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Short Stories From Life

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

Year of Publication: 1916Genres: Published 1900 onward , Anthologies

Running Time: 08 hours 34 minutes 26 seconds

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