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

Stories, Listed by Author

SOMERVILLE, CHARLES (Cecil Lee D’Montral) (1876?-1931)

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

SOMERVILLE, ROY

• * How Temperance Came to Devil Chute, (ss) The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Feb 21 1915

SOTHERN, EDWARD HUGH

• * Lost and Found, (ss) Scribner’s Aug 1917

SOULE, GEORGE

• * The Vendor of Learning, (ss) The New Republic Jul 7 1915

SOUTAR, ANDREW (1879-1941)

• * Behind the Veil, (ss) To-day’s Housewife Dec 1917
• * Cain, (ss) The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Apr 4 1915
• * The Ingrate, (ss) The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Jun 24 1917
• * My Lady’s Kiss, (ss) Pictorial Review Dec 1917
• * The Pruning Knife, (ss) Pictorial Review Mar 1916
• * The Step on the Road, (ss) Pictorial Review Jul 1917

SPADONI, ADRIANA

• * Foreladies, (ss) Masses Mar 1917
• * A Hall Bedroom Nun, (ss) Masses Jun 1916
• * Pirates of the Back Stairs, (ss) Good Housekeeping Dec 1915
• * Real Work, (ss) Masses Jul 1915

SPEARS, JOHN R(andolph) (1850-1935)

• * “Coggie”, (ss) Scribner’s Oct 1915

SPEARS, RAYMOND S(miley) (1876-1950)

• * “The Levee Holds!”, (ss) Colliers Nov 10 1917
• * The Miller of Fiddler’s Run, (ss) Colliers Aug 11 1917

SPENCE, LIDA HERVEY

• * The Day’s Work, (ss) Colliers Jun 13 1914

SPERANZA, GINO C.

• * Marco Baldi, Owner, (ss) Atlantic Monthly Jun 1914
• * Wander, (ss) Atlantic Monthly Jul 1914

SPOFFORD, HARRIET (Elizabeth Prescott) (1835-1921)

• * The Best Christmas Ever, (ss) The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Dec 26 1915
• * A Homely Sacrifice, (ss) Harper’s Nov 1914
• * The Mad Lady, (ss) Scribner’s Feb 1916
• * Miss Diantha’s Divorce Case, (ss) Ladies Home Journal Sep 1916

SPRINGER, FLETA CAMPBELL (1886-?); also as Fleta Campbell

• * “Bonjour, Monsieur!”, (ss) Harper’s Sep 1916
• * In Step, (ss) Harper’s Jul 1914
• * The Prosecuting Witness, (ss) Lippincott’s Jan 1915
• * Salvage, (ss) McBride’s Nov 1915
• * Superstructure, (ss) Harper’s Feb 1916
• * The Things That Are Caesar’s, (ss) Harper’s Nov 1916
• * The Trio, (ss) Harper’s Apr 1916
• * The Wishing House, (ss) Harper’s Dec 1916

SPRINGER, NORMAN (1887-?)

• * The Measure of a Man, (ss) Associated Sunday Magazines, Inc. Jan 10 1915
• * A Recruit, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Nov 10 1917

SPRINGER, THOMAS GRANT (1873-?)

• * The Sparrow, (ss) Lippincott’s Jan 1915

SQUIRE, [Sir] J(ohn) C(ollings) (1884-1958)

• * The March of Progress, (ss) The Century Sep 1916

STACPOOLE, H(enry) de VERE (1863-1951)

• * The Cormorant, (ss) National Sunday Magazine Oct 22 1916
• * The Girl in Brown, (ss) Metropolitan Magazine Nov 1916

STAGG, JOHN REGINALD (1878-?); see pseudonym John Barnett

STANGELAND, KARIN MICHAELIS (1877-?)

• * Sister Agnes, (ss) New York Tribune Mar 12 1916

STAR, MARK

• * The Garden of Sleep, (sl) The Pagan Apr, May 1917

STARRETY, WILLIAM AIKEN

• * Marked “Shop”, (ss) Atlantic Monthly Jul 1917

STEARNS, EDGAR FRANKLIN (1879-1958); see pseudonym Edgar Franklin

STEARNS, L. D.

• * The Game, (ss) Southern Woman’s Magazine Aug 1917

STEARNS, MYRON MORRIS (1884-1963); see pseudonym John Amid

STEELE, ALICE GARLAND

• * Brother Babbitt, (ss) The Delineator May 1916
• * “Captain, My Captain!”, (nv) Everybody’s Magazine Jun 1916
• * Fortune’s Wheel, (ss) The Delineator Nov 1915
• * The Fustian Coat, (ss) The Delineator Jan 1916
• * The Homing Bird, (ss) Woman’s World Nov 1917
• * The Immediate Jewel, (ss) Everybody’s Magazine Dec 1916
• * The Melting Pot, (ss) The American Magazine Mar 1916
• * The Miracle of It, (ss) Ladies Home Journal Oct 1917
• * Mrs. Deering’s Answer, (nv) Everybody’s Magazine Aug 1917
• * An Optical Illusion, (ss) Pictorial Review Feb 1915
• * The Singing Angel, (ss) Colliers Dec 23 1916
• * The Voice That Breathed O’er Eden, (ss) The Delineator Apr 1916

STEELE, RUFUS MILAS (1877-?)

