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

Stories, Listed by Author

FIELD, MARY

• * The “Calling” of Josephine, (ss) Sunset Magazine Apr 1915

FIFERLIK, HAROLD WILLIAM

• * The Fatherland, (ss) Harper’s Aug 1914

FILLMORE, PARKER HOYSTED (1878-?)

• * Stephen Craves the Universal, (ss) National Sunday Magazine May 28 1916

FINCH, LUCINE

• * The Boy at the Window, (ss) Harper’s Oct 1914
• * The Woman Who Waited, (ss) The American Magazine May 1915

FINN, MARY M.

• * Bentley’s Adventure in New York, (ss) The American Magazine Sep 1917

FINNEGAN, FRANK X.; [i.e., Francis X. Finnegan]

• * And Your Neighbor As Yourself, (ss) Colliers Jan 16 1915
• * Birdie the Strikebreaker, (ss) Colliers Mar 28 1914
• * Birdie’s Mixed Motives, (ss) Colliers Jan 17 1914
• * Birdie’s Sane Christmas, (ss) Colliers Dec 19 1914
• * From the Brink, (ss) Colliers May 22 1915
• * Marconi vs. Hymen, (ss) Colliers Sep 12 1914
• * The Pulse of Spring, (ss) Lippincott’s Apr 1915
• * So Much Down, (ss) Colliers Aug 21 1915
• * The Voice of Spring, (ss) Colliers Jun 20 1914
• * What the Siren Shrieked, (ss) Every Week Jul 26 1915

FISHER, C. E.

• * The Riders, (ss) Colliers Feb 13 1915

FISK, MAY ISABEL

• * The Village Dressmaker, (ss) Pictorial Review Feb 1915

FITCH, ANITA

• * Colin McCabe: Renegade, (ss) Colliers Jan 9 1915

FITCH, GEORGE (1877-1915)

• * Sam and I, (ss) The American Magazine Nov 1915

FITZGERALD, HENRY

• * The Pink ’Un, (ss) Colliers Jun 5 1915

FITZPATRICK, JAMES WILLIAM

• * Breakfast in Bed, (ss) Colliers Dec 23 1916
• * Cocoa and Zwieback, (ss) Colliers May 6 1916
• * The Dishwasher, (ss) Colliers Apr 15 1916
• * The Empty Room, (ss) Colliers Sep 23 1916
• * The Hospital Ticket, (ss) Colliers Dec 19 1914
• * The Last Laugh, (ss) Colliers Aug 7 1915

FLANDRAU, CHARLES MACOMB (1871-?)

• * The Trawnbeighs, (ss)
  • The Bellman Jul 1 1916

FLETCHER, A. BYERS

• * The Quest of the V.C., (ss) Life Jan 27 1916

FLOWER, ELLIOTT (1863-1920)

• * Editor Parkin’s Defeat, (ss) Pictorial Review Mar 1915
• * The Point of View, (ss) Harper’s Aug 1917
• * What Barnum Said, (ss) The Century Dec 1915

FLYNN, JOSHUA ALBERT (1863-1933); see pseudonym Owen Oliver

FLYNT, WENTWORTH

• * The Mist, (ss) The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Jun 13 1915

FOCHT, MILDRED

• * Mother-Love, (ss) The Smart Set Apr 1916

FOLSOM, ELIZABETH IRONS (1878-?)

