Fiona McFarlane
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
xxxviii, 393 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
The O. Henry Prize stories 2018 gathers twenty of the best short stories of the year, selected from the thousands published in literary magazines over the previous year.
The O. Henry Prize Stories 2018 contains twenty breathtaking stories—by a vibrant mix of established and emerging writers—selected by the series editor from the thousands published in literary magazines over the previous year. The collection includes essays by the three...
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
280 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"What a terrible thing at a time like this: to own a house, and the trees around it. Janet sat rigid in her seat. The plane lifted from the city and her house fell away, consumed by the other houses. Janet worried about her own particular garden and her emptied refrigerator and her lamps that had been timed to come on at six. So begins "Mycenae," a story in The High Places, Fiona McFarlane's first story collection. Her stories skip across continents,...