The PEN/O. Henry Prize stories: 2010

Introduction / Laura Furman, series editor --

Them old cowboy songs / Annie Proulx --

Clothed, female figure / Kirstin Allio --

The headstrong 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 Trevor --

The bridge / Daniel Alarcón --

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 Wideman --

Some women / Alice Munro --

Making good / Lore Segal --

Reading the PEN/O. Henry prize stories 2010.