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

Stories, Listed by Author

PERZYNSKI, W.

• * The Murder, (ss) The Pagan Oct 1916

PESHKOV, ALEXEY M. (1868-1936); see pseudonym Maxim Gorky

PETERS, SALLY

• * The Greatest of These, (ss) Lippincott’s Jan 1915

PETROV, STEPAN GAVRILOVICH; see pseudonym Skitalets

PHILIPPE, CHARLES-LOUIS

• * The Meeting, (ss) Reedy’s Mirror May 11 1917

PHILLIPS, HENRY ALBERT

• * Glory, (ss) McBride’s Nov 1915

PHILLIPS, HENRY WALLACE (1869-?)

• * The Devouring Demon and the Don, (ss) Harper’s Jan 1914
• * The Flight of Mr. Perkins and the Jagwar, (ss) The American Magazine May 1916
• * Judgment Reversed, (ss) The American Magazine Nov 1916
• * Susie, Sans Souci, (ss) Harper’s Feb 1914
• * The Wooing of Shah-Layah, (ss) McBride’s Feb 1916

PHILLPOTTS, EDEN (1862-1960)

• * Christmas Day in the Morning, (ss) The Delineator Dec 1917
• * The Church-Grim, (ss) The Century Sep 1914
• * Farmer Sleep’s Savings, (ss) The Century Oct 1916
• * The Key to the Church, (ss) The Delineator Jun 1917
• * The Legacy, (ss) The Delineator Sep 1915
• * The Old Soldier, (ss) The Century Jun 1914
• * Pilkington, (ss)
  • Reedy’s Mirror Mar 31 1916
• * Told to Parson, (ss) The Bellman Jul 14 1917
  • Reedy’s Mirror Aug 17 1917
• * Under Messines Ridge, (ss) The Bellman Sep 15 1917

PICKTHALL, MARJORIE L(owry) C(hristie) (?-1922)

• * Cheap, (ss) Harper’s May 1914
• * Friends, (ss) The Century Mar 1914
• * He That Cometh After, (ss) Harper’s Dec 1914
• * Stories, (ss) The Bellman Jun 12 1915
  • The Illustrated Sunday Magazine May 28 1916

PIERCE, FREDERICK

• * The Sunday Night Before Tuesday, (ss) Colliers Oct 24 1914

PIERSON, NITA

• * The Court of the Four Seasons, (ss) Sunset Magazine Jul 1915

PIPER, EDWIN FORD

• * The Claim-Jumper, (ss) The Midland Dec 1917
• * In a Public Place, (ss) The Midland Dec 1917
• * Joe Taylor, (ss) The Midland Dec 1917
• * The Man With the Key Once More, (ss) The Midland Dec 1917
• * Meanwhile, (ss) The Midland Apr 1917
• * Mister Dwiggins, (ss) The Midland Dec 1917
• * Nathan Briggs, (ss) The Midland Dec 1917
• * The Ridge Farm, (ss) The Midland Oct 1917
• * Tn the Canyon, (ss) The Midland Oct 1917
• * The Well Digger, (ss) The Midland Feb 1917

PIPER, MARGARET REBECCA

• * A Boy’s Will, (ss) Harper’s Feb 1917

PITNEY, ALBERT deFORD

• * Knights of Hooptown, (ss) Colliers Oct 28 1916
• * La Croix, (ss) Sunset Magazine Nov 1915
• * Roughneck Percy, (ss) Every Week Aug 7 1916

PITT, CHART (1878-?)

• * The Law of the Abalone, (ss) The Black Cat Jul 1917

PLUNKETT, EDWARD JOHN MORETON DRAX; see under Dunsany, Lord

POPE, T. MICHAEL

• * Horror of War in London, (ss) Reedy’s Mirror Nov 5 1915

PORTER, ELEANOR H(odgman) (1868-1920)

• * The Most Wonderful Woman, (ss) Pictorial Review May 1915
• * When Grandma Took to Tangoing, (ss) Ladies Home Journal Aug 1915

PORTER, HAROLD EVERETT (1887-1936); see pseudonym Holworthy Hall

PORTOR, LAURA SPENCER; [Mrs. Francis Pope]

• * The Boy’s Mother, (ss) Harper’s Jun 1917
• * The Greater Art, (ss) Atlantic Monthly Mar 1914
• * The Idealist, (ss) Harper’s Apr 1917
• * Mixed Marriage, (ss) Harper’s Aug 1916
• * Spendthrifts, (ss) Atlantic Monthly Oct 1915

POST, CHARLES JOHNSON (1873-?)

