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

Stories, Listed by Author

HALL, HOLWORTHY; pseudonym of Harold Everett Porter, (1887-1936)

• * The Admirable Tortoise, (ss) McClure’s Oct 1915
• * Alibi, (ss) The Century Feb 1916
• * Between Friends, (nv) Everybody’s Magazine Sep 1917
• * The Brown Eyes of the Law, (ss) Every Week Sep 20 1915
• * The Bulwark, (ss) Every Week Aug 28 1916
• * Cold Comfort, (ss) Every Week May 1 1916
• * “Consolation”, (ss) The Century Jun 1917
• * The Diplomat, (ss) Every Week Jan 8 1917
• * Dormie One, (nv) Everybody’s Magazine Feb 1917
• * The Expert Husband, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Oct 16 1915
• * First Hand, (nv) Everybody’s Magazine Sep 1916
• * Getting Even, (ss) Every Week Mar 13 1916
• * The Grim Visage, (ss) McClure’s Oct 1917
• * A Guest in Time, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Sep 18 1915
• * Iberia, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Mar 31 1917
• * If It Interferes with Business, (ss) Colliers Oct 2 1915
• * “If You Don’t Mind My Telling You”, (ss) The Century Jan 1917
• * It’s Born in Them, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Aug 7 1915
• * Jessie Willard, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Jul 22 1916
• * John the XXII, (ss) Pictorial Review Dec 1915
• * Just Thirty Days!, (ss) McClure’s Jul 1916
• * The Last Round, (ss) Colliers May 12 1917
• * The Luck of the Devil, (ss) The Century Jun 1916
• * The Man-Killer, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Mar 10 1917
• * The Men They Once Were, (ss) McClure’s Jun 1915
• * Mouse-Traps, (ss) McClure’s Feb 1917
• * Not a Chance in a Thousand, (ss) Every Week Dec 24 1917
• * Off Duty, (ss) Colliers Feb 12 1916
• * Out in the Open Air, (nv) Everybody’s Magazine Jun 1917
• * Out of the Sky, (nv) Everybody’s Magazine Dec 1915
• * Persons of Rank, (ss) McClure’s Nov 1917
• * Saving Grace, (ss) McClure’s May 1915
• * The Show-down, (ss) Harper’s Jul 1915
• * Simply a Streak of Luck, (ss) Every Week Jan 17 1916
• * Speedy, (nv) Everybody’s Magazine Jul 1916
• * Stingy!, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post May 5 1917
• * Sunset, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Oct 6 1917
• * The Tasters, (ss) Every Week Jul 3 1916
• * A Thousand for Incidentals, (ss) Every Week Nov 15 1915
• * Threshold of Eden, (ss) McClure’s Nov 1915
• * Turn About, (ss) Every Week Sep 10 1917
• * Two in a Tent, (ss) Every Week Jun 21 1915
• * Wild Bill from Texas, (ss) Pictorial Review Oct 1917

HALL, JOSEPH

• * In Cold Blood, (ss)
  • Reedy’s Mirror Oct 6 1916
• * The Other Burglar, (ss) The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Sep 19 1915

HALL, MAY EMERY

• * The Countess’ Reincarnation, (ss) The Delineator Apr 1917

HALL, R. CANBY

• * The Four of ’Em, (ss) Colliers Nov 7 1914

HALL, WILBUR

• * The Benevolent Exploitation, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post May 8 1915
• * A Change of Pace, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Apr 10 1915
• * The Fiddler of Glory Hole, (ss) Colliers Dec 4 1915
• * A Hick Race, (ss) Colliers Jan 9 1915
• * Just Outside the Money, (ss) Colliers Apr 10 1915
• * “Keep Going!”, (ss) Colliers Jun 12 1915
• * The Man Who Owned Soledad, (ss) The Bellman Oct 16 1915
• * The Rain Maker, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Jul 10 1915
• * Twice in the Same Place, (ss) Colliers Oct 9 1915

HALL, WILBUR JAY

• * A Benefactor - Net, (ss) Colliers Jan 8 1916
• * The Case of Daniel Case, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Nov 4 1916
• * Elijah and the Widow’s Cruiser, (ss) Colliers Jan 6 1917
• * Foolish Pride, (ss) Colliers Apr 22 1916
• * A Matter of Pressure, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Apr 14 1917
• * The Maxim—Caveat Emptor, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Sep 22 1917
• * Pronounced Cwix-ot-ic, (ss) Everybody’s Magazine Dec 1917
• * A Typical Westerner, (ss) Sunset Magazine Aug 1917

HALLET, RICHARD MATTHEWS (1887-1967)

• * Archaeology for Amateurs, (ss) Atlantic Monthly Mar 1916
• * Bos’, (nv) Everybody’s Magazine Nov 1916
• * The Family Tree, (ss) Everybody’s Magazine Aug 1915
• * Making Port, (ss) Every Week Mar 20 1916
• * The Quest of London, (ss) Everybody’s Magazine Dec 1916
• * Rainbow Pete, (ss) Pictorial Review Oct 1917
• * The Sea Adventurer, (ss) Every Week Oct 2 1916
• * Southampton Bill and the Siren, (nv) Everybody’s Magazine Jul 1915
• * Stradivarius and the Food of Love, (nv) Everybody’s Magazine May 1915

HALSEY, FREDERICK

• * Up—Through the Garden, (ss) The American Magazine May 1917

HALVERSON, FRANK A.

