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The Best Short Stories of 1940 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story ed. Edward J. O’Brien (Houghton Mifflin, 1940, hc, an)
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

1 · Anschluss · Kay Boyle · nv Harper’s Magazine April 1939

20 · The People v. Abe Lathan, Colored · Erskine Caldwell · ss Esquire August 1939

30 · Getting on in the World · Morley Callaghan · ss The American Mercury May 1939

37 · Roof Sitter · Frances Eisenberg · ss Story #77, May/June 1939

53 · The Fall of Machine Gun McGurk · James T. Farrell · ss The Canadian Forum July 1939

65 · Hand Upon the Waters [Yoknapatawpha County] · William Faulkner · ss The Saturday Evening Post November 4 1939

82 · Design in Plaster · F. Scott Fitzgerald · ss Esquire November 1939

89 · Frankie and Thomas and Bud Asbury · Caroline Gordon · nv The Southern Review Spring 1939

109 · Under the Ridge · Ernest Hemingway · ss Cosmopolitan October 1939

123 · Honey House · Mary King · nv The Southern Review Autumn 1939

145 · Death of an Outcast · Manuel Komroff · ss Esquire April 1939

155 · That Fine Place We Had Last Year · Roderick Lull · ss Story #79, September/October 1939

170 · Your General Does Not Sleep · Emilio Lussu · nv The Atlantic Monthly May 1939

194 · Something Jolly · Dorothy McCleary · ss Story #79, September/October 1939

214 · Kullan · Edita Morris · ss Story #77, May/June 1939

229 · The Beautiful Fire · I. V. Morris · ss Story #77, May/June 1939

244 · Family History · P. M. Pasinetti · nv The Southern Review Summer 1939

285 · The Way Death Comes · Prudencio de Pereda · ss Story #79, September/October 1939

296 · Herself · James Pooler · ss Story #76, March/April 1939

311 · The Downward Path to Wisdom · Katherine Anne Porter · nv Harper’s Bazaar #2731, December 1939

333 · The Presbyterian Choir Singers · William Saroyan · ss Harper’s Magazine August 1939

344 · Words Without Music · Michael Seide · ss American Prefaces December 1939

357 · Main Currents of American Thought · Irwin Shaw · ss The New Yorker August 5 1939

368 · The Seven Men of Rouen · George Slocombe · ss Esquire December 1939

381 · Four Worms Turning · Morton Stern · ss Story #77, May/June 1939

387 · The Two Deaths of Kaspar Rausch · Hans Otto Storm · nv The Yale Review June 1939

422 · Rich Men · Jesse Stuart · ss The Atlantic Monthly October 1939

433 · Beautifully and Bravely · Harry Sylvester · ss Collier’s February 25 1939

450 · Night and the Lost Armies · Benedict Thielen · ss The Atlantic Monthly December 1939

459 · The Hitch-Hikers · Eudora Welty · ss The Southern Review Autumn 1939

476 · Resurgam · Louis Zara · ss Creative Writing May 1939

The Best Short Stories of 1941 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story ed. Edward J. O’Brien (Houghton Mifflin, 1941, hc, an)
Details taken from online listing.

· Shadow of a Girl · E. B. Ashton · ss Harper’s Magazine March 1940

· All Around the Town · Stephen Vincent Benet · ss The Atlantic Monthly April 1940

· Handy · Erskine Caldwell · ss The New Republic September 23 1940

· Big Jules · Morley Callaghan · ss (r)

· The Net · Robert M. Coates · ss The New Yorker January 27 1940

· Mamma Is a Lady · David Cornel De Jong · vi Harper’s Magazine November 1940

· To the Least… · Henry Exall · ss (r)

· A Nun No More · John Fante · ss (r)

· Gold Is Not Always · William Faulkner · ss (r)

· Color Trouble · Harold Garfinkel · ss (r)

· The Magic Wire · Felicia Gizycka · nv Story #85, September/October 1940

· Smile for the Man, Dear · Justin Herman · ss (r)

