Mudlavia / Elizabeth Stuckey-French --
The brief history of the dead / Kevin Brockmeier --
The golden era of heartbreak / Michael Parker --
The hurt man / Wendell Berry --
The Tutor / Nell Freudenberger --
Fantasy for eleven fingers / ben Fountain --
The high divide / Charles D'Ambrosio --
Desolation / Gail Jones --
A Rich man / Edward P. Jones --
Speckle trout / Ron Rash --
Sphinxes / Timothy Crouse --
Christie / Caitlin Macy --
Refuge in London / Ruth Prawer Jhabvala --
The drowned woman / Frances de Pontes Peebles --
The card trick / Tessa Hadley --
What you pawn I will redeem / Sherman Alexie --
Reading the O. Henry Prize Stories 2005 --
Writing the O. Henry Prize Stories 2005.