• * At the Ebb Tide, (ss) The Century Mar 1914

POST, MELVILLE DAVISSON (1869-1930)

• * An Act of God, (ss) Metropolitan Magazine Dec 1913
  • The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Mar 4 1917
• * The Adopted Daughter [Uncle Abner], (ss) Red Book Magazine Jun 1916
  • The Illustrated Sunday Magazine May 13 1917
• * The Age of Mirades, (ss) Pictorial Review Feb 1916
• * The Ally, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Jul 10 1915
• * American Horses [Sir Henry Marquis], (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Dec 23 1916
• * The Baron Starkheim, (ss) Colliers Aug 12 1916
• * The Devil’s Tools [Uncle Abner], (ss) Metropolitan Magazine Mar 1913
  • The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Dec 9 1917
• * The Doomdorf Mystery, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Jul 18 1914
• * The Great Legend, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Jun 10 1916
• * The Hidden Law, (ss) Metropolitan Magazine Aug 1914
  • The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Oct 8 1916
• * The Hole in the Mahogany Panel [Sir Henry Marquis], (ss) Ladies Home Journal Apr 1916
• * The Laughter of Allah, (ss) Pictorial Review Jul 1915
• * Lord Winton’s Adventure, (ss) Hearst’s Magazine Jun 1917
• * The Man from America [Sir Henry Marquis], (ss) Ladies Home Journal Nov 1916
• * The Man in the Green Hat, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Feb 27 1915
• * The Miller of Ostend, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Oct 31 1914
• * The Mystery at the Blue Villa, (ss) Pictorial Review Oct 1916
• * Naboth’s Vineyard [Uncle Abner], (ss) Metropolitan Magazine Dec 1912
  • The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Jun 4 1916
• * The New Administration, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Nov 20 1915
• * The Paciflst, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Dec 29 1917
• * The Pumpkin Coach [Sir Henry Marquis], (ss) Hearst’s Magazine Oct 1916
• * The Riddle [Uncle Abner], (ss) Metropolitan Magazine Sep 1912
  • The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Jan 21 1917
• * The Sleuth of the Stars, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Mar 4 1916
• * “Some Gi4”, (ss) Ladies Home Journal May 1916
• * The Spread Rails [Sir Henry Marquis], (ss) Hearst’s Magazine Jan 1916
• * The Stolen Life, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Jan 17 1914
• * The Straw Man [Uncle Abner], (ss)
  • The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Jun 10 1917
• * The Treasure Hunter, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Aug 14 1915
• * A Twihght Adventure, (ss)
  • The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Jan 2 1916
• * A Twilight Adventure, (ss) Metropolitan Magazine Apr 1914
• * The Wage-Earners, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Sep 15 1917
• * The Witch of the Lecca, (ss) Hearst’s Magazine Jan 1917
• * The Witness of the Earth [Sir Henry Marquis], (ss) Hearst’s Magazine Apr 1916

POTTLE, EMERY BEMSLEY (1875-?)

• * The Breach in the Wall, (ss) Harper’s Mar 1917
• * A Mistake in the Horoscope, (ss) Harper’s Nov 1917
• * Music Heavenly Maid, (ss) Colliers Feb 24 1917
• * The Portrait, (ss) Touchstone Dec 1917
• * Sophie’s Great Moment, (ss) McClure’s Sep 1917

POWELL, ARTHUR

• * His Artistic Temperament, (ss) Pictorial Review Aug 1915

POWELL, FRANCIS

• * Well, What Do You Think You Will Die For?, (ss) New York Evening Sun Nov 28 1916

POWELL, MARIAN BRUNTLETT

• * Beauty Instead of Pep, (ss) Every Week Jul 19 1915

POWERS, BARNARD

• * Debutanting, (ss) Pictorial Review Jan 1916

PRATT, LUCY (1874-?)

• * Children Wanted, (ss) Atlantic Monthly Nov 1916
• * The Sunny Door, (ss) Pictorial Review Jun 1917

PRATTLE, ELLA W.

• * Fruit of the Tree, (ss) Associated Sunday Magazines, Inc. Mar 21 1915
• * Greed, (ss) Every Week Oct 4 1915

PRESTON, GEORGE HYDE

• * Elsie Goes Aboard, (ss) Pictorial Review Jun 1915

PRESTON, SYDNEY

• * Wings for a Day, (ss) The Century Jun 1915

PROUTY, OLIVE HIGGINS (1882-?)

• * Broken Ribs, (ss) The American Magazine Nov 1916
• * A New England War Bride, (vi) Everybody’s Magazine May 1917
• * Pluck, (ss) The American Magazine Feb 1917
• * The Price of Catalogues, (ss) Everybody’s Magazine Jan 1917
• * Unwanted, (ss) The American Magazine May 1917

PRYCE, RICHARD (1864-1942)

• * The Whistle, (ss) Lippincott’s Apr 1915

PRYOR, F. R.

