Prize Stories 1991: The O. Henry Awards

The O. Henry Prize Stories 1991 collects 20 of the best short stories of the year, selected from thousands published in literary magazines. “The Sandstone Farmhouse” by John Updike, which tells of a difficult relationship of a son and his mother over 50 years, takes the coveted top prize. The other stories in this collection are:

Joyce Carol Oates “The Swimmers”
Sharon Sheehe Stark “Overland”
Martha Lacy Hall “The Apple-Green Triumph”
Wayne Johnson “Hippies, Indians, Buffalo”
Perri Klass “F...