The O Henry Prize Stories 2005

Writers’ Forum

University of Colorado

P.O. Box 7150

Colorado Springs, CO 80933

C. Kenneth Pellow, Editor-in-Chief

[email protected]

Annual

Xavier Review

Xavier University

Box 110C

New Orleans, LA 70125

Thomas Bonner, Jr., and Richard

Collins, Editors [email protected] Biannual

Xconnect: Writers of the Information Age

P.O. Box 2317 Philadelphia, PA 19103

D. Edward Deifer, Editor-in-Chief [email protected] http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/xconnect Annual

The Yale Review

Yale University

P.O. Box 208243

New Haven, CT 06250-8243

J. D. McClatchy, Editor

[email protected]

Quarterly

The Yalobusha Review

P.O. Box 186

University, MS 38677-0186

[email protected] www.olemiss.edu/depts/english/pubs/yalobusha_review.html Annual

Zoetrope: All-Story

916 Kearny Street

San Francisco, CA 94133

Tamara Straus, Editor-in-Chief

www.zoetrope-stories.com

Quarterly

ZYZZYVA

P.O. Box 590069

San Francisco, CA 94159-0069

Howard Junker, Editor

[email protected]

www.zyzzyva.org

Triannual

Permissions

The series editor wishes to thank the editors of the participating periodicals, the agents of the authors, and the authors themselves for cooperation in assembling The O. Henry Prize Stories 2005. Grateful acknowledgment is made to the following for permission to reprint previously published material:

“What You Pawn I Will Redeem” by Sherman Alexie from Ten Little Indians by Sherman Alexie. Copyright (c) 2003 by Sherman Alexie. Reprinted by permission of Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

“The Hurt Man” by Wendell Berry first appeared in The Hudson Review. Copyright (c) 2003 by Wendell Berry. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“The Brief History of the Dead” by Kevin Brockmeier first appeared in The New Yorker. Copyright (c) 2003 by Kevin Brockmeier. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Sphinxes” by Timothy Crouse first appeared in Zoetrope. Copyright (c) 2003 by Timothy Crouse. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“The High Divide” by Charles DAmbrosio first appeared in The New Yorker. Copyright (c) 2003 by Charles DAmbrosio. Reprinted by arrangement with Mary Evans Inc.

“Fantasy for Eleven Fingers” by Ben Fountain first appeared in Southwest Review. Copyright (c) 2003 by Ben Fountain. Reprinted by permission of International Creative Management, Inc.

“Grace” by Paula Fox first appeared in Harper's Magazine. Copyright (c) 2003 by Paula Fox. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“The Tutor” by Nell Freudenberger first appeared in Granta. Copyright (c) 2003 by Nell Freudenberger. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Comments on Ruth Prawer Jhabvala's ‘Refuge in London,’” by Cristina Garcia. Copyright (c) 2003 by Cristina Garcia.

“The Card Trick” by Tessa Hadley first appeared in The New Yorker. Copyright (c) 2003 by Tessa Hadley. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Refuge in London” by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala first appeared in Zoetrope. Copyright (c) 2003 by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“A Rich Man” by Edward P. Jones first appeared in The New Yorker. Copyright (c) 2003 by Edward P. Jones. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Desolation” by Gail Jones first appeared in The Kenyon Review. Copyright (c) 2003 by Gail Jones. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Christie” by Caitlin Macy first appeared in The New Yorker. Copyright (c) 2003 by Caitlin Macy. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“The Golden Era of Heartbreak” by Michael Parker first appeared in The Oxford American. Copyright (c) 2003 by Michael Parker. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Comments on Sherman Alexie's ‘What You Pawn I Will Redeem,’” by Ann Patchett. Copyright (c) 2003 by Ann Patchett.

“Dues” by Dale Peck first appeared in The Threepenny Review. Copyright (c) 2003 by Dale Peck. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“The Drowned Woman” by Frances de Pontes Peebles first appeared in Indiana Review. Copyright (c) 2003 by Frances de Pontes Peebles. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Speckle Trout” by Ron Rash first appeared in The Kenyon Review. Copyright (c) 2003 by Ron Rash. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Tea” by Nancy Reisman first appeared in Michigan Quarterly Review. Copyright (c) 2003 by Nancy Reisman. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Comments on Elizabeth Stuckey-Frenchs ‘Mudlavia,’” by Richard Russo. Copyright (c) 2003 by Richard Russo.

“Mudlavia” by Elizabeth Stuckey-French first appeared in The Atlantic Monthly. Copyright (c) 2003 by Elizabeth Stuckey-French. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Snowbound” by Liza Ward first appeared in The Georgia Review. Copyright (c) 2003 by Liza Ward. Reprinted by permission of the author.