Index of Short Stories from
Edward J. O'Brien's
THE BEST SHORT STORIES (1915 - 1917)

Stories, Listed by Title

• Where the Janitor Has the Best of It • Kathleen Norris • (ss)
• Where the Lightning Struck • Marion Pugh Read • (ss)
• Where the Road Forked • Charles Caldwell Dobie • (ss)
• Where the Roses Bloom • Hedwig von Puttkamer • (ss)
• Where the Story Begins • George Weston • (ss)
• “Where the Young Child Was” • Marie Conway Oemler • (ss)
• Where Thomas Bailey Aldrich Wrote “The Story of a Bad Boy” • Beulah Marie Dix • (ss)
• Where Youth Is Also • Dana Gatlin • (ss)
• While the Surgeon Waited • Sarah C. Neely • (ss)
• A Whimsical Tenderness • Thomas Edgelow • (ss)
• The Whip Horse • Charles E. Van Loan • (ss)
• The Whisperer • Sinclair Lewis • (ss)
• Whispering Mary • Margaret Dodge • (ss)
• The Whistle • Richard Pryce • (ss)
• The Whistling Mother • Grace S. Richmond • (ss)
• White Bread • Zona Gale • (ss)
• The White Brute • Mary White Ovington • (sl)
• The White Diane • Margaret Bell Houston • (ss)
• The White Dog • Fyodor Sologub • (ss)
• The White Elephant • Margaret Cameron & Jessie Leach Rector • (ss)
• White Folks’ Talk • J. Frank Davis • (ss)
• White Goods • Fannie Hurst • (ss)
• White Hands • Wilbur Daniel Steele • (ss)
• White Hyacinths • Mary Synon • (ss)
• The White Island • Edward Eyre Hunt • (ss)
• White Magic • Stewart Edward White • (ss)
• The White Peacock • Sax Rohmer • (ss)
• The White People • Frances Hodgson Burnett • (sl)
• The White Shoes • Louise Rand Bascom • (ss)
• The White Silence • Ludwig Bauer • (ss)
• The White Stars • Mella Russell McCallum • (ss)
• White Water • Norman Duncan • (ss)
• The White-Topped Boots • Walter Prichard Eaton • (ss)
• Whither Thou Goest • Ida M. Evans • (ss)
• Whither Thou Goest • Else Krafft • (ss)
• “Who Will Be Sue?” • Eloise Robinson • (ss)
• “Whom God Hath Joined” • Maximilian Foster • (ss)
• Whose Dog—? • Frances Gregg • (ss)
• Whose Is This Image? • Olivia Howard Dunrar • (ss)
• Why Can’t You? • Lewis Allen • (ss)
• Why I Eloped with Mary • George Weston • (ss)
• Why Senath Married • F. Tennyson Jesse • (ss)
• The Wickedness of Father Veiera • Wilbur Daniel Steele • (ss)
• The Wicks of Macassar • John Russell • (ss)
• Widow La Rue • Edgar Lee Masters • (ss)
• The Widow’s Might • Herman Whitaker • (ss)
• The Widow’s Mite • Kennett Harris • (ss)
• The Widow’s Mite • Charles Vale • (ss)
• The Wife of the Junior Partner • Edward C. Venable • (ss)
• Wilbur’s Place in the Run • Sewell Ford • (ss)
• Wild Bill from Texas • Holworthy Hall • (ss)
• The Wild Duck • Walter Prichard Eaton • (ss)
• The Wild Man’s Justice • Claude E. Benson • (ss)
• Wild Roses • Dana Gatlin • (ss)
• Wild-Rose in the Cañon • Francis Hill • (ss)
• Wilder’s Ride • Louis Dodge • (ss)
• The Will • Hewes Lancaster • (ss)
• The Will to Live • Vance Palmer • (ss)
• Will to Power • Alexander S. Kaun • (ss)
• William Lee • Margaret Adelaide Wilson • (ss)
• Wilton’s Vacation • P. G. Wodehouse • (ss)
• Wind and Water • Will Payne • (ss)
• The Wind Fighters • Keene Abbott • (ss)
• Wind in the Pines • Barry Benefield • (ss)