· The Life of the Mind · Weldon Kees · ss (r)

· The White Bull · Mary King · ss (r)

· Some People Are Just Plumb Crazy · Arthur Kober · ss The New Yorker March 9 1940

· Scorn and Comfort · Christopher La Farge · ss Harper’s Magazine June 1940

· The System Was Doomed · Meyer Levin · ss Story #85, September/October 1940

· Don’t Get Me Wrong · Roderick Lull · ss The Atlantic Monthly March 1940

· Sunday Morning on Twentieth Street · Albert Maltz · ss (r)

· Ill-Winds from the Wide World · Peter Neagoe · ss Story #84, July/August 1940

· The Three Swimmers and the Educated Grocer · William Saroyan · ss Story #83, May/June 1940

· Triumph of Justice · Irwin Shaw · ss Esquire December 1940

· The Butcher · Wilma Shore · ss Story #86, November/December 1940

· Goin’ to Town · Wallace Stegner · ss (r)

· Love · Jesse Stuart · vi Story #83, May/June 1940

· The Psychologist · Benedict Thielen · ss (r)

· Houdini · Jerome Weidman · ss The New Yorker July 20 1940

· Strip-Tease · George Weller · ss The Atlantic Monthly July 1940

· Almos’ a Man · Richard Wright · ss Harper’s Bazaar #2732, January 1940

50 Best American Short Stories 1915-1939 ed. Edward J. O’Brien (Houghton Mifflin, 1939, x+928pp, hc, an)
Details supplied by Douglas A. Anderson.

1 · The Yellow Cat · Wilbur Daniel Steele · nv Harper’s Magazine March 1915

23 · The Lost Phoebe · Theodore Dreiser · ss The Century Magazine April 1916

42 · The Menorah · Benjamin Rosenblatt · ss The Bellman #512, May 6 1916

49 · Onnie · Thomas Beer · nv The Century Magazine May 1917

73 · Boys Will Be Boys [Judge William Pitman Priest (Old Judge Priest)] · Irvin S. Cobb · nv The Saturday Evening Post October 20 1917

115 · The Meeker Ritual · Joseph Hergesheimer · nv The Century Magazine June 1919 (+1)

142 · Turkey Red · Frances Gilchrist Wood · ss Pictorial Review November 1919

158 · Fanutza · Konrad Bercovici · ss The Dial May 1921

175 · My Old Man · Ernest Hemingway · ss Three Stories and Ten Poems by Ernest Hemingway, McAlman's Contract Publishing Co., 1923

191 · Four Generations · Ruth Suckow · ss The American Mercury January 1924

206 · The Return · Sherwood Anderson · ss The Century Magazine May 1925

226 · An Army with Banners · Katharine Fullerton Gerould · nv Harper’s Magazine August 1925

255 · Haircut · Ring W. Lardner · ss Liberty March 28 1925

269 · The Half Pint Flask · DuBose Heyward · ss The Bookman May 1927

288 · North Is Black · Oliver La Farge · ss The Dial January 1927

302 · Good Morning, Major · J. P. Marquand · nv The Saturday Evening Post December 11 1926

333 · A Telephone Call · Dorothy Parker · ss The Bookman January 1928

340 · Double Birthday · Willa Cather · nv The Forum February 1929

370 · Death of Red Peril · Walter D. Edmonds · ss The Atlantic Monthly November 1928

383 · The Faithful Wife · Morley Callaghan · ss The New Yorker December 28 1929

389 · The Little Wife · William March · ss The Midland January/February 1930

403 · Rest Cure · Kay Boyle · ss Story #1, April/May 1931

413 · That Evening Sun · William Faulkner · nv The American Mercury March 1931

434 · Babylon Revisited · F. Scott Fitzgerald · nv The Saturday Evening Post February 21 1931

459 · One with Shakespeare · Martha Foley · ss Story #1, April/May 1931

468 · A Pretty Cute Little Stunt · George Milburn · ss The American Mercury February 1931

