Short Stories From Life
Various
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Length 8 h 34 min
Chapters 81
First published 1916
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
Chapters
1
Introduction By Thomas L. Masson Read by Yoganandh T 12:17
2
The Clearest Call By Brevard Mays Connor Read by Yoganandh T 5:50
3
Greater Love Hath No Man By Selwyn Grattan Read by docdlmartin 1:04
4
The Gretchen Plan By William Johnston Read by Winnifred Assmann 4:45
5
The Glory of War By M. B. Levick Read by docdlmartin 8:24
6
The Aviator By Hornell Hart Read by docdlmartin 4:46
7
Loyalty By Clarence Herbert New Read by docdlmartin 8:14
8
Moses Comes to Burning Bush By W. T. Larned Read by docdlmartin 6:31
9
Business and Ethics By Redfield Ingalls (Third Prize Divided) Read by Winnifred Assmann 6:03
10
North of Fifty-three By Mary Woodbury Caswell Read by Sonia 7:02
11
The Old Things By Jessie Anderson Chase Read by Amruth 8:28
12
The Forced March By Hornell Hart Read by Amruth 6:28
13
Approximating the Ultimate with Aunt Sarah By Charles Earl Gaymon Read by Yoganandh T 5:09
14
The Horse Heaver By Lyman Bryson Read by Yoganandh T 5:39
15
The Ego of the Metropolis By Thomas T. Hoyne Read by Sarah Angelici 7:50
16
The Gay Deceiver By Howard P. Stephenson Read by Yoganandh T 3:10
17
In Cold Blood By Joseph Hall Read by Maria Thompson 5:18
18
Housework—and the Man By Freeman Tilden Read by redrun 5:05
19
Her Memory By Dwight M. Wiley (Third Prize Divided) Read by Nathali Carrera 5:23
20
His Journey’s End By Ruth Sterry Read by Sarah Angelici 3:57
21
Food for Thought By Harriet Lummis Smith Read by docdlmartin 10:55
22
Hope By Edward Thomas Noonan Read by Laurie Banza 2:24
23
Collusion By Lincoln Steffens Read by docdlmartin 6:13
24
Faithful to the End By Clair W. Perry Read by Greg Giordano 8:58
25
Arletta By Margaret Ade Read by Sonia 4:31
26
Which? By Joseph Hall Read by CPaine 1:29
27
What the Vandals Leave By Herbert Riley Howe Read by Richard Stibbard 1:20
28
Ben. T. Allen, Atty., vs. Himself By William H. Hamby Read by Greg Giordano 6:47
29
The Joke on Preston By Lewis Allen Read by Gillian Hendrie 6:02
30
The Idyl By Joseph F. Whelan Read by Richard Stibbard 4:34
31
Withheld By Ella B. Argo Read by CPaine 3:35
32
Up and Down By Bertha Lowry Gwynne Read by Gillian Hendrie 7:15
33
The Answer By Harry Stillwell Edwards (Second Prize) Read by Laurie Banza 7:10
34
Patches By Francis E. Norris Read by Laurie Banza 4:13
35
The Arm at Gravelotte By William Almon Wolff Read by docdlmartin 6:35
36
The Bad Man By Harry C. Goodwin Read by Amruth 5:31
37
Nemesis By Mary Clark Read by Amruth 8:04
38
The Black Door By Gordon Seagrove Read by Sonia 3:52
39
The Man Who Told By John Cutler Read by Laurie Banza 2:42
40
The Unanswered Call By Thomas T. Hayne Read by Greg Giordano 9:00
41
The Women in the Case By Mary Sams Cooke Read by Leah Emery 5:50
42
The Cat That Came Back By Virginia West Read by Winnifred Assmann 7:38
43
''Solitaire'' Bill By Arthur Felix McEachern Read by docdlmartin 9:02
44
Just a Pal By Elsie D. Knisely Read by Laurie Banza 2:03
45
When ''Kultur'' Was Beaten By Lieutenant X Read by Richard Stibbard 6:32
46
Presumption of Innocence By Lyman Bryson Read by Adyn Garcia 5:53
47
A Mexican Vivandière By H. C. Washburn Read by docdlmartin 10:16
48
Mother’s Birthday Present By Carrie Seever Read by Henneh Udtuhan 7:15
49
Red Blood or Blue By E. Montgomery Read by Nicole Maholy 5:20
50
Impulsive Mr. Jiggs By Roger Brown Read by nighthawks 5:27
51
Tomaso and Me By Graham Clark Read by Greg Giordano 10:03
52
Thicker Than Water By Ralph Henry Barbour and George Randolph Osborne (First Prize) Read by Greg Giordano 5:03
53
The Old Grove Crossing By Albert H. Coggins Read by Marreran 13:26
54
Lost and Found By John Kendrick Bangs Read by Marreran 5:08
55
You Never Can Tell By ''B. MacArthur'' Read by Marreran 10:06
56
The Escape By A. Leslie Goodwin Read by Greg Giordano 2:11
57
Two Letters, a Telegram, and a Finale By H. S. Haskins Read by Greg Giordano 8:40
58
The Intruder By Reginald Barlow Read by docdlmartin 4:02
59
Molten Metal By Hornell Hart Read by Sonia 4:25
60
The Winner’s Loss By Elliott Flower Read by Laurie Banza 4:00
61
The Recoil of the Gun By Marian Parker Read by Grai 2:30
62
''Man May Love'' By Robert Sharp Read by Allison B 9:03
63
One Way—and Another By Noble May Read by redrun 7:29
64
The Black Patch By Randolph Hartley Read by Claudia Caldi 7:11
65
A Shipboard Romance By Lewis Allen Read by docdlmartin 3:32
66
The Coward By Philip Francis Cook Read by Nicole Maholy 4:27
67
The Heart of a Burglar By Jane Dahl Read by BookBard 10:39
68
The Reward By Herbert Heron Read by Grai 6:18
69
The First Girl By Louise Pond Jewell Read by docdlmartin 9:22
70
A Sophistry of Art By Eugene Smith Read by docdlmartin 10:42
71
The Message in the Air By B. R. Stevens Read by docdlmartin 6:07
72
In a Garden By Catherine Runscomb Read by dc 11:07
73
A Clever Catch By Lloyd F. Loux Read by Tammy Leon 2:24
74
Strictly Business By Lincoln Steffens Read by Rob E. Brown 6:43
75
The Advent of the Majority By Stella Wynne Herron Read by Greg Giordano 6:16
76
The Night Nurse By Will S. Gidley Read by docdlmartin 5:41
77
Why the Trench Was Lost By Charles F. Pietsch Read by nighthawks 5:41
78
The King of the Pledgers By H. R. R. Hertzberg Read by docdlmartin 9:30
79
A Po-lice-man By Lincoln Steffens Read by redrun 7:29
80
The Quest of the V. C. By A. Byers Fletcher Read by docdlmartin 9:19
81
Somewhere in Belgium By Percy Godfrey Savage Read by Alan Mapstone 3:21
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