• * New Rules for the Road, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Jul 18 1914
• * A Young Man’s Game, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Nov 3 1917

STEELE, WILBUR DANIEL (1886-1970)

• * Before the Mast, (ss) Harper’s Mar 1916
• * Captain Ulysses G. Dadd (Retired), (ss) Scribner’s Jul 1914
• * Ching, Ching, Chinaman, (nv) Pictorial Review Jun 1917
• * A Devil of a Fellow, (ss) Seven Arts Apr 1917
• * Down on Their Knees, (nv) Harper’s Jul 1916
  • The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Aug 5 1917
• * An Escape from Freedom, (ss) Harper’s Oct 1916
• * Free, (ss) The Century Aug 1917
• * The Free Agent, (ss) Colliers Jul 17 1915
• * The Half Ghost, (ss) Harper’s Jul 1917
• * The Handkerchief Lady’s Girl, (ss) Harper’s Feb 1914
• * Heritage, (ss) Harper’s Jul 1915
• * Ked’s Hand, (ss) Harper’s Sep 1917
• * The Killer’s Son, (ss) Harper’s Jan 1916
• * Land’s End, (ss) Colliers Mar 25 1916
• * The Last Fletcher, (ss) Good Housekeeping Sep 1916
• * A Matter of Education, (ss) Harper’s May 1915
• * The Miracle, (ss) Masses Jan 1915
• * On Moon Hill, (ss) The Century Apr 1915
• * “Pa-Jim”, (ss) Scribner’s Nov 1914
• * A Point of Honor, (ss) Harper’s Nov 1917
• * The Real Thing, (ss) The Century May 1915
• * Romance, (ss) Atlantic Monthly Jun 1915
• * White Hands, (ss) Pictorial Review Jan 1917
• * The Wickedness of Father Veiera, (ss) Atlantic Monthly Jul 1914
• * The Woman at Seven Brothers, (ss) Harper’s Dec 1917
• * The Yellow Cat, (nv) Harper’s Mar 1915
• * The Younger Twin, (ss) Harper’s Aug 1914

STEFFENS, (Joseph) LINCOLN (1866-1936)

• * The Boss Who Was Bossed, (ss) McClure’s Jan 1916
• * Bunk, (nv) Everybody’s Magazine Feb 1917
• * Collusion, (ss) Life Aug 26 1915
• * The Great Lost Moment, (nv) Everybody’s Magazine Mar 1917
• * The Honesty of Honest Tom, (ss) McClure’s Jul 1915
• * The Master of Women, (ss) Everybody’s Magazine Jul 1915
• * A P-lice-man, (ss) Life Jan 13 1916
• * Pop’s Place for Sassy Sally, (ss) Everybody’s Magazine Dec 1915
• * Pop’s Ribbon-Thief, (ss) Everybody’s Magazine Sep 1915
• * The Reluctant Briber, (ss) McClure’s Mar 1915
• * Strictly Business, (ss) Life Jan 27 1916
• * “Thirty-Threed”, (nv) Everybody’s Magazine Jul 1916

STELLMANN, LOUIS J.

• * A Christmas on Russian Hill, (ss) Sunset Magazine Dec 1915

STEPHENS, JAMES (1882-1950)

• * The Three-Penny Piece, (ss) Here Are Ladies, Macmillan 1913
  • Reedy’s Mirror Dec 17 1915

STERN, ELIZABETH GERTRUDE

• * On Washington - Lincoln’s Birthday, (ss) Woman’s Home Companion Feb 1917

STEVENS, MARGARET DEAN; pseudonym of Bess Streeter Aldrich, (1881-?)

• * The Cat Is on the Mat, (ss) The Delineator Oct 1916
• * Mother O’ Earth, (ss) The Delineator Jul 1916

STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS (Balfour) (1850-1894)

• * The Waif Woman, (ss) Scribner’s Dec 1914

STEWART, ALPHEUS

• * The Medal Winner, (ss) Reedy’s Mirror Jan 12 1917

STEWART, CHARLES D.

• * The Dagger, (ss) The Century Jul 1914

STEWART, LUCY SHELTON

• * The Wolves of Bixby’s Hollow, (ss) The American Magazine Feb 1917

STILES, GEORGE K.

