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

Stories, Listed by Author

RECTOR, JESSIE LEACH (continued)

• * The White Elephant (with Margaret Cameron), (ss) Harper’s Sep 1915

REED, HERBERT

• * Kicking to Beat the Band, (ss) Colliers Nov 21 1914

REED, JOHN

• * The Buccaneer’s Grandson, (ss) Metropolitan Magazine Jan 1917

REED, JOHN S. (1887-1920)

• * The Barber of Lille, (ss) Metropolitan Magazine Jul 1915
• * Broadway Night, (ss) Masses May 1916
• * The Capitalist, (ss) Masses Apr 1916
• * The Cook and the Captain Bold, (ss) Metropolitan Magazine Nov 1914
• * A Daughter of the Revolution, (ss) Masses Feb 1915
• * Endymion, or On the Border, (ss) Masses Dec 1916
• * The Head of the Family, (ss) Metropolitan Magazine May 1916
• * The Last Clinch, (ss) Metropolitan Magazine Nov 1916
• * The Rights of Small Nations, (ss) The New Republic Nov 27 1915

REELY, MARY KATHARINE

• * A Doctor Goes North, (ss) The Midland Nov 1917
• * Mothers’ Day, (ss) The Midland May 1917

REESE, LOWELL OTUS

• * The Constable of Copper Sky, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Mar 31 1917
• * Grandpa Makes Him Sick, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Feb 10 1917
• * Kentucky Turns, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Mar 17 1917
• * The Little Injun, (ss) Colliers Nov 4 1916
• * The Pariah, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Aug 25 1917

REGIS, ROGER

• * The Crowning Joy in the Life of Theodore Floque, (ss)
  • Current Opinion Aug 1916

REID, ALAN

• * An Academic Question, (ss) Lippincott’s Jul 1915

REIGHARD, J. GAMBLE

• * Pedro, (ss) The Bellman Jun 23 1917

REINKE, SIEGFRIED

• * The Last Flight, (ss) New York Tribune May 14 1916

REJMONT, WLADYSLAW

• * Twilight, (ss) The Pagan Aug 1916

RELONDE, MAURICE

• * A Delightful Legend, (ss) Seven Arts Mar 1917

REMENYI, JOSEPH

• * Grotesque Children, (ss) International May 1915

REMER, KARL

• * Atavism, (ss) The Forum Oct 1914
• * Europe, (ss) The Forum May 1915

REMNITZ, VIRGINIA YEAMAN

• * The Imprisoned Voice, (ss) The Century Jan 1914

REUTER, GABRIELE (1859-?)

• * The Soldier’s Son, (ss) New York Tribune Aug 6 1916

REYHER, FERDINAND M. (1891-?)

• * Astor Place, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Apr 21 1917
• * An Uninteresting Case, (ss) The New Republic May 27 1916

REYNOLDS, KATHARINE

• * In the Desert Kiln, (ss) The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Apr 30 1916

RHODES, EUGENE MANLOVE (1869-1934)

• * The Desire of the Moth, (sl) The Saturday Evening Post Feb 26, Mar 4 1916
• * The Fool’s Heart, (nv) The Saturday Evening Post May 1 1915
• * The Miracle (with Laurence Yates), (ss) Red Book Magazine Jul 1916

RHODES, HARRISON G(arfield) (1871-1929)

• * The Saint, (ss) Harper’s Sep 1915

RICE, ALICE (Caldwell) HEGAN [Mrs. Cale Young Rice] (1870-1942)

• * Hoodooed, (ss) The Century Aug 1914

RICE, MARGARET

• * Harvest Home, (ss) Touchstone Nov 1917

RICH, BERTHA A.

• * The Goat Man and Nancy, (ss) The American Magazine Jul 1917
• * Her House In Order, (ss) The American Magazine Feb 1916

RICHARDS, RAYMOND

• * The Chink, (ss) The Black Cat Mar 1917

RICHARDSON, ANNA STEESE

• * Not a Cent in the House, (sl) McClure’s Jun, Jul 1917

RICHARDSON, NORVAL (1877-?)

• * Adelaide, (ss) Scribner’s Aug 1917
• * Miss Fothergill, (ss) Scribner’s Oct 1917
• * Mrs. Merryweather, (ss) Scribner’s Sep 1917
• * Sheila, (ss) Scribner’s Nov 1917

RICHMOND, GRACE (Louise) S(mith) [Mrs. Nelson Guernsey Richmond] (1866-?)

