The Best Short Stories 2021

The Best Short Stories 2021By: Series: The O. Henry Prize Collection Twenty prizewinning stories selected from the thousands published in magazines over the previous yearcontinuing the O. Henry Prize's century long tradition of literary excellence. "Widely regarded as the nation's most prestigious awards for short fiction." The Atlantic Monthly. Now entering its second century, the prestigious annual story anthology has a new title, a new look, and a new guest editor.

combines all the creepy-crawly feels of Goosebumps with all the wicked wit of one of Disney’s most popular villains

That way lies dancing to the melodies spun out by your own heart

the rise of Japan

across busy highways and crowded airports

And how the site details and the requirements of the game--the diamond

friend to friend

- Beneath your street

Bethany will be his and his alone

the forgetting drug

Adam Wollet   Shouldn't finding a life partner be more challenging than ordering a pizza

Namaste is saying “You matter

Jane Addison is an ambitious young woman with big dreams of owning her own company someday