478 · Sherrel · Whit Burnett · ss Story #2, June/July 1931

487 · Napoleon’s Hat Under Glass · Manuel Komroff · ss Story #6, March/April 1932

491 · Shepherd of the Lord · Peter Neagoe · nv Story #4, November/December 1931

512 · Fame Takes the J Car · George Albee · ss Story #10, December 1932

526 · Helen, I Love You! · James T. Farrell · ss The American Mercury July 1932

535 · Ike and Us Moons · Naomi Shumway · ss Story #9, October 1932

553 · Horse Thief · Erskine Caldwell · ss Vanity Fair (US) November 1933

561 · Winter · Dorothy M’Cleary · nv Story #17, December 1933

588 · Death and Transfiguration · Alan Marshall · ss Story #15, October 1933

606 · Outside Yuma · Benjamin Appel · ss New Stories (UK) April/May 1934

614 · The Overcoat · Sally Benson · ss The American Mercury November 1934

620 · Resurrection of a Life · William Saroyan · ss Story #28, November 1934

633 · This Town and Salamanca · Allan Seager · ss Story #25, August 1934

645 · Man on a Road · Albert Maltz · ss New Masses January 8 1935

655 · A Life in the Day of a Writer · Tess Slesinger · ss Story #40, November 1935

669 · American Nocturne · Robert Whitehand · ss American Prefaces December 1935

678 · Only the Dead Know Brooklyn · Thomas Wolfe · ss The New Yorker June 15 1935

685 · Marching Orders · I. V. Morris · nv New Stories (UK) April/May 1936

716 · Hair · Jesse Stuart · ss The American Mercury July 1936

734 · The Iron City · Lovell Thompson · nv Story #44, March 1936

766 · Christ in Concrete · Pietro di Donato · ss Esquire March 1937

783 · The Chrysanthemums · John Steinbeck · ss Harper’s Magazine October 1937

796 · Corporal Hardy · Richard Ely Danielson · ss The Atlantic Monthly November 1938

810 · Bright and Morning Star · Richard Wright · nv New Masses May 10 1938

851 · Biographical Notes · [uncredited] · bg (r)

869 · Study Guides · Wilbur L. Schramm · ms (r)

The Wondersmith and Others by Fitz-James O’Brien (Ash-Tree Press, April 2008, 978-1-55310-106-2, $49.00, xxiv+272pp, hc, co, cover by Jason Zerrillo) [edited by Jessica Amanda Salmonson]
Collection of 25 stories and two poems, previously published in two volumes (Doubleday 1988 as The Supernatural Tales of Fitz-James O’Brien, Vol. 1: Macabre Tales and The Supernatural Tales of Fitz-James O’Brien, Vol. 2: Dream Stories and Fantasies). Edited, with an Introduction by Jessica Amanda Salmonson.

· Introduction—Fitz-James O’Brien: America’s Splendid Bohemian · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · in

· Macabre Tales

· Proem: The Ghosts · Fitz-James O’Brien · pm The Knickerbocker January 1859

· The Lost Room · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine September 1858, uncredited.

· The Child That Loved a Grave · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine April 1861, uncredited.

· The Diamond Lens · Fitz-James O’Brien · nv The Atlantic Monthly January 1858, uncredited.

· The Pot of Tulips [Harry Escott] · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine November 1855, uncredited.

· The Bohemian · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine July 1855, uncredited.

· Seeing the World · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine September 1857, uncredited.

· What Was It? A Mystery [Harry Escott] · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine March 1859, uncredited.

· The Wondersmith · Fitz-James O’Brien · nv The Atlantic Monthly October 1859, uncredited.

· A Dead Secret · Fitz-James O’Brien (error, actually by George Augustus Sala) · ss Household Words September 10 1853, uncredited.

· A Legend of Barlagh Cave · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss from “The Phantom Light”, The Home Companion January 31 1852

· Jubal, the Ringer · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss The Knickerbocker August 1858

· Dream Stories and Fantasies

· Envoi: The Enchanted Titan · Fitz-James O’Brien · pm Harper’s New Monthly Magazine December 1859, uncredited.

