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

Stories, Listed by Author

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BUSBEY, KATHERINE G(raves) (1872-?)

* The Senator’s Son, (ss) Harper’s Mar 1917
BUSS, KATE (Meldram)

* Medals, (ss) The Midland May 1917
BUSSON, PAUL (1873-1924)

* The Death of the Ensign, (ss) International Apr 1916
BUTLER, ELLIS PARKER (1869-1937)

* The Dead Line, (ss) McBride’s Feb 1916
* The Demigod, (ss) The American Magazine Sep 1915
* Dominie Dean (with James B. Dare), (ss) Ladies Home Journal Apr 1916
* Dominie Dean. Although He Won Without Losing, Yet He Won by Losing (with James B. Dare), (ss) Ladies Home Journal Jun 1916
* Dominie Dean. He Discovers That Life and Love Run None Too Smoothly in Riverbank (with James B. Dare), (ss) Ladies Home Journal May 1916
* The Gray-Green Platypus, (ss) Everybody’s Magazine Nov 1915
* The Haunted House, (ss) The American Magazine Sep 1916
* Hidden Treasure, (ss) The American Magazine Mar 1915
* Mamie’s Father, (ss) The American Magazine Mar 1916
* Markley’s “Size-Up” of Dix, (ss) The American Magazine Jul 1917
* Miss Kimpton’s Bones, (ss) Lippincott’s Jan 1915
* Mr. Busby’s Telephone Affinity, (ss) National Sunday Magazine Jun 27 1915
* Mr. Middlemay’s Alibi, (ss) Pictorial Review Apr 1915
* Mrs. Callan’s Absolute Happiness, (ss) The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Jan 16 1916
* The Murderers, (ss) The American Magazine Dec 1915
* Mutual Spurs, Limited, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Jul 21 1917
* One Quiet Summer, (ss) Pictorial Review Sep 1916
* The Quarrelsome Club, (ss) Harper’s Nov 1916
* The Red Avengers, (ss) The American Magazine Jan 1917
* Scratch-Cat, (ss) Every Week Feb 26 1917
* Slim Finnegan, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Jul 8 1916
* The Son and Father Movement, (ss) The American Magazine Jun 1915
* Swatty, (ss) The American Magazine May 1915
* Teacher’s Pet, (ss) The American Magazine Apr 1915
* The Temporary Receiver, (ss) The American Magazine Aug 1917
* The Trouble with Martha, (ss) Harper’s Dec 1917
* The Unscrambling, (ss) Every Week Jul 12 1915
* Wasted Effort, (ss) The American Magazine May 1917
* When John Fixed the Cuckoo Clock, (ss) Every Week May 10 1915
* When the Ice Goes Out, (ss) The American Magazine Apr 1916
BUTLER, KATHARINE

* In No Strange Land, (ss) Atlantic Monthly Mar 1915
BUTTERWORTH, FRANK NESTLE; see pseudonym Peter Blundell
BUZZELL, ARTHUR L.

* The Peace Advocate, (ss) The American Magazine Nov 1915
BUZZELL, FRANCIS (1882-?)

* Addie Erb and Her Girl Lottie, (ss) The Century Nov 1914

The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Oct 10 1915

* Lonely Places, (ss) Pictorial Review Dec 1917
* The Long Vacation, (ss) Pictorial Review Sep 1917
* Ma’s Pretties, (ss) Pictorial Review Aug 1916
BYRNE, DONN; pseudonym of Bryan Oswald Donn-Byrne, (1889-1928)

* An Alley of Flashing Spears, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Oct 21 1916
* The Balance of Might, (ss) McBride’s Oct 1915
* The Barnacle Goose, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Aug 12 1916
* Biplane No. 2, (ss) The Century Sep 1914
* The Cock and Bull Story of Captain Burgoyne, (sl) American Sunday Magazine Aug 6, Aug 13 1916
* Day After Tomorrow, (ss) McClure’s Oct 1917
* Eve and the Gopher, (ss) McBride’s Dec 1915
* Graft, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Apr 22 1916
* The Gryphon, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Apr 28 1917
* The Honorable of the Earth, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Jan 22 1916
* Mrs. Dutton Intervenes, (sl) American Sunday Magazine May 7, May 14 1916
* The Prodigal in Utopia, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Sep 8 1917
* The Ruby Rose, (ss) McBride’s Mar 1916
* Sargasso Sea, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Sep 9 1916
* The Sound of Millstones, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Mar 24 1917
* Superdirigible “Gamma-I”, (ss) Scribner’s Aug 1916
* A Treasure Upon Earth, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Nov 3 1917
* Underseaboat F-33, (ss) Scribner’s Jan 1916
* The Wake, (ss) Harper’s Oct 1915
* A Woman in the House, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Mar 3 1917
C., S.