• * The Turning of Joe, (ss) Colliers Sep 12 1914

HAMBIDGE, HELEN

• * The Reprieve, (ss) McBride’s Sep 1915

HAMBY, WILLIAM H(enry) (1876-1928)

• * Digging Up the Future, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Oct 14 1916
• * If a Man Fails Seven Times, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Dec 16 1916
• * Palms and Parasols, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Dec 2 1916
• * Puss Wants a Corner, (ss) Pictorial Review Jul 1916
• * Rekindling the Fires, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Apr 8 1916

HAMILTON, COSMO (1872?-1942)

• * The Happy Wife, (ss) The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Jun 6 1915
• * His Forever and Ever Sweetheart, (ss) The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Mar 7 1915
• * In Regard to Optimism, (ss) The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Oct 29 1915
• * The Ladder Leaning on a Cloud, (ss) The Delineator Jul 1917
• * A Little Gleam of Light, (ss) The Delineator Nov 1916
• * The Master of Death, (ss) The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Jan 9 1916
• * “Steady” Hardy’s Christmas Present, (ss) Good Housekeeping Dec 1917
• * Till the End of Time, (ss) The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Aug 1 1915

HAMILTON, GERTRUDE BROOKE

• * April in the Skylight, (ss) Every Week Apr 24 1916
• * Bonnie McGlint, Late of Broadway, (ss) Pictorial Review May 1917
• * The Doll Baby, (ss) Every Week Sep 27 1915
• * The Girl with the R.S.V.P. Eyes, (ss) Pictorial Review Apr 1916
• * Hot Coals, (ss) Every Week Mar 26 1917
• * Joy Three Flights Up, (ss) Every Week Nov 8 1915
• * The Pet of the Public, (ss) Pictorial Review Feb 1916
• * The Prune-Stone Dope, (ss) Pictorial Review May 1915
• * The Sons of God, (ss) Good Housekeeping Dec 1917
• * Warming Up Luke, (ss) Pictorial Review Jan 1915
• * The Wax Beauty, (ss) Every Week Dec 17 1917
• * The Worm in the “Skylight”, (ss) Pictorial Review Oct 1915

HAMMOND, LILLIAN KIRK

• * Jupiter, (ss) Atlantic Monthly Sep 1915

HAMPTON, EDGAR LLOYD (1872-?)

• * Finsen, (ss) Metropolitan Magazine Feb 1915
• * The Law-Breaker, (ss) Metropolitan Magazine Jan 1915
• * The Outlaw, (ss) Colliers May 1 1915
• * Skippy Limited, (ss) The American Magazine Oct 1915

HAMSUN, KNUT; pseudonym of Knut Pedersen, (1859-1952)

• * The Arch-Rogue, (ss) The Pagan Oct 1916
• * The Conqueror, (ss) The Pagan Jul 1916
• * The Man with the Lantern, (ss) Stratford Journal Aut 1916
• * Minute, (ss) Stratford Journal Aut 1916
• * An Opium Fantasy, (ss) Stratford Journal Aut 1916

HANKINS, ARTHUR P(reston) (1880-1932)

• * The Pensioner, (ss) Colliers Jun 20 1914

HANLEY, ELIZABETH HINES

• * Chivalry, (ss) Masses Jun 1916

HANNAY, JAMES OWEN (1865-1950); see pseudonym George A. Birmingham

HANSELL, MARY E.

• * The Awakening of Archimedes, (ss) The Forum Jan 1914

HANSEN, CURT

• * Délieur, Le, (ss) The Smart Set Dec 1916

HARD, ANN

• * “Come Hither”, (ss) The Delineator Sep 1915

HARD, ANNE

• * The Changeling, (ss) McBride’s Jan 1916

HARDY, ARTHUR SHERBURNE (1847-1930)

• * An Incident in the Prefecture of Police, (ss) Harper’s Jul 1916

HARDY, LOWELL EDWIN

• * Borrowed Money, (ss) Sunset Magazine Jul 1915

HARGER, CHARLES MOREAU (1863-?)

• * Shanghaied, (ss) Scribner’s Sep 1916
• * Workman No. 5,484, (ss) Outlook Oct 10 1917

HARING, ETHEL CHAPMAN

• * The Spade, (ss) The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Apr 16 1916

HARKER, LIZZIE ALLEN (1863-?)

• * The Contagion of Honour, (ss) The Delineator Nov 1915
• * His Mither’s Hairt (with F. R. Pryor), (ss) Scribner’s Feb 1916
• * A Misfit, (ss) Scribner’s Dec 1917
• * Paul and the Playwright, (ss) The Delineator May 1916
• * A Soldier’s Button, (ss) Scribner’s Apr 1915

HARLAND, HENRY (1861-1905)

• * A Broken Looking-Glass, (ss) The Yellow Book Apr 1894
  • Reedy’s Mirror Oct 20 1916

HARMON, MARK

• * My Lady Crusoe, (ss) McBride’s Mar 1916

HARPER, RALPH M.

• * How the Rector Recovered, (ss) Outlook Aug 8 1917

HARRÉ, T(homas) EVERETT (1884-1948)

• * The Doves of Aphrodite, (ss) International Mar 1915
• * The Heart of a Priest, (ss) International Aug 1915

HARRIS, BURT

• * The Truth, (ss) The Little Review Oct 1915

HARRIS, CORRA MAY (White) [Mrs. Lundy Howard Harris] (1869-?)

• * The Biography of Mary According to Martha, (ss) Metropolitan Magazine Aug 1914
• * Enoch’s Great Temptation, (ss) Pictorial Review May 1916
• * Epsie of Blue Sky, (ss) Pictorial Review Apr 1916
• * Her Last Affair, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Sep 1 1917
• * Justice, (ss) Good Housekeeping May 1915
• * The Other Soldiers in France, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Nov 3 1917
• * Sally Domesticates Sam, (ss) Pictorial Review Oct 1915
• * The Scarlet Flower, (ss) Metropolitan Magazine Jun 1914
• * Serena’s “Mary and Martha” Hands, (ss) Pictorial Review Jun 1916
• * Superparents, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Nov 11 1916
• * The Windmills of Love, (ss) Pictorial Review Nov 1917

HARRIS, JOEL CHANDLER (1848-1908)

• * The Young Minstrels, (ss) Colliers Sep 19 1914

HARRIS, KENNETT

• * A Crop Failure in Sullivan, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Apr 7 1917
• * Entirely Irregular, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Dec 25 1915
• * The Floodtide of Fortune, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Apr 11 1914
• * The Follies of Mrs. Joe, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Feb 7 1914
• * The Glamor of the Granite, (ss) Pictorial Review Nov 1916
• * In That Bony Light, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Mar 25 1916
• * Jai Alai, (ss) Pictorial Review Apr 1917
• * Johnny and the Red Demon, (ss) Colliers Nov 20 1915
• * The Lady Bountiful, (ss) Sunset Magazine Jan 1915
• * Lorenzo and the Clinging Vine, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Sep 19 1914
• * Rosy-Light-of-Dawn, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Jan 29 1916
• * Sim’s Sudden Sotness, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Jun 20 1914
• * Talismans, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post May 5 1917
• * Tumblings and Raisings of Rudy, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Jul 29 1916
• * Turn and Turn About, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Mar 27 1915
• * The Vendetta of Bogue Grenouille, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Jul 7 1917
• * A Very Smart Young Man, (ss) Red Book Magazine Jul 1916
• * The Widow’s Mite, (ss) Colliers Jun 27 1914
• * With Tabasco Sauce, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post May 16 1914

HARRISON, C. Y.

• * The Treasure, (ss) The Smart Set Oct 1915

HART, HORNELL

• * Molten Metal, (ss) Life Nov 18 1915

HARTE, EMMET F.

• * The Idle Rich, (ss) Associated Sunday Magazines, Inc. Feb 21 1915

HARTENAU. GERT

• * The Chateau d’Ausperge, (ss) New York Tribune May 21 1916

HARTLEY, RANDOLPH

• * The Black Patch, (ss) Life Dec t6 1915

HARTMAN, LEE FOSTER (1879-1941)

• * The Cat’s-Paw, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Jan 16 1915
• * The Consul at Paraminta, (ss) Every Week Apr 2 1917
• * Frazee, (ss) Harper’s Nov 1917
• * “Migraine, No.3”, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Oct 3 1914

HARTMANN, SADAKICHI

• * The Odor of Murder, (ss) Greenwich Village Apr 28 1915
• * Wistaria, (ss) Greenwich Village Mar 15 1915

HARTSWICK, F. GREGORY

• * The Detour, (ss) Harper’s Weekly Oct 23 1915

HARTT, CLAUDINE M.

• * Lily Johnson’s Man, (ss) The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Feb 14 1915

HARTT, MARY BRONSON (1873-?)

• * “Hup!”, (ss) Every Week Sep 13 1915
• * The Star Assignment, (ss) Associated Sunday Magazines, Inc. Mar 7 1915