The PEN/O. Henry Prize stories: 2010

Introduction / Laura Furman, series editor

Them old cowboy songs / Annie Proulx

Clothed, female figure / Kirstin Allio

The headstrongs historian / Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Stand by me / Wendell Berry

Sheep may safely graze / Jess row

Birch memorial / Preeta Samarasan

Visitation / Brad Watson

The woman of the house / William Trrevor

The bridge / Daniel Alarcon

A spoiled man / Daniyal Mueenuddin

Oh, death / James Lasdun

Fresco, Byzantine / Natalie Bakopoulos

The end of my life in New York / Peter Cameron

Obit / Ted Sanders

The lover / Damon Galgut

An East Egg update / George Bradley

Into the gorge / Ron Rash

Microstories / John Edgar Widerman

Some women / Alice Munro

Making good / Lore Segal

Reading the PEN/O. Henry prize stories 2010.