• The Windmills of Love • Corra May Harris • (ss)
• The Window • Elizabeth Newport Hepburn • (ss)
• The Window in the School • Alexander Harvey • (ss)
• The Window in the Wall • Helen Baker Parker • (ss)
• The Winged Clue • Isabel Ostrander • (ss)
• Wings • Wallace Irwin • (ss)
• Wings for a Day • Sydney Preston • (ss)
• The Wings of Horns • Algernon Blackwood • (ss)
• Winifred’s Dance • Mary Stewart Cutting • (ss)
• The Winning Hand • Julian Rothery • (ss)
• Winter Wheat • Algernon Tassin • (ss)
• Winter-wolves • Joseph K. Opotawshu • (ss)
• A Winter’s Tale • Nathalie Jenkins • (ss)
• The Wire Jacket • Sax Rohmer • (ss)
• The Wireless Confession • Edwin Lefèvre • (ss)
• A Wise Jane • Frank Goewey Jones • (ss)
• The Wise Men • John Russell • (sl)
• The Wise Shift • Berton Braley • (ss)
• The Wishing House • Fleta Campbell Springer • (ss)
• Wistaria • Sadakichi Hartmann • (ss)
• The Witch of the Lecca • Melville Davisson Post • (ss)
• With Care; Fragile • Ethel Train • (ss)
• With Elmer Left In • Sewell Ford • (ss)
• With Eyes of Faith • Lucy Huffaker • (ss)
• With Flags Flying • Cecil Chard • (ss)
• With Loving Wishes for a Happy Birthday • Dana Gatlin • (ss)
• With Malice Aforethought • Martha Gruening • (ss)
• With Sealed Hood • Edwin Balmer • (ss)
• With Tabasco Sauce • Kennett Harris • (ss)
• With Thanks to the Wolf • F. St. Mars • (ss)
• With the Column • W. P. Lawson • (ss)
• With the Follies • Fannie Heaslip Lea • (ss)
• With the Goods On • Leroy Scott • (ss)
• With the Help of Anthony Hope • Walter Prichard Eaton • (ss)
• With the Help of the Tiger • William MacLeod Raine • (ss)
• With the Savour of Salt • William John Hopkins • (ss)
• With the White Mail • George T. Marsh • (ss)
• “Within That Zone” • Charles Boardman Hawes • (ss)
• Within the Swirl • James M. Hopper • (ss)
• The Witness of the Earth • Melville Davisson Post • (ss)
• WoDld You? • Fannie Hurst • (ss)
• “Wolf! Wolf!” • Richardson L. Wright • (ss)
• The Wolves of Bixby’s Hollow • Lucy Shelton Stewart • (ss)
• The Woman Across the Street • Inez Haynes Irwin • (ss)
• A Woman and Her War Babies • Cameron Mackenzie • (ss)
• The Woman at Seven Brothers • Wilbur Daniel Steele • (ss)
• The Woman Behind the Bottle • Anon. • (ss)
• A Woman by Candlelight • Sinclair Lewis • (ss)
• The Woman He Forgot • E. Graves Mabie • (ss)
• The Woman He Loved • Will Levington Comfort • (ss)
• A Woman in the City • Robert W. Sneddon • (ss)
• A Woman in the House • Donn Byrne • (ss)
• A Woman of the West • Padraic Colum • (ss)
• The Woman Sinister • Horatio Winslow • (ss)
• Woman Stuff • Dana Gatlin • (ss)
• The Woman Who Waited • Lucine Finch • (ss)
• The Woman Who Was a Shadow • Grace Sartwell Mason • (ss)
• The Woman with the Odd Neck • Ben Hecht • (ss)
• The Woman’s Portion • William Babington Maxwell • (ss)
• Woman’s Sphere • S. H. Kemper • (ss)
• The Wonder-Worker • Helen Sterling Winslow • (ss)
• The Wonderful City • Horatio Winslow • (ss)
• The Wooing of Shah-Layah • Henry Wallace Phillips • (ss)
• A Worker in Fine Flax • Henry Dudeney, Mrs. • (ss)
• Working in Boytime • Carl I. Henrikson • (ss)