• * Her Right Hand, (ss) The Bellman Mar 4 1916
• * Kamerad, (ss) Touchstone Oct 1917
• * No Language, (ss) The Bellman Jul 29 1916
• * The Spirit of Courage, (ss) The Youth’s Companion Nov 2 1916
• * When the Devil Drives, (sl) The Pagan Jul, Aug 1917

FOOTE, ELVERA

• * The Escape of Cyrus, (ss) Sunset Magazine Oct 1915

FOOTE, JOHN TAINTOR (1881- )

• * Acknowledged with Thanks, (ss) The American Magazine Oct 1915
• * All Around the Hickory Tree, (ss) Every Week Dec 11 1916
• * Augusta’s Bridge, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Feb 19 1916
• * A Cake in the Fourteenth Round, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Apr 24 1915
• * Dumb-Bell’s Check, (ss) The American Magazine Aug 1915
• * Dumb-Bell’s Guest, (ss) The American Magazine Oct 1916
• * Goldie May and the Faithful Servant, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Jul 24 1915
• * The Look of Eagles, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Jul 3 1915
• * Old Pastures, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Jan 29 1916
• * Opus 43, Number 6, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Feb 13 1915
• * Ordered On, (ss) The American Magazine Nov 1916
• * A Permanent Intruder, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Apr 10 1915
• * A Reluctant Traveler, (ss) The American Magazine Jan 1916
• * The Runt, (ss) The American Magazine Jul 1915

FORBES, HELEN

• * The Hunky Woman, (ss) Masses May 1916

FORBES-DENNIS, PHYLLIS (1884-1963); see pseudonym Phyllis Bottome

FORD, ASHBY

• * The Statement for the Defense, (ss) Colliers Feb 13 1915

FORD, SEWELL (1868-1946)

• * All the Way with Anna, (ss) Every Week Nov 12 1917
• * And Wilt Thou, Torchy?, (ss) Every Week Jan 15 1917
• * At the Turn with Wilfred, (ss) Every Week Nov 19 1917
• * Auntie Takes a Night Off, (ss) Every Week Nov 6 1916
• * Back a Ways with Gertie, (ss) Every Week Jul 5 1915
• * Back with Clara Belle, (ss) Every Week Jul 9 1917
• * Backing Baxy in a Split, (ss) Every Week Nov 29 1915
• * A Balance for the Boss, (ss) Every Week Mar 20 1916
• * Bayard Ducks His Past, (ss) Associated Sunday Magazines, Inc. Feb 14 1915
• * Beal Pulls a Blinger, (ss) Every Week Aug 2 1915
• * Breaking Odd with Myra, (ss) Every Week Jul 3 1916
• * A Carry-On for Clara, (ss) Every Week Oct 22 1917
• * Checking Up on Larsen, (ss) Every Week Dec 18 1916
• * An Even Break with Bradley, (ss) Every Week Jan 29 1917
• * A Fifty-Fifty Split with Hunk, (ss) Associated Sunday Magazines, Inc. Jan 17 1915
• * A Flicketty One Looks On, (ss) Every Week Jan 1 1917
• * Getting Dora Into High, (ss) Every Week Oct 4 1915
• * How Ham Passed the Buck, (ss) Every Week Dec 20 1915
• * Hub Ducks the Flivver Class, (ss) Every Week Nov 1 1915
• * J. Bayard Springs a Bird, (ss) Associated Sunday Magazines, Inc. Apr 11 1915
• * A Jolt from Old Hickory, (ss) Every Week Sep 18 1916
• * A Late Flop by Hicks, (ss) Every Week Aug 30 1915
• * Letting Peabody In, (ss) Every Week Apr 3 1916
• * Letting Ripley Write the Tags, (ss) Every Week Jun 14 1915
• * Little Sully’s Double Play, (ss) Every Week Jun 11 1917
• * Mr. Robert Gets a Slant, (ss) Every Week Jul 19 1915
• * On the Gate with Waldo, (ss) Every Week Aug 6 1917
• * On the Side with Silas, (ss) Every Week Jun 19 1916
• * On the Way with Cyril, (ss) Every Week Nov 15 1915
• * Passing the Joke Buck, (ss) Every Week Nov 20 1916
• * Pulling an Alibi for Mink, (ss) Every Week Jan 3 1916
• * A Qualifying Turn for Torchy, (ss) Every Week Apr 30 1917
• * A Recruit for the Eight-Three, (ss) Every Week May 28 1917
• * Reporting Blank on Rupert, (ss) Every Week Jul 17 1916
• * A Ringer from Bedelia, (ss) Every Week Aug 20 1917
• * A Ringer in the Gracchi, (ss) Every Week Jul 31 1916
• * Showing Up Brick Hartley, (ss) Every Week Feb 26 1917
• * Sifting Out Uncle Bill, (ss) Associated Sunday Magazines, Inc. Mar 28 1915
• * Some Hoop-la for the Boss, (ss) Every Week Sep 13 1915
• * Sully Gets the Jump on Pomp, (ss) Associated Sunday Magazines, Inc. Apr 25 1915
• * Switching Arts on Leon, (ss) Every Week May 14 1917
• * Teamwork with Aunty, (ss) Associated Sunday Magazines, Inc. Jan 31 1915
• * Then Along Came Sukey, (ss) Associated Sunday Magazines, Inc. Jan 3 1915
• * The Thumb Test for Kirby, (ss) Every Week Jan 31 1916
• * Time Out for Joan, (ss) Every Week Mar 26 1917
• * Torchy and Vee on the Way, (ss) Every Week Feb 12 1917
• * Torchy Follows a Hunch, (ss) Every Week May 29 1916
• * Torchy Hits the High Seas, (ss) Every Week Oct 2 1916
• * Torchy in the Gazinkus Class, (ss) Every Week Jun 25 1917
• * Torchy Tackles a Short Circuit, (ss) Every Week Jun 21 1915
• * Torchy Takes a Running Jump, (ss) Every Week Dec 4 1916
• * Towing Cecil to a Smeer, (ss) Every Week Oct 11 1915
• * Vee Goes Over the Top, (ss) Every Week Dec 10 1917
• * Vee with Variations, (ss) Every Week Mar 12 1917
• * What Milo Needed Most, (ss) Every Week Mar 6 1916
• * When Auntie Crashes In, (ss) Every Week Aug 21 1916
• * When Aunty Got the News, (ss) Every Week May 3 1915
• * When Ella May Came By, (ss) Every Week Aug 16 1915
• * When Stuff Put It Over, (ss) Every Week Apr 17 1916
• * When the Navy Horned In, (ss) Every Week Oct 23 1916
• * When Torchy Got the Call, (ss) Every Week Jul 23 1917
• * Where Herm Belonged to Be, (ss) Every Week Apr 16 1917
• * Wilbur’s Place in the Run, (ss) Associated Sunday Magazines, Inc. Mar 14 1915
• * With Elmer Left In, (ss) Every Week Feb 14 1916
• * Zenobia Digs Up a Late One, (ss) Associated Sunday Magazines, Inc. Feb 28 1915

