Short Stories From Life


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Life Magazine held a short story contest. Stories must be no more than 1500 words. Authors were paid for the number of words under that maximum. The shortest story accepted, and the one where the author received the highest payout, came in at 76 words. The stories published here where considered the best of the over 30,000 submissions. This volume presents the 81 best stories including the prize winning stories: (First Prize) Thicker Than Water by Ralph Henry Barbour and George Randolph Osborne, (Second Prize) The Answer by Harry Stillwell Edwards, and (Third Prize - tie) Her Memory by Dwight M. Wiley and Business and Ethics by Redfield Ingalls. - Summary taken from the Preface (8 hr 34 min)

Chapitres

Introduction By Thomas L. Masson 12:17 Lu par Yoganandh T
N. B. By Joseph Hall 4:42 Lu par Sonia
The Clearest Call By Brevard Mays Connor 5:50 Lu par Yoganandh T
Greater Love Hath No Man By Selwyn Grattan 1:04 Lu par docdlmartin
The Gretchen Plan By William Johnston 4:45 Lu par Winnifred Assmann
The Glory of War By M. B. Levick 8:24 Lu par docdlmartin
The Aviator By Hornell Hart 4:46 Lu par docdlmartin
Loyalty By Clarence Herbert New 8:14 Lu par docdlmartin
Moses Comes to Burning Bush By W. T. Larned 6:31 Lu par docdlmartin
Business and Ethics By Redfield Ingalls (Third Prize Divided) 6:03 Lu par Winnifred Assmann
North of Fifty-three By Mary Woodbury Caswell 7:02 Lu par Sonia
The Old Things By Jessie Anderson Chase 8:28 Lu par Amruth
The Forced March By Hornell Hart 6:28 Lu par Amruth
Approximating the Ultimate with Aunt Sarah By Charles Earl Gaymon 5:09 Lu par Yoganandh T
The Horse Heaver By Lyman Bryson 5:39 Lu par Yoganandh T
The Ego of the Metropolis By Thomas T. Hoyne 7:50 Lu par Sarah Angelici
The Gay Deceiver By Howard P. Stephenson 3:10 Lu par Yoganandh T
In Cold Blood By Joseph Hall 5:18 Lu par Maria Thompson
Housework—and the Man By Freeman Tilden 5:05 Lu par redrun
Her Memory By Dwight M. Wiley (Third Prize Divided) 5:23 Lu par Nathali Carrera
His Journey’s End By Ruth Sterry 3:57 Lu par Sarah Angelici
Food for Thought By Harriet Lummis Smith 10:55 Lu par docdlmartin
Hope By Edward Thomas Noonan 2:24 Lu par Laurie Banza
Collusion By Lincoln Steffens 6:13 Lu par docdlmartin
Faithful to the End By Clair W. Perry 8:58 Lu par Greg Giordano
Arletta By Margaret Ade 4:31 Lu par Sonia
Which? By Joseph Hall 1:29 Lu par CPaine
What the Vandals Leave By Herbert Riley Howe 1:20 Lu par Richard Stibbard
Ben. T. Allen, Atty., vs. Himself By William H. Hamby 6:47 Lu par Greg Giordano
The Joke on Preston By Lewis Allen 6:02 Lu par Gillian Hendrie
The Idyl By Joseph F. Whelan 4:34 Lu par Richard Stibbard
Withheld By Ella B. Argo 3:35 Lu par CPaine
Up and Down By Bertha Lowry Gwynne 7:15 Lu par Gillian Hendrie
The Answer By Harry Stillwell Edwards (Second Prize) 7:10 Lu par Laurie Banza
Patches By Francis E. Norris 4:13 Lu par Laurie Banza
The Arm at Gravelotte By William Almon Wolff 6:35 Lu par docdlmartin
The Bad Man By Harry C. Goodwin 5:31 Lu par Amruth
Nemesis By Mary Clark 8:04 Lu par Amruth
The Black Door By Gordon Seagrove 3:52 Lu par Sonia
The Man Who Told By John Cutler 2:42 Lu par Laurie Banza
The Unanswered Call By Thomas T. Hayne 9:00 Lu par Greg Giordano
The Women in the Case By Mary Sams Cooke 5:50 Lu par Leah Emery
The Cat That Came Back By Virginia West 7:38 Lu par Winnifred Assmann
''Solitaire'' Bill By Arthur Felix McEachern 9:02 Lu par docdlmartin
Just a Pal By Elsie D. Knisely 2:03 Lu par Laurie Banza
When ''Kultur'' Was Beaten By Lieutenant X 6:32 Lu par Richard Stibbard
Presumption of Innocence By Lyman Bryson 5:53 Lu par Adyn Garcia
A Mexican Vivandière By H. C. Washburn 10:16 Lu par docdlmartin
Mother’s Birthday Present By Carrie Seever 7:15 Lu par Henneh Udtuhan
Red Blood or Blue By E. Montgomery 5:20 Lu par Nicole Maholy
Impulsive Mr. Jiggs By Roger Brown 5:27 Lu par nighthawks
Tomaso and Me By Graham Clark 10:03 Lu par Greg Giordano
Thicker Than Water By Ralph Henry Barbour and George Randolph Osborne (First P… 5:03 Lu par Greg Giordano
The Old Grove Crossing By Albert H. Coggins 13:26 Lu par Marreran
Lost and Found By John Kendrick Bangs 5:08 Lu par Marreran
You Never Can Tell By ''B. MacArthur'' 10:06 Lu par Marreran
The Escape By A. Leslie Goodwin 2:11 Lu par Greg Giordano
Two Letters, a Telegram, and a Finale By H. S. Haskins 8:40 Lu par Greg Giordano
The Intruder By Reginald Barlow 4:02 Lu par docdlmartin
Molten Metal By Hornell Hart 4:25 Lu par Sonia
The Winner’s Loss By Elliott Flower 4:00 Lu par Laurie Banza
The Recoil of the Gun By Marian Parker 2:30 Lu par Grai
''Man May Love'' By Robert Sharp 9:03 Lu par Allison B
One Way—and Another By Noble May 7:29 Lu par redrun
The Black Patch By Randolph Hartley 7:11 Lu par Claudia Caldi
A Shipboard Romance By Lewis Allen 3:32 Lu par docdlmartin
The Coward By Philip Francis Cook 4:27 Lu par Nicole Maholy
The Heart of a Burglar By Jane Dahl 10:39 Lu par BookBard
The Reward By Herbert Heron 6:18 Lu par Grai
The First Girl By Louise Pond Jewell 9:22 Lu par docdlmartin
A Sophistry of Art By Eugene Smith 10:42 Lu par docdlmartin
The Message in the Air By B. R. Stevens 6:07 Lu par docdlmartin
In a Garden By Catherine Runscomb 11:07 Lu par dc
A Clever Catch By Lloyd F. Loux 2:24 Lu par Tammy Leon
Strictly Business By Lincoln Steffens 6:43 Lu par Rob E. Brown
The Advent of the Majority By Stella Wynne Herron 6:16 Lu par Greg Giordano
The Night Nurse By Will S. Gidley 5:41 Lu par docdlmartin
Why the Trench Was Lost By Charles F. Pietsch 5:41 Lu par nighthawks
The King of the Pledgers By H. R. R. Hertzberg 9:30 Lu par docdlmartin
A Po-lice-man By Lincoln Steffens 7:29 Lu par redrun
The Quest of the V. C. By A. Byers Fletcher 9:19 Lu par docdlmartin
Somewhere in Belgium By Percy Godfrey Savage 3:21 Lu par Alan Mapstone