title: Things That Fall from the Sky
text: # Things That Fall from the Sky
  
  Things That Fall from the Sky is a collection of eleven short stories by American author Kevin Brockmeier.
  
  "These Hands" was selected for Prize Stories 2000: The O. Henry Awards, "The Ceiling" appeared in The O. Henry Prize Stories 2002 (First Prize), and "Space" appeared in The Best American Short Stories 2003.
  
  ## Stories
  
  * These Hands (first appeared in The Georgia Review)
  * Things That Fall from the Sky (first appeared in Crazyhorse)
  * Apples (first appeared in The Chicago Tribune)
  * A Day in the Life of Half of Rumpelstiltskin (first appeared in Writing on the Edge)
  * The Ceiling (first appeared in McSweeney's)
  * Small Degrees
  * The Jesus Stories
  * Space (first appeared in The Georgia Review)
  * The Passenger
  * The Light through the Window
  * The House at the End of the World
  