• Workman No. 5,484 • Charles Moreau Harger • (ss)
• A World Series - Mex. • Hugh S. Fullerton • (ss)
• The Worldling • Frederick Irving Anderson • (ss)
• The Worm in the “Skylight” • Gertrude Brooke Hamilton • (ss)
• Worse Than Married • Alice Duer Miller & Henry Wise Miller • (ss)
• Worthless Neighbors • Edith Miniter • (ss)
• The Would-Be Free Lance • Josette Gerrish • (ss)
• Wraiths • Maximilian Foster • (ss)
• Wrath • Henry C. Rowland • (ss)
• The Wrath of Elihu • Elmore E. Peake • (ss)
• The Wreath of Pines • Charles Belmont Davis • (ss)
• The Wreck of the Rough-an’-Tumble • Norman Duncan • (ss)
• The Wren • Walter Prichard Eaton • (ss)
• Wrestlers • J. R. • (ss)
• A Writer of Fiction • F. E. C. Robbins • (ss)
• Written on the Sand • Mary Synon • (ss)
• The Wrong Pew • Fannie Hurst • (ss)
• The Wrong Road • George Pattullo • (ss)
• The Wrong Santa Claus • Frederic Arnold Kummer • (ss)
• “X” • Dana Burnet • (ss)
• A Yankee Don Quixote • William Merriam Rouse • (ss)
• Ye Can Never Be Tellin’ • Ruth Sawyer • (ss)
• A Year of Cousin Quartus • Josephine Daskam Bacon • (ss)
• The Year of the Big Wind • A. C. Allenson • (ss)
• The Yellow Butterfly of Chiddingfold Manor • Richard Le Gallienne • (ss)
• The Yellow Cat • Wilbur Daniel Steele • (nv)
• A Yellow Dog • Elizabeth Washburn • (ss)
• Yellow Hair • Helen R. Hull • (ss)
• The Yellow Kid • Ring W. Lardner • (ss)
• The Yellow Streak • Lyman Bryson • (ss)
• Yetta Flumbum, Amichure • Ruth Sapinsky • (ss)
• You Brat! • Jullan Hinckley • (ss)
• You Can Always Bluff ’Em • Maude Radford Warren • (ss)
• You Hadn’t Ought To • Rupert Hughes • (ss)
• You Know What I Mean • George Pattullo • (ss)
• You Never Can Tell • B. MacArthur • (ss)
• You Never Can Tell What a Minister’s Son Will Do • Ida M. Evans • (ss)
• Young Ellsworth’s Hat Size • Elizabeth Jordan • (ss)
• Young Hilda at the Wars • Arthur Huntington Gleason • (ss)
• Young Love • Elizabeth Jordan • (ss)
• Young Man Axelbrod • Sinclair Lewis • (ss)
• The Young Man from Texas • Fletcher Chenault • (ss)
• The Young Man Who Was Always There • Frederick Orin Bartlett • (ss)
• “Young Man, You’re Raving” • Emanuel Haldiman- Julius • (ss)
• A Young Man’s Game • Rufus Milas Steele • (ss)
• The Young Minstrels • Joel Chandler Harris • (ss)
• The Young Tsar • Leo Tolstoi • (ss)
• The Young Woman in the Picture • Richard Washburn Child • (ss)
• The Younger Twin • Wilbur Daniel Steele • (ss)
• Your Girl and Mine • Harry Charles Witwer • (ss)
• Your True Friend, Melissa M • Dana Gatlin • (ss)
• Youth • Margarita Spalding Gerry • (ss)
• Youth’s Sweet Scented Manuscript • Eva Chappel • (ss)
• The Zagazig Cryptogram • Sax Rohmer • (ss)
• Zanoza • R. G. Kirk • (ss)
• Zaraphy • George Goodchild • (ss)
• Zarmi of the Joy Shop • Sax Rohmer • (ss)
• Zelda • Everhardt Armstrong • (ss)
• Zelig • Benjamin Rosenblatt • (ss)
• Zenobia Digs Up a Late One • Sewell Ford • (ss)
• A Zeppelin Raid over Paris • Laurence La Tourette Driggs • (ss)
• Zizi’s Hat • Joseph Ernest • (ss)
• Zose Bluff! • Sophie Kerr • (ss)
• Zu Befehl! • F. Britten Austin • (ss)
• Zulik the Magnificent • George K. Stiles • (ss)