· A Voyage in My Bed · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss American Whig Review September 1852

· A Terrible Night · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine October 1856, uncredited.

· A Day Dream · Fitz-James O’Brien · vi Harper’s Weekly February 21 1856

· The Other Night · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss American Whig Review December 1852

· The Crystal Bell · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine December 1856, uncredited.

· How I Overcame My Gravity · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine May 1864, uncredited.

· Three of a Trade; Or, Red Little Kriss Kringle · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss Saturday Press December 25 1858

· From Hand to Mouth · Fitz-James O’Brien · nv New York Picayune Newspaper March 27 1858 (+7)

· The Wonderful Adventures of Mr. Papplewick · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss The Lantern March 13 1852

· The Comet and I · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss Harper’s Weekly May 23 1857

· The Man Without a Shadow: A New Version · Fitz-James O’Brien · vi The Lantern September 4 1852

· An Arabian Nightmare · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss Household Words November 8 1851

· The King of Nodland and His Dwarf · Fitz-James O’Brien · nv American Whig Review December 1852

· The Dragon-Fang Possessed by the Conjuror Piou-Lu · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine March 1856, uncredited.

· Sources and Story Notes · [uncredited] · ms (r)

In Sunshine or in Shadow ed. Kate Cruise O’Brien & Mary Maher (Delta, February 1999, 0-385-32399-9, $21.95, 320pp, hc, oa)
Contents from Amazon.com.

· What Big Teeth · Ivy Bannister · ss

· Ellie’s Ring · Sheila Barrett · ss

· Taximen Are Invisible · Maeve Binchy · ss

· Windfalls · Mary Rose Callaghan · ss

· Breaking · Kate Cruise O’Brien · ss

· Do the Decent Thing · Ita Daly · ss

· A Girl Like You · Margaret Dolan · ss

· The Orphan · Mary Dorcey · ss

· Bishop’s House · Mary Gordon · ss Harper’s Magazine January 1997

· The Facts of Life · Katy Hayes · ss

· Son, Moon and Stars · Jennifer Johnston · ss

· Late Opening at the Last Chance Saloon · Marian Keyes · ss

· Commencements · Mary Leland · ss

· Dwelling Below the Skies · Liz McManus · ss

· Lucy’s Story · Mary Maher · ss

· Clods · Mary Morrissy · ss

· Passover · Mary O’Donnell · ss

· Ripples · Patricia Scanlan · ss

· Polygamy · Gaye Shortland · ss

The Book of Fantasy ed. Silvina Ocampo, Jorge Luís Borges & Adolfo Bioy Casares--- see under Jorge Lu^i's Borges.

The Fatal Move and Other Stories by Frederick William O’Connell--- see under Conall Cearnach.

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: 14 of My Favorites in Suspense ed. Patricia O’Connell--- see under Alfred Hitchcock.

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Don’t Look a Gift Shark in the Mouth ed. Patricia O’Connell--- see under Alfred Hitchcock.

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: More of My Favorites in Suspense ed. Patricia O’Connell--- see under Alfred Hitchcock.

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: My Favorites in Suspense ed. Patricia O’Connell--- see under Alfred Hitchcock.

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: My Favourites in Suspense, Part I ed. Patricia O’Connell--- see under Alfred Hitchcock.

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: My Favourites in Suspense, Part II ed. Patricia O’Connell--- see under Alfred Hitchcock.

Don’t Look a Gift Shark in the Mouth ed. Patricia O’Connell--- see under Alfred Hitchcock.

14 of My Favorites in Suspense ed. Patricia O’Connell--- see under Alfred Hitchcock.

More of My Favorites in Suspense ed. Patricia O’Connell--- see under Alfred Hitchcock.

My Favorites in Suspense ed. Patricia O’Connell--- see under Alfred Hitchcock.

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