* Business: A Real Conversation, (ss) The New Republic Jul 17 1915
CABELL, JAMES BRANCH (1879-1958)

* Belhs Cavaliers, (nv) Lippincott’s Jun 1915
* A Brown Woman, (nv) Lippincott’s Aug 1915
* The Irresistible Ogle, (ss) McBride’s Oct 1915
* Judith’s Creed, (ss) Lippincott’s Jul 1915
* Pro Honoria, (ss) McBride’s Sep 1915
CABLE, BOYD; pseudonym of Ernest Andrew Ewart, (1878-1943)

* The Hymn of Hate, (ss)

Current Opinion May 1916
CADY, C. M.

* Araki Mataemon (The Fencing Master) (with Keiseki Matsumura), (ss) Outlook Jul 14 1915
* Hakuin Jenji (The Hater of Hypocrisy) (with Keiseki Matsumura), (ss) Outlook Jul 21 1915
* Hojo Soun (A Model Feudal Lord) (with Keiseki Matsumura), (ss) Outlook Jul 21 1915
CAHN, ED

* Bothering Nobody, (ss) Colliers Jun 6 1914
* The Punch Parisian, (ss) Colliers Feb 21 1914
CAIN, CULLEN A.

* The Crack Marksman, (ss) The American Magazine Feb 1916
CAINE, WILLIAM (1873-1925)

* Pepe, (ss) The Century Jun 1916
* Spanish Pride, (ss) The Century Dec 1917
CAMERON, ANNE

* Sadie’s Opportunity, (ss) The American Magazine Mar 1917
CAMERON, MARGARET; [i.e., Margaret Cameron Lewis] (1867-?)

* The Captive Bridegroom, (ss) Harper’s Jan 1915
* The Company Dinner (with Jessie Leach Rector), (ss) Harper’s Oct 1915
* Dolliver’s Devil, (ss) Harper’s Jan 1917
* More Than Raiment (with Jessie Leach Rector), (ss) Harper’s Mar 1916
* Pragmatic Patricia, (sl) Harper’s Apr, May 1916
* The Web They Wove (with Jessie Leach Rector), (ss) Harper’s Dec 1915
* The White Elephant (with Jessie Leach Rector), (ss) Harper’s Sep 1915
CAMP, CHARLES WADSWORTH; see under Camp, Wadsworth
CAMP, (Charles) WADSWORTH (1879-1936)

* The Doctor’s Wife, (ss) Colliers Nov 13 1915
* The Gray Mask, (ss) Colliers Aug 7 1915
* The House with the Hidden Door, (ss) Colliers Mar 4 1916
* Through the Dark, (ss) Colliers Jan 1 1916
* The Veiled Woman, (ss) Colliers Nov 17 1917
CAMPBELL, FLETA (1886-?); also as Fleta Campbell Springer

* Incompetent, Irrelevant, and Immaterial, (ss) Harper’s May 1917
* Millward, (ss) Harper’s Oct 1917
* The Mistress, (ss) Harper’s Bazaar Oct 1917
CAMPBELL, HELEN B.

* The Shirker, (ss) The Forum Aug 1915
CAMPBELL, JAY

* Jim, (ss) Scribner’s Feb 1917
CANBY, HENRY SEIDEL (1878-1961)

* The Best Bait for Mosquitoes, (ss) The Century May 1915
CANFIELD, DOROTHY; [i.e., Dorothea Frances Canfield Fisher] (1879-1958)

* The Conqueror, (ss) The American Magazine Mar 1916
* The Conviction of Sin, (ss) Harper’s May 1915
* Flint and Fire, (ss) Harper’s Apr 1915
* The Mess of Pottage, (ss) Pictorial Review Sep 1916
* The Psychologicai Moment, (ss) Woman’s Home Companion May 1916
* A Roman Thanksgiving, (ss) The Delineator Nov 1915
* The Truly Mother, (ss) Lippincott’s Jul 1915
* What Really Happened, (ss) Good Housekeeping Sep 1916
CAPES, BERNARD (Edward Joseph) (1854-1918)

* Blue Roses, (ss) Reedy’s Mirror Jun 4 1915
* The Dark Compartment, (ss) Reedy’s Mirror Jan 29 1915
* Expiation, (ss) Reedy’s Mirror May 14 1915
* The Flying Man, (ss) Reedy’s Mirror Jul 23 1915
* The Golden Goat, (ss) Reedy’s Mirror Jul 30 1915
* “A Little Child”, (ss)

Reedy’s Mirror Jan 7 1916

* Mr. Thewlis, (ss) Reedy’s Mirror Mar 5 1915
* The Queen Bee, (ss) Reedy’s Mirror Jun 25 1915
* “Vic”, (ss)

Reedy’s Mirror Jul 28 1916
CARLETON, WILLIAM (1794-1869)

* The Call to the Colors, (ss) Ladies Home Journal Jan 1915
CARLTON, AUGUSTUS

* The Lady from Ah-high-ah, (ss) Reedy’s Mirror Aug 31 1917
CARMAN, KATHLEEN

* The Debt, (ss) Atlantic Monthly Feb 1915
CARMAN, MIRIAM CRITTENDEN

* The Empty Vessel, (ss) Craftsman Aug 1916
CARR, HARRY C.

