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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)

Chapters

Introduction By Thomas L. Masson

12:17

Read by Yoganandh T

N. B. By Joseph Hall

4:42

Read by Sonia

The Clearest Call By Brevard Mays Connor

5:50

Read by Yoganandh T

Greater Love Hath No Man By Selwyn Grattan

1:04

Read by docdlmartin

The Gretchen Plan By William Johnston

4:45

Read by Winnifred Assmann

The Glory of War By M. B. Levick

8:24

Read by docdlmartin

The Aviator By Hornell Hart

4:46

Read by docdlmartin

Loyalty By Clarence Herbert New

8:14

Read by docdlmartin

Moses Comes to Burning Bush By W. T. Larned

6:31

Read by docdlmartin

Business and Ethics By Redfield Ingalls (Third Prize Divided)

6:03

Read by Winnifred Assmann

North of Fifty-three By Mary Woodbury Caswell

7:02

Read by Sonia

The Old Things By Jessie Anderson Chase

8:28

Read by Amruth

The Forced March By Hornell Hart

6:28

Read by Amruth

Approximating the Ultimate with Aunt Sarah By Charles Earl Gaymon

5:09

Read by Yoganandh T

The Horse Heaver By Lyman Bryson

5:39

Read by Yoganandh T

The Ego of the Metropolis By Thomas T. Hoyne

7:50

Read by Sarah Angelici

The Gay Deceiver By Howard P. Stephenson

3:10

Read by Yoganandh T

In Cold Blood By Joseph Hall

5:18

Read by Maria Thompson

Housework—and the Man By Freeman Tilden

5:05

Read by redrun

Her Memory By Dwight M. Wiley (Third Prize Divided)

5:23

Read by Nathali Carrera

His Journey’s End By