• * His Mither’s Hairt (with Lizzie Allen Harker), (ss) Scribner’s Feb 1916

PULVER, MARY BRECHT (1883-?)

• * Cass, the Red-Cheeked, (ss) Ladies Home Journal Jun 1916
• * The Good Fight, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post May 5 1917
• * The Grand Little Fellow, (ss) Everybody’s Magazine Jan 1916
• * His Day of Days, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Oct 9 1915
• * The Inept Lover, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Dec 8 1917
• * Leviathan, (ss) Colliers Jan 10 1914
• * The Long Carry, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Oct 20 1917
• * The Man Who Was Afraid, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Feb 10 1917
• * The Man-Hater, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Jun 9 1917
• * Minnie Good of Manheim, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Jul 24 1915
• * A New Face on It, (ss) Everybody’s Magazine Nov 1916
• * The Path of Glory, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Mar 10 1917
• * The Pomegranate Coat, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Jan 13 1917
• * The Vampire, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Nov 18 1916

PURDY, NINA SUTHERLAND

• * The Safety-Pin, (ss) The Bellman Oct 7 1916

PUTNAM, NINA WILCOX (1888-1962)

• * H.R.H. Libby-Ann, (ss) Everybody’s Magazine Jan 1916
• * A Little Milk, (ss) Harper’s May 1914
• * A Spring Night, (ss) Everybody’s Magazine Feb 1917
• * Tents of the Mighty, (ss) Pictorial Review Jun 1915

PUTTKAMER, HEDWIG von

• * The Stronger Soul, (ss) New York Tribune Sep 3 1916
• * Where the Roses Bloom, (ss) New York Tribune Oct 1 1916

PUTTKAMER, THEA von

• * The Last Bullet, (ss) New York Tribune Oct 15 1916

QUICK, (John) HERBERT (1861-1925)

• * The Boys’ Revolt in Fairview, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Nov 18 1916

QUIGLEY, FDWARD G.

• * “But the Earth Abideth Forever”, (ss) The Midland Jan 1916

QUILLER-COUCH, [Sir] ARTHUR T(homas) (1863-1944)

• * The Fire at Rescrugga, (ss) The Bellman Mar 24 1917
• * “Not Here, O Apollo!”, (ss) The Bellman May 19 1917
• * Pilot Matthey’s Christmas, (ss)
  • The Bellman Dec 22 1917

R., J.

• * Wrestlers, (ss)
  • Reedy’s Mirror Feb 9 1917

R., S. B.

• * Sophronisba, (ss) The New Republic Nov 13 1915

RAINE, WILLIAM MacLEOD (1871-1954)

• * His Purloined Wife, (ss) Harper’s Bazaar Jan 1915
• * Mustapha Stumbles, (ss) Lippincott’s Feb 1915
• * Pasqual and the Puncher, (ss) The American Magazine Apr 1915
• * The Shanghaied Millionaire, (ss) McBride’s Nov 1915
• * With the Help of the Tiger, (ss) McBride’s Mar 1916

RAISIN, OVRO’om

• * The Ascetic, (ss) The Pagan Dec 1917
• * Bullets, (ss)
  • Reedy’s Mirror Jul 7 1916
• * Silent Footsteps, (ss) The Pagan Oct 1916

RAMSEY, JAMES NELSON

• * Children of Omen, (ss) The Bellman Apr 3 1915

RANCK, EDWIN CARTY

• * His Wife, (ss) The American Magazine Jun 1916

RANSOME, ARTHUR (Mitchell) (1884-1967)

• * Two Dead Soldiers, (ss) Reedy’s Mirror Mar 26 1915

RAPHAEL, JOHN N(athaniel) (1868-1917)

• * From Marie-Anne to Anne-Marie, (ss) Everybody’s Magazine Oct 1917
• * Thibault’s Luck, (vi) Everybody’s Magazine Nov 1916

RAY, ANNA CHAPIN

• * Pitou’s Offertory, (ss) Colliers Apr 24 1915

READ, MARION PUGH

• * Keepsakes, (ss) The Century Jul 1914
• * A Life for a Life, (ss) Every Week Jun 19 1916
• * Namesakes, (ss) Atlantic Monthly Nov 1915
• * The Old Road, (ss) The Century Jun 1914
• * Where the Lightning Struck, (ss) Every Week Sep 27 1915

READ, SUSAN N.

• * Neeth and the House of a Thousand Gods, (ss) Colonnade Sep 1916

RECTOR, JESSIE LEACH

• * The Company Dinner (with Margaret Cameron), (ss) Harper’s Oct 1915
• * More Than Raiment (with Margaret Cameron), (ss) Harper’s Mar 1916
• * The Web They Wove (with Margaret Cameron), (ss) Harper’s Dec 1915