselle	p. 229
"The Axe, the Axe, the Axe" The Massachusetts Review	p. 238
"The Seasons" Ploughshares	p. 254
"She Should Have Died Hereafter" The Literary Review	p. 271
"The Mango Community" The Ontario Review	p. 282
"The Other" The New Yorker	p. 299
Magazines Consulted	p. 315
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