* Giving Mary the Double-Cross, (ss) The American Magazine Feb 1915
CARRUTH, GORTON VEEDER

* Chivalry at Goldenbridge, (ss) The Youth’s Companion Aug 30 1917
CARTMELL, VAN H., Jr.

* Quarry, (ss) The Smart Set May 1915
CARVER, ADA JACK

* “The Joyous Coast”, (ss) Southern Woman’s Magazine Sep 1917
* The Story of Angele Glynn, (ss) Southern Woman’s Magazine Jul 1916
CASEY, PATRICK (1893-1941)

* The Gay-Cat, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Apr 4 1914
* The Kid Brother (with Terence Casey), (ss) Colliers May 19 1917
* Thief of the World, (ss) Colliers Aug 8 1914
CASEY, TERENCE

* The Kid Brother (with Patrick Casey), (ss) Colliers May 19 1917
CASTLE, EGERTON (1858-1920)

* The Guinea Smuggler, (ss) The Bellman Jun 16 1917
CASTLE, EVERETT RHODES

* Coats Is In, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Nov 17 1917
* The Dark-Brown Liquid, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Dec 8 1917
* Harvest Gloom, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Dec 15 1917
* In the Movies They Do It, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Dec 29 1917
CASTRO, DON JOSÉ BERMUDEZ de

* Secrets of the Writing of “Don Quixote”, (ss) Boston Evening Transcript Jun 7 1916
CATHER, WILLA (Sibert) (1873-1947)

* The Bookkeeper’s Wife, (ss) The Century May 1916
* Consequences, (ss) McClure’s Nov 1915
* The Diamond Mine, (ss) McClure’s Oct 1916
* A Gold Slipper, (ss) Harper’s Jan 1917
CEDERSCHIÖLD, GUNNAR

* The Foundling, (ss) Colliers Oct 27 1917
CHAMBERLAIN, GEORGE AGNEW (1879-1966)

* The Kiss, (ss) Every Week Nov 13 1916
* The Man Who Went Back, (ss) Ladies Home Journal Jun 1917
* The Messenger, (ss) Every Week May 15 1916
* Mongrels, (ss) McClure’s Mar 1915
* Neutrality and Siamese Cats, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Jun 30 1917
* O’Leary’s Dream of Empire, (ss) McClure’s Jan 1915
* Passengers, (ss) McClure’s Feb 1915
* The Spotted Man, (ss) Pictorial Review May 1916
CHAMBERLAIN, LUCIA (1882?-1978?)

* The Under Side, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Aug 11 1917
CHAMBERS, ROBERT W(illiam) (1865-1933)

* La Brabanconne, (ss) Hearst’s Magazine Feb 1917
* Cuckoo, (ss) Hearst’s Magazine Jan 1916
* Fifty-fifty, (ss) Hearst’s Magazine Sep 1916
* In Finistere, (ss) Hearst’s Magazine Mar 1916
* L’Ombre, (ss) Hearst’s Magazine Jan 1916
CHANNING, GRACE ELLERY; [Mrs. Charles Walter Stetson] (1862-?)

* Dea ex Machina, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post May 22 1915
* A Favorite of the Gods, (ss) Harper’s Apr 1916
* The Idealist, (ss) Harper’s Aug 1914
* The Lantescane Roses, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Jun 6 1914
* The Maternal Sacrifice, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Jul 10 1915
* Out of the Earth, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Aug 18 1917
* Tbe Requital, (ss) The Saturday Evening Post May 9 1914
CHAPIN, ANNA ALICE; [Mrs. Robert Peyton Carter] (1880-1920)

* Last Love, (ss) The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Jun 18 1916
* The Tie, (ss) The Illustrated Sunday Magazine Aug 22 1915
CHAPIN, CARL M(attison) (1879-1938)

* Destiny, (ss) The American Magazine Nov 1915
CHAPMAN, ARTHUR (1873-?)

* The Colyum Conductor, (ss) Scribner’s Aug 1916
CHAPMAN, FRANCES NORVILLE

* Cafe’ la Joie, (ss) The Smart Set Mar 1916
* Heat-Lightning, (ss) The Smart Set Nov 1916
CHAPPEL, EVA

* Youth’s Sweet Scented Manuscript, (ss) The American Magazine Jul 1915
CHARD, CECIL

* With Flags Flying, (ss) Harper’s Feb 1914
CHAWNER, MARY G.

* Teacher Sylvia, (ss) The Midland Jun 1916

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