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)

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