FORMAN, HENRY JAMES (1879-1966)

• * The Monk and the Stranger, (ss) Colliers Dec 25 1915

FORMAN, JUSTUS MILES (1875-1915)

• * Carnevale di Venezia, (ss) Pictorial Review Feb 1915
• * The Conspiracy, (ss) Every Week May 24 1915
• * The Duel by the Bosporus, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Feb 28 1914
• * Her Burglar, (ss) Ladies Home Journal May 1915
• * The Two Rembrandts, (ss) Metropolitan Magazine Jul 1914

FORSSLUND, LOUISE

• * Bobby Liscum’s Mother, (ss) Colliers Jan 24 1914

FOSTER, MAXIMILIAN (1872-1956)

• * Camphor, Ltd, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Jan 23 1915
• * The Dollar Bill, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Jun 16 1917
• * The Double Cross, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Jan 9 1915
• * The Dub, (sl) The Saturday Evening Post Dec 18, Dec 25 1915
• * Fifi, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Jul 7 1917
• * The Hardest Ride a Man Can Take, (ss) McClure’s Aug 1915
• * The Kitten and the Mouse, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Oct 31 1914
• * The Last Throw, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Feb 24 1917
• * Not Enough Mustard, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post May 23 1914
• * The Road to Mandel’s, (ss) Everybody’s Magazine Oct 1915
• * Shoestrings, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Mar 7 1914
• * The Tie That Binds, (ss) Pictorial Review Mar 1915
• * “Whom God Hath Joined”, (ss) Pictorial Review Jun 1915
• * Wraiths, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Apr 7 1917

FOX, EDWARD LYELL (1887-?)

