Introduction
Laura Furman, Series Editor
MUDLAVIA
Elizabeth Stuckey-French, The Atlantic Monthly
THE BRIEF HISTORY OF THE DEAD
Kevin Brockmeier, The New Yorker
THE GOLDEN ERA OF HEARTBREAK
Michael Parker, The Oxford American
THE HURT MAN
Wendell Berry, The Hudson Review
THE TUTOR
Nell Freudenberger, Granta
FANTASY FOR ELEVEN FINGERS
Ben Fountain, Southwest Review
THE HIGH DIVIDE
Charles D Ambrosio, The New Yorker
DESOLATION
Gail Jones, The Kenyon Review
A RICH MAN
Edward P. Jones, The New Yorker
DUES
Dale Peck, The Threepenny Review
SPECKLE TROUT
Ron Rash, The Kenyon Review
SPHINXES
Timothy Crouse, Zoetrope
GRACE
Paula Fox, Harper's Magazine
SNOWBOUND
Liza Ward, The Georgia Review
TEA
Nancy Reisman, Michigan Quarterly Review
CHRISTIE
Caitlin Macy The New Yorker
REFUGE IN LONDON
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Zoetrope
THE DROWNED WOMAN
Frances de Pontes Peebles, Indiana Review
THE CARD TRICK
Tessa Hadley, The New Yorker
WHAT YOU PAWN I WILL REDEEM
Sherman Alexie, The New Yorker
WRITING THE O. HENRY PRIZE STORIES 2005
The Authors on Their Work