• * Zulik the Magnificent, (ss) Harper’s Feb 1914

STILLMAN, HARRY INNESS

• * Of a Fighting Clan, (ss) Harper’s Weekly Dec 25 1915

STILLMAN, HENRY E.

• * The Deathless Orchid, (ss) New York Evening Sun Oct 27 1916

STOCK, RALPH (1882-1962)

• * Cobb’s Neutrality, (ss) National Sunday Magazine Feb 28 1915
• * The Corona Keffordi, (ss) The Bellman Jan 2 1915
• * Partners, (ss) Colliers Aug 21 1915

STOCKARD, WILLETT

• * A Texas Marathon, (ss) National Sunday Magazine Sep 10 1916

STODDARD, WILLIAM LEAVITY

• * Disciplined, (ss) Everybody’s Magazine Jul 1917

STOKER, BRAM; [i.e., Abraham Stoker] (1847-1912)

• * Dracula’s Guest [Dracula], (ss) Dracula’s Guest, London: Routledge 1914
  • Short Stories Jan 1917

STONE, AMY WENTWORTH

• * Catching It, (ss) The Century Mar 1914
• * Possessing Prudence, (ss) Atlantic Monthly Sep 1914

STORES, CARYL B.

• * Teenie an’ Aggie Take an Outing, (ss)
  • Current Opinion Oct 1917

STOREY, BOYCE

• * The Darkest Hour, (ss) The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Apr 11 1915

STORM, ETHEL

• * Burned Hands, (ss) Harper’s Bazaar Nov 1917

STRAHAN, KAY CLEAVER (1888-1941)

• * Eve. with Adam’s Assistance, (ss) Colliers Oct 31 1914
• * Eve’s Uncle Arkady, (ss) Colliers Nov 28 1914
• * Society Smith, (ss) Colliers Feb 6 1915

STRATTON, GEORGE FREDERIC (1852-?)

• * Bobby Junior, (ss) The Bellman Apr 24 1915

STREET, JULIAN LEONARD (1879-?)

• * Probably Pique, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Oct 23 1915
• * The Rainbow Lie, (nv) Everybody’s Magazine Sep 1915

STRINDBERG, (Johan) AUGUST (1849-1912)

• * Above the Clouds, (ss) International Sep 1915

STRINGER, ARTHUR (John Arbuthnott) (1874-1950)

• * The Ivy and the Tower, (ss) The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Feb 21 1915
• * The Man from the Front, (ss) McClure’s Apr 1915

STRUNSKY, SIMEON (1879-?)

• * The Quality of Mercy, (ss) Scribner’s Jun 1914

STUART, ELEANOR

• * The Deeper Diagnosis, (ss) Harper’s Apr 1915

STUART, RALPH

• * Bart Brown, (ss) The American Magazine Oct 1916
• * Dick, (ss) The American Magazine Nov 1916
• * My Friend Father John, (ss) The American Magazine Dec 1916

STUART, RUTH McENERY (1849-1917)

• * The Luck of Batture Baptiste, (ss) The Century May 1914

STURDEVANT, LUCY HUSTON

• * Flag-Root, (ss) Atlantic Monthly Jul 1914

SULLIVAN, (Edward) ALAN (1868-1947)

• * An Adventure in Paleontology, (ss) Harper’s Mar 1914
• * Art Triumphant, (ss) The Century Dec 1915
• * Messages of Spring, (ss) Harper’s Apr 1915
• * The Only Time He Smiled, (ss) Every Week Dec 31 1917
• * The Suit-Case, (ss) Harper’s Apr 1914

SULLIVAN, CHARLES J. (1892-?)

• * From Out the Centuries, (ss) The Black Cat Apr 1915
• * The Last Dance, (ss) Colliers Feb 27 1915

SULLIVAN, FRANCIS WILLIAM (1887-1946?)

• * The Godson of Jeannette Gontreau, (ss) Ladies Home Journal Oct 1917
• * Long Trail’s End, (ss) National Sunday Magazine Oct 24 1915

SULLIVAN, JOHN W. N.

• * Temperament, (ss)
  • Reedy’s Mirror Apr 14 1916

SWINTON, [Major-General Sir] ERNEST DUNLOP (1868-1951); see pseudonym Eye-Witness

• * Private Riley, (ss) Short Stories Jun 1917

SYNON, MARY (Ellen) (1881-1965)

• * The Bounty-Jumper, (ss) Scribner’s Feb 1915
• * The Bravest Son, (ss) Scribner’s Mar 1914
  • The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Dec 5 1915
• * But What Could I Do?, (ss) Pictorial Review Jun 1916