Introduction / Amor Towles --
Roy / Emma Binder (Gulf Coast) --
The soccer balls of Mr. Kurz / Michele Mari ; translated from the Italian by Brian Robert Moore (The New Yorker) --
Orphans / Brad Felver (Subtropics) --
The home visit / Morris Collins (Subtropics) --
The import / Jai Chakrabarti (Ploughshares) --
Didi / Amber Caron (Electric Literature) --
Serranos / Francisco González (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern) --
Hiding spot / Caroline Kim (New England Review) --
Junior / Katherine D. Stutzman (Harvard Review) --
My good friend / Juliana Leite ; translated from the Portuguese by Zoë Perry (The Paris Review) --
The castle of Rose Tellin / Kate DiCamillo (Harper's Magazine) --
Rain / Colin Barrett (Granta) --
Marital problems / Robin Romm (The Sewanee Review) --
The last grownup / Allegra Goodman (The New Yorker) --
The honor of your presence / Dave Eggers (One Story) --
The paper artist / E. K. Ota (Ploughshares) --
The room-service waiter / Tom Crewe (Granta) --
Seeing through maps / Madeline ffitch (Harper's Magazine) --
The dark / Jess Walter (Ploughshares) --
Mobilization / Allegra Hyde (Story) --
The O. Henry Prize winners 2024: the writers on their work.