• * Taking It Standing, (ss)
  • Current Opinion Dec 1917
• * The Whistling Mother, (ss) Ladies Home Journal Aug 1917

RICHTER, CONRAD (Michael) (1890-1968)

• * Brothers of No Kin, (ss) The Forum Apr 1914
  • Reedy’s Mirror Jun 4 1915
  • The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Sep 26 1915
• * The Girl That “Got” Colly, (ss) Ladies Home Journal May 1917
• * The Laughter of Leen, (ss) Outlook Feb 23 1916
• * The Sure Thing, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Nov 17 1917
• * The Wall of the House of Ryland, (ss) The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Nov 21 1915

RICKERT, (Martha) EDITH (1871-1938)

• * The Lifting of the Burden, (ss) Scribner’s Jun 1914
• * The Lilac Lady, (ss) Outlook Aug 18 1915

RIDEOUT, HENRY MILNER (1877-1927)

• * The Hand of Glory, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Jun 26 1915
• * Hury Seke, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Sep 22 1917
• * Parimban’s Daughter, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Aug 12 1916
• * The Rainbow, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Mar 13 1915

RIDER, MARY

• * The Criminal Shop, (ss) Metropolitan Magazine Sep 1914

RILEY, JAMES WHITCOMB (1849-1916)

• * Grandfather, (ss) Scribner’s Dec 1916

RINCK, C. A.

• * The Song, (ss) New York Tribune Jan 7 1917

RINEHART, MARY ROBERTS (1876-1958)

• * “Are We Downhearted? No!”, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Jan 8 1916
• * Bab’s Burglar, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post May 12 1917
• * Clara’s Little Escapade, (nv) The Saturday Evening Post Jul 17 1915
• * Down Happy Valley, (ss) Short Stories Jun 1908
  • The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Nov 25 1917
• * The Empire Builders, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post May 20 1916
• * The Family Friend, (nv) The Saturday Evening Post Dec 11 1915
• * The G.A.C., (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Jun 2 1917
• * Her Dairy, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Feb 17 1917
• * The Little General, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Apr 11 1914
• * My Country Tish of Thee—, (sl) The Saturday Evening Post Apr 1, Apr 8 1916
• * The Papered Door, (ss) Colliers Mar 21 1914
• * Sauce for the Gander, (nv) The Saturday Evening Post May 16 1914
• * The Secret House, (ss) Metropolitan Magazine May 1914
• * The Strange Cases at Summerlea, (ss) The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Oct 22 1916
• * The Sub-Deb, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Mar 4 1916
• * Theme: The Celebrity, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Nov 25 1916
• * Tish Does Her Part, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Jul 28 1917
• * The Truce of God, (ss) Colliers Dec 12 1914
• * Twenty-Two, (ss) Metropolitan Magazine Jun 1917

RINEHART, ROBERT E.

• * And Tezla Laughed, (ss) Parisienne Feb 1917

RION, HANNA; [Mrs. Frank Ver Beck] (1875-?)

• * The Man from Flanders, (ss) McBride’s Mar 1916

RITCHIE, ROBERT WELLES (1879-1942)

• * Blue Bob Comes Home, (ss) Colliers Jul 28 1917
• * The Dreadful Fleece, (ss) Sunset Magazine Aug 1917
• * The “Fem-in-in-ist” of Jumbo Mills, (ss) Ladies Home Journal Nov 1916
• * High as Haman, (ss) Every Week Aug 21 1916
• * The Light That Burned All Night, (ss) Sunset Magazine Oct 1917
• * Lord of Many Peaks, (sl) The Saturday Evening Post Oct 9, Oct 16 1915
• * Original Bill, (ss) Harper’s Jun 1916
• * The Pilgrim of Jackass Bar, (ss) Sunset Magazine Feb 1916
• * The Road to Sundance, (ss) Colliers Jun 16 1917
• * Rods of the Law, (ss) Harper’s Apr 1917
• * The Schoolma’am’s Little Lamp, (ss) Ladies Home Journal Mar 1917
• * The Shuttle, (ss) Every Week Oct 22 1917
• * The Trail from Desolation, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Sep 29 1917
• * The Troubadour of Little Poison, (ss) Harper’s Jul 1916

RITTENBERG, MAX (1880-?)

• * The Greatest Dread, (ss) The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Jan 10 1915

RIX, GEORGE

• * The Russet Bag, (ss) Sunset Magazine Sep 1917

ROBBINS, F. E. C.