• * Bellows Routs the Demon Rum, (ss) McBride’s Apr 1916
• * The Beloved Boy, (ss) Today’s Magazine Dec 1916
• * The Booming of Barrington, (ss) Lippincott’s Feb 1915
• * The Man and the Other Man, (ss) The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Mar 18 1917
• * The Mummery of Zeb Squires, (ss) The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Sep 5 1915
• * The Pelt of the Silver Fox, (ss) The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Apr 11 1915
• * “Thou Shalt Not Kill”, (ss) Woman’s World Jul 1916

FOX, JOHN, Jr

• * The Angel from Viper, (ss) Scribner’s May 1917
• * The Battle-Prayer of Parson Small, (ss) Scribner’s Apr 1917
• * The Compact of Christopher, (ss) Scribner’s Feb 1917
• * The Courtship of Allaphair, (ss) Scribner’s Jan 1917
• * The Goddess of Happy Valley, (ss) Scribner’s Oct 1917
• * The Lord’s Own Level, (ss) Scribner’s Mar 1917
• * The Marquise of Queensberry, (ss) Scribner’s Sep 1917
• * The Pope of the Big Sandy, (ss) Scribner’s Jun 1917

FOX, PAUL HERVEY

• * Bread Cast Upon the Waters, (ss) The Smart Set Feb 1916
• * The Chameleon, (ss) The Bellman Oct 2 1915
• * The Remembered Hour, (ss) The Bellman Jun 2 1917
• * The Treasure Trail, (ss) The Bellman Jan 29 1916

FRANK, FLORENCE KIPER (1885-1976)

• * The Death of Anton Tarasovich, (sl) The Little Review Jun, Jul 1915
• * The Furlough, (ss) The Midland Sep 1916

FRANK, WALDO (David) (1889-1967)

• * Bread-Crumbs, (ss) Seven Arts May 1917
• * The Candles of Romance, (ss) The Smart Set Feb 1917
• * Distinctions, (ss) Chimaera May 1916
• * Fetiches, (ss) Chimaera Jul 1916
• * Rudd, (ss) Seven Arts Aug 1917

FRANKAU, GILBERT (1884-1952)

• * A Rag-Time Hero, (ss) The Century Dec 1916

FRANKLIN, EDGAR; pseudonym of Edgar Franklin Stearns, (1879-1958)

• * Blue Motors, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Apr 3 1915
• * C.O.D. To-night, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Aug 14 1915
• * Cashing In, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Jan 15 1916
• * Keeping It Dark, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Jul 17 1915

FRAZER, ELIZABETH

• * The Liar, (ss) Pictorial Review Apr 1916
• * Out-Maneuvering Mamma, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Jan 1 1916
• * Ransom, (ss) Harper’s Feb 1916
• * The Swimmer, (ss) Harper’s Bazaar Jul 1915

FREDERICK, ESTHER

• * Uncle Al, (ss) The Midland Feb 1916

FREDERICKS, ARNOLD; pseudonym of Frederic Arnold Kummer, (1873-1943)

• * Ten Dollar Corsets, (ss) The Illustrated Sunday Magazine May 30 1915

FREEMAN, MARY E(leanor) née WILKINS (1852-1930)

• * The Amethyst Comb, (ss) Harper’s Feb 1914
• * The Boomerang, (ss) Pictorial Review Mar 1917
• * Both Cheeks, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Nov 17 1917
• * The Cloak Also, (ss) Harper’s Mar 1917
• * Criss-Cross, (ss) Harper’s Aug 1914
• * Cross Purposes, (ss)
  • The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Nov 25 1917