Prize stories, 1989 : the O. Henry awards /
O. Henry awards
edited and with an introduction by William Abrahams.
- New York : Doubleday, c1989.
- xii, 387 p. ; 22 cm.
Peacocks (First Prize) / Ernest J. Finney -- House hunting (Second Prize) / Joyce Carol Oates -- Edie: a life (Third Prize) / Harriet Doerr -- The sky fading upward to yellow: a footnote to literary history / Jean Ross -- CV10 / Starkey Flythe, Jr. -- After you've gone / Alice Adams -- History / Frances Sherwood -- Death of a duke / Banning K. Lary -- Sinking house / T. Coraghessan Boyle -- The hit / Catherine Petroski -- American express / James Salter -- Here and there / David Foster Wallace -- Ile Seche / Susan Minot -- Wrong stories / Millicent Dillon --Clandestine acts / Charles Simmons -- Avid / John Casey -- To be / Barbara Grizzuti Harrison -- The watch / Rick Bass -- Unstable ground / Ellen Herman --Child in the leaves / Charles Dickinson.