• * A Good Listener, (ss) The Youth’s Companion Nov 8 1917
• * A Writer of Fiction, (ss) The Youth’s Companion Oct 4 1917

ROBBINS, ROYAL

• * After Fifty Years, (ss) Southern Woman’s Magazine Dec 1917

ROBERTS, [Sir] CHARLES G(eorge) D(ouglas) (1860-1943)

• * The Advent of Woolly Billy, (ss) The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Feb 7 1915
• * Back to the Water World, (ss) The Illustrated Sunday Magazine May 23 1915
• * The Bear Who Thought He Was a Dog, (ss) Pictorial Review Oct 1915
• * The Black Boar of Lonesome Water, (ss) The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Feb 14 1915
• * BlaCk Swamp, (ss) The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Jul 18 1915
• * The Book Agent, (ss) The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Feb 28 1915
• * The Cabin in the Flood, (ss) The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Jan 17 1915
• * The Destroying Splendor, (ss) Sunset Magazine Jan 1915
• * The Dog That Saved the Bridge, (ss) National Sunday Magazine Apr 11 1915
• * The Eagle, (ss) Cosmopolitan Nov 1917
• * The Feasting of the Cave Folk, (ss) Sunset Magazine Mar 1915
• * How a Cat Played Robinson Crusoe, (ss) Ladies Home Journal Dec 15 1910
  • The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Jul 4 1915
• * The Terrors of the Dark, (ss) Sunset Magazine Feb 1915
• * When Bear Met Ram, (ss) The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Oct 31 1915

ROBERTS, G. D.; see under Roberts, Charles G. D.

ROBERTS, JOHN W.

• * Fate’s Decree, (ss) New York Evening Sun Nov 21 1916

ROBERTS, KENNETH L(ewis) (1885-1957)

• * Good Will and Almond Shells, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Dec 22 1917

ROBERTS, MERVIN

• * Putting the Machine Out of Business, (ss) Sunset Magazine Apr 1915

ROBERTS, MORLEY (Charles) (1857-1942)

• * The Man Who Lost His Likeness, (ss) The Strand Dec 1916
  • Metropolitan Magazine Sep 1917

ROBERTS, THEODORE (1861-?)

• * The Indian Giver, (ss) The Illustrated Sunday Magazine May 14 1916

ROBERTSON, EDNA

• * The Moon Maid, (ss) The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Jul 22 1917

ROBERTSON, MORGAN (Andrew) (1861-1915)

• * The Fog Voices, (ss) Metropolitan Magazine Jan 1910
  • The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Jun 20 1915
• * The Poison Ship, (ss) Harper’s May 1915

ROBERTSON, WILLIAM HENDERSON

• * The Return of Jamie Macgregor, (ss) Metropolitan Magazine Apr 1915

ROBINS, ELIZABETH; [i.e., Elizabeth Robins Parkes] (1862-1952)

• * Lost and Found, (ss) Harper’s Sep 1915
• * The Tortoise-shell Cat, (ss) Cosmopolitan Aug 1917

ROBINSON, ELOISE

• * Barbara Buys a Bonnet, (ss) Harper’s Nov 1916
• * A Bargain in a Baby, (ss) Harper’s Jul 1917
• * Beautiful as the Morning, (ss) Harper’s Dec 1917
• * Idols and Images, (ss) Harper’s Feb 1917
• * The Infant Tenderness, (ss) Harper’s Apr 1917
• * “Who Will Be Sue?”, (ss) Harper’s Oct 1916

ROBINSON, FRANK R.

• * The Toe of Retribution, (ss) Colliers Jun 27 1914

ROBINSON, PHILIP

• * The Man-Eating Tree, (ss)
  • Reedy’s Mirror Sep 8 1916

ROCHE, ARTHUR SOMERS (1883-1935)

• * Jimmy Winter’s Finish, (ss) The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Jun 20 1915
• * The Scent of Apple Blossoms, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Feb 10 1917

RODA-RODA, ALEXANDER (1872-?)

• * The Russian Sun, (ss) New York Tribune Apr 16 1916

ROE, VINGIE E(ve) (1879-1958)

• * Black Thunder, (ss) Colliers Oct 30 1915
• * Blue Lock, the Queen, (ss) Colliers Oct 21 1916
• * The Broken Hilt, (ss) Colliers Aug 11 1917
• * Euphemia Miller, (ss) Colliers Feb 3 1917
• * The First Law, (ss) Colliers Apr 29 1916
• * King’s Blood, (ss) Colliers Feb 26 1916
• * The Little Boy Makes It Through, (ss) Sunset Magazine Nov 1917
• * The Little Boy of Panther Mountain, (ss) Sunset Magazine Jul 1917
• * Pocket Hunterd The, (ss) Sunset Magazine Dec 1917
• * Red Flag of Papoose Peak, (ss) Colliers Jan 8 1916
• * Smoky Face, (nv) Colliers Jun 9 1917
• * The Stakes, (ss) Colliers Dec 2 1916