The Best Short Stories 2022 The O. Henry Prize Winners

The prestigious annual story anthology includes prize-winning stories by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Lorrie Moore, Olga Tokarczuk, Joseph O'Neill, and Samanta Schweblin.Continuing a century-long tradition of cutting-edge literary excellence, this year's edition contains twenty prizewinning stories chosen from the thousands published in magazines over the previous year. Guest editor Valeria Luiselli has brought her own refreshing perspective to the prize, selecting stories by an engaging mix of celebrated names and emerging voices and including stories in translation from Bengali, Greek, Hebrew, Norwegian, Polish, Russian, and Spanish. The winning stories are accompanied by an introduction by Luiselli, observations from the winning writers on what inspired them, and an extensive resource list of magazines that publish short fiction. AN ANCHOR BOOKS ORIGINAL.THE WINNING STORIES:Screen Time, by Alejandro Zambra,translated from the Spanish by Megan McDowellThe Wolves of Circassia, by Daniel MasonMercedes's Special Talent, by Tere Dávila,translated from the Spanish by Rebecca Hanssens-ReedRainbows, by Joseph O'NeillA Way with Bea, by Shanteka SigersSeams, by Olga Tokarczuk,translated from the Polish by Jennifer CroftThe Little Widow from the Capital, by Yohanca DelgadoLemonade, by Eshkol Nevo,translated from the Hebrew by Sondra SilverstonBreastmilk, by 'Pemi AgudaThe Old Man of Kusumpur, by Amar Mitra,translated from the Bengali by Anish GuptaWhere They Always Meet, by Christos Ikonomou,translated from the Greek by Karen EmmerichFish Stories, by Janika OzaHorse Soup, by Vladimir Sorokin,translated from the Russian by Max LawtonClean Teen, by Francisco GonzálezDengue Boy, by Michel Nieva,translated from the Spanish by Natasha WimmerZikora, by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieApples, by Gunnhild Øyehaug,translated from the Norwegian by Kari DicksonWarp and Weft, by David RyanFace Time, by Lorrie MooreAn Unlucky Man, by Samanta Schweblin,translated from the Spanish by Megan McDowell