Finding Billy White Feather / seals / Kilifi Creek / happiest girl in the whole USA / permanent member of the family / ride out of Phrao / Owl / upside-down world / way things are going / history of happiness / Kingsley Drive Chorus / Word of mouth / Cabins / My grandmother tells me this story / Golden Rule / About my aunt / Ba Baboon / Snow blind / I, Buffalo / Birdsong from the radio / Reading The O. Henry Prize Stories: the jurors on their favorites -- Writing The O. Henry Prize Stories: the writers on their work.

"The O. Henry Prize Stories 2015 gathers twenty of the best short stories of the year, selected from thousands published in literary magazines. The winning stories span the globe - from the glamorous Riviera to an Eastern European shtetl, from a Native American reservation to a tiny village in Thailand. But their characters are universally recognizable and utterly compelling, whether they are ex-pats in Africa, migrant workers crossing the Mexican border, Armenian immigrants on the rough streets of East Hollywood, or pioneers in nineteenth-century Idaho. Accompanying the stories are the editor's introduction, essays from the eminent jurors on their favorite stories, observations from the winning writers on what inspired them, and an extensive resource list of magazines."--Back cover.