The O. Henry prize stories: 2003

The thing in the forest / A. S. Byatt

The shell collector / Anthony Doerr

Burn your maps / Robyn Joy Leff

Lush /

Bradford Morrow

God's goodness / Marjorie Kemper

Bleed blue in Indonesia / Adam Desnoyers

The story / Edith Pearlman

Swept away / T. Coraghessan Boyle

Meanwhile / Ann Harleman

Three days. a month. more. / Douglas Light

The high road / Joan Silber

Election eve / Evan S. Connell

Irish girl / Tim Johnston

What went wrong / Tim O'Brien

The American embassy / Chimamanda Nqozi Adichie

Kissing / William Kittredge

Sacred statues / William Trevor

Two words /

Molly Giles

Fathers / Alice Munro

Train dreams / Denis Johnson.