I'm thrilled to share the news that my story, "An Amount of Discretion," that appeared in The Southern Review (Winter 2017), has been selected by series editor Laura Furman for inclusion in the O. Henry Prize Stories 2018, due out from Anchor in September. I'm grateful to Emily Nemens, fiction editor at TSR for choosing the story from the slush pile, and whose care brought essential clarity and final polish. (Read Emily's fantastic news on her new post at The Paris Review here.)
And congrats to jury prizewinners, Jo Ann Beard, Marjorie Celona, and Youmna Chlala, selected by Fiona McFarlane, Ottessa Moshfegh, and Elizabeth Tallent.
An excerpt from "An Amount of Discretion" can be read on this blog, see below.