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

Stories, Listed by Author

LIGHTON, WILLIAM RHEEM (continued)

• * Doubled Stakes, (sl) The Saturday Evening Post Apr 17, Apr 24 1915
• * Judge Jerry and the Eternal Feminine, (ss) Pictorial Review Jul 1917
• * Judge Jerry and the Human Equation, (ss) Pictorial Review Jan 1916
• * The Man Who Stopped Growing (with Louis Duryea Lighton), (ss) Every Week Sep 4 1916
• * The Man Without a Character (with Louis Duryea Lighton), (ss) Sunset Magazine May 1917
• * On the Knees of the Gods, (ss) Pictorial Review May 1916

LINCOLN, JOSEPH C(rosby) (1870-1944)

• * The Guest From Samaria, (ss) Everybody’s Magazine May 1915

LINDAS, B. F.

• * The Dago, (ss) Reedy’s Mirror Jan 19 1917
• * The Tenant, (ss) Reedy’s Mirror Aug 11 1916

LIPSETT, EDWARD RAPHAEL (1868-?)

• * An Emissary of Satan, (ss) The Century Jun 1916

LIPSETY, E. R.

• * The Amateur Jew, (ss) Everybody’s Magazine Jun 1915

LISLE, CHARLES J.

• * The Nester, (ss) The Illustrated Sunday Magazine May 30 1915

LITTLE, FRANCES; pseudonym of Fannie Caldwell Macaulay, (1863-?)

• * New York’s Girl, (ss) Pictorial Review Apr 1916

LLOYD, NELSON (McAllister) (1873-1933)

• * The Adventurer, (ss) Scribner’s Nov 1914
• * The Raging Chariot, (ss) Scribner’s Sep 1914

LOCHA, EMIL

• * Transfiguration, (ss) New York Tribune Apr 9 1916

LOCKE, W(illiam) J(ohn) (1863-1930)

• * Ladies in Lavender, (ss) Colliers Dec 26 1908
  • The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Apr 11 1915

LOCKHART, CAROLINE

• * Eunice May and the New Thought, (ss) Pictorial Review Mar 1916

LOCKWOOD, SCAMMON

• * De-Luxe Annie, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Mar 11 1916

LOFTING, HUGH (John) (1886-1947)

• * Manuelita of the Bees, (ss) Everybody’s Magazine Nov 1915

LOGAN, ESTANYA LLOYD

• * The Welcher, (ss) The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Jun 20 1915

LOIZEAUX, JEANNE OLIVE

• * The Love-Lady, (ss) McBride’s Feb 1916
• * The Second Wife, (ss) The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Apr 2 1916

LONDON, JACK; [i.e., John Griffith London] (1876-1916)

• * The Grit of Women, (ss) McClure’s Aug 1900
  • The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Jan 7 1917
• * A Hyperborean Brew, (ss) Metropolitan Magazine Jul 1901
  • The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Apr 4 1915
• * Like Argus of the Ancient Time, (ss) Hearst’s Magazine Mar 1917
• * A Relic of the Pliocene, (ss) Colliers Jan 12 1901
  • The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Jan 10 1915
• * A Thousand Deaths, (ss) The Black Cat May 1899
  • The Black Cat Jan 1917
• * Too Much Gold, (ss)
  • The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Mar 12 1916

LONG, JOHN LUTHER (1861-1927)

• * Her Dear Barbarian, (ss) Metropolitan Magazine Jul 1914
• * The Sandwich-Man, (ss) The Century Jul 1914
  • The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Jan 9 1916
• * The Temple of the Countless Gods, (ss) The Century Feb 1914
• * Vari San, (ss) Pictorial Review Nov 1915

LONG, LILY AUGUSTA (1890-1927)

• * “To Love, Honor, and Obey”, (ss) Harper’s May 1917

LOOMIS, CHARLES (Battell) (1861-1911)

• * What Happened Afterward, (ss) The Century Mar 1914

LOPEZ, INEZ; pseudonym of Inez Lopez Cohen

• * The Answer, (ss) Boston Evening Transcript May 5 1917

LOPEZ, JOHN S.

• * Instinct of the Race, (ss) Associated Sunday Magazines, Inc. Feb 14 1915

LOWE, CORINNE

• * Flavius Best, Pinxit, (sl) The Saturday Evening Post Sep 29, Oct 6 1917
• * The Slicker, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Nov 17 1917

LOWELL, AMY (1874-1925)

• * The Cross-Roads, (ss) The Poetry Review of America Sep 1916
• * Malmaison, (sl) The Little Review Jun, Jul 1916
• * Number 3 on the Docket, (ss) The Poetry Review of America May 1916
• * Off the Turnpike, (ss) The Little Review May 1916
• * The Paper Windmill, (ss) The Century Dec 1915

LUDWIG, FRANCES A.

• * Square Pegs in Round Holes, (ss) The American Magazine Dec 1917

LUND, ADELAIDE

• * The Pay-Roll Clerk, (ss) Atlantic Monthly Aug 1917

LYLE, EUGENE P(ercy, Jr.) (1873-1961)

• * All for Patricia, (ss) Everybody’s Magazine Jan 1915
• * The Four—and Patricia, (ss) Everybody’s Magazine Feb 1915
• * His Biggest Venture, (ss) The Century Jul 1914
• * Iron In His Blood, (ss) Colliers Jun 19 1915
• * The Shark, (ss) The Century Apr 1914
• * The Spadassin, (ss) Lippincott’s May 1915
• * The Third Old Man, (ss) McBride’s Apr 1916
• * A Wardrobe in Jeopardy, (ss) Lippincott’s Jul 1915

LYNCH, J. BERNARD

• * Making Good on the Props, (ss) Hearst’s Magazine Feb 1917

LYNDE, FRANCIS (1856-1930)

• * A Million Too Much, (ss) Scribner’s Jan 1916
• * Minshew Makes Good, (ss) Scribner’s Jul 1916

LYNN, MARGARET; pseudonym of Gladys Starkey Battye, (1915-?)

• * Ivy of the Negatives, (ss) Atlantic Monthly Jun 1914
• * Mr. Fannet and the Afterglow, (ss) Atlantic Monthly Nov 1917

LYON, HARRIS MERTON (1881-1916)

• * Cablegrams for Two, (ss) The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Apr 4 1915
• * The Drop and the Stone, (ss) The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Feb 27 1916
• * Ella Dies, (ss) Masses Jun 1915
• * The Healer, (ss) Reedy’s Mirror Apr 14 1916
• * The Son of Santa Claus, (ss) Reedy’s Mirror Dec 17 1915
• * The Weaver Who Clad the Summer, (ss) The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Aug 8 1915

LYONS, A(lbert Michael) NEIL (1880-1940)

• * The Compleat Waggoner, (ss)
  • Reedy’s Mirror Jul 7 1916
• * The Mobies, (ss)
  • Reedy’s Mirror Jun 30 1916

LYTTLETON, EDITH JOAN (1874-1945); see pseudonym G. B. Lancaster

M., G. C.

• * Jones, (ss) Masses Apr 1916
• * Shelley, (ss) Masses Jul 1916

MABIE, E. GRAVES

• * The Woman He Forgot, (ss) The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Nov 19 1916

MABIE, LOUISE KENNEDY

• * The Efficient Mrs. Broderick, (ss) Ladies Home Journal Feb 1917
• * On Schedule, (ss) Harper’s May 1915

MacALARNEY, ROBERT EMMET (1873-?)

• * The Wedding Film, (ss) Ladies Home Journal Feb 1915

MacARTHUR, B.

• * You Never Can Tell, (ss) Life Nov 11 1915

MACAULAY, FANNIE CALDWELL (1863-?); see pseudonym Frances Little

McCALLUM, MELLA RUSSELL

• * The White Stars, (ss) The Midland Aug 1916

MacCARTHY, IVIE A.

• * One Night at Pap’s, (ss) The Black Cat Jul 1915

McCARTHY, JOHN EDWARD

• * Molly’s Bridegroom, (ss) Associated Sunday Magazines, Inc. Apr 18 1915

McCASLAND, VINE

• * Spring Rains, (ss) Reedy’s Mirror May 25 1917

McCLURE, JOHN

• * The King of Sorrows, (ss) The Smart Set Nov 1917
• * The Way of Peace, (ss) The Bellman Jun 10 1916

McCONNELL, SARAH WARDER

• * The Influence, (ss) Everybody’s Magazine Oct 1917

McCOURT, EDNA WAHLERT

• * At the Hippodrome, (ss) The Smart Set Aug 1915
• * David’s Birthright, (ss) Seven Arts Jan 1917

McCOY, WILLIAM M.

• * Little Red Decides, (ss) The American Magazine Dec 1917
• * Rough Hands—But Gentle Hearts, (ss) The American Magazine Nov 1917
• * Scum of the Earth, (ss) Colliers Sep 8 1917

MacCREAGH, GORDON (1886-1953)

• * Everett, Commissioner of Justice, (ss) The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Jan 3 1915
• * Hookey’s Handicap, (ss) The Illustrated Sunday Magazine May 21 1916
• * The Miracle of Kali, (ss) The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Apr 18 1915

McCULLOCH-WILLIAMS, MARTHA

• * The Story of Elspeth Cameron, (ss) McBride’s Jan 1916

McDONALD, ROBERT

• * The Little Son, (ss) Colliers Apr 25 1914

McEACHERN, ARTHUR FELIX

• * Solitaire Bill, (ss) Life Feb 24 1916

McFARLANE, ARTHUR E(merson) (1876-1945)

• * The Hand of Nature, (ss) The Century Jul 1914
• * The Human Problem, (ss) Every Week Jun 7 1915
• * A Pair of Socks, (ss) Every Week Sep 13 1915

MacFARLANE, PETER CLARK (1871-1924)

• * The Deacon Falls, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Nov 10 1917
• * The Great Are Simple, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Sep 1 1917
• * Live and Let Live!, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Sep 22 1917

MacGOWAN, ALICE (1858-1932)

• * The Girl Who Did n’t Know, (ss) Every Week Apr 10 1916
• * The Golden Hope, (ss) Every Week Jun 4 1917

MacGRATH, HAROLD (1871-1932)

• * The Non-Combatants, (ss) National Sunday Magazine Sep 12 1915
• * The Seas That Mourn, (ss) Colliers Oct 6 1917

McGREW, DONALD FRANCIS (1884?-?)

• * The Colors of Our Battalion, (ss) Colliers Aug 22 1914

MACHARD, ALFRED (1887-1962)

• * Repatriation, (ss) New York Tribune Dec 16 1917

MacHARG, WILLIAM B(riggs) (1872-1951)

• * The Ghost in the Galley, (ss) The American Magazine Jul 1916
• * Otto, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Mar 21 1914

MACHEN, ARTHUR; pseudonym of Arthur Llewellyn Jones, (1863-1947)

• * The Coming of the Terror, (ss) The Century Oct 1917

McHENRY, MAY

• * A Serpent in Eden, (ss) Colliers Oct 10 1914

McINTYRE, JOHN (Thomas) (1871-1951)

• * The Five-Mile Stretch, (ss) McBride’s Apr 1916
• * The Hand of Glory, (ss) The Illustrated Sunday Magazine May 9 1915
• * The Holdsworth Limousine, (ss) The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Mar 28 1915

MACKALL, LAWTON (1888-1968)

• * Black Jitney, (ss) The Century Mar 1916
• * The Creeping Fingers, (ss) The Century Oct 1915
• * Light Breakfast, (ss) The Century Apr 1916
• * The Man with the Hose, (ss) The Century Sep 1915
• * The Night of the Fleece, (ss) The Century Aug 1915

McKENNA, EDMOND

• * Green Silk Stockings, (ss) New York Evening Post Sep 9 1916
  • Current Opinion Nov 1916
• * Hero, (ss) Masses Sep 1915

MACKENZIE, CAMERON (1882-?)

• * The Firm, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Oct 6 1917
• * The Girl Who Married New York, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post May 27 1916
• * The Main-Chance Lady, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Feb 10 1917
• * The Man in the Gilded Cage, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Nov 4 1916
• * One Hundred Per Cent Efficient, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Feb 19 1916
• * The Story of a Cold-Blooded Business Man, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Apr 15 1916
• * The Thing, (ss) McClure’s Jan 1917
• * A Woman and Her War Babies, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Jan 8 1916

MACKENZIE, [Sir] (Edward Montague) COMPTON (1883-1972)

• * The Night of the Ghastly Entrances, (ss) Metropolitan Magazine Jan 1914
• * The Night of the Importunate Suicide, (ss) Metropolitan Magazine Feb 1914
• * The Night of the Stricken Room, (ss) Metropolitan Magazine Mar 1914

MACKLIN, CHESTER

• * The Prize Winner, (ss) The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Mar 14 1915

McLAURIN, KATE L. (1885-1933)

• * “The Sleep of the Spinning Top”, (ss) The Midland Nov 1916
  • Current Opinion Aug 1917

McLENON, ANDREW

• * The Return of the Kid, (ss) The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Jul 11 1915

McMAHON, WILLIAM MARCUS

• * Red Blood, (ss) National Sunday Magazine Jun 27 1915

MacMANUS, SEUMAS (1869-1960)

• * And Mary Married, (ss) Associated Sunday Magazines, Inc. Jan 24 1915
• * Dick Decker’s Most Glorious Christmas Party, (ss) Ladies Home Journal Dec 1916
• * The Fluttering Wisp, (ss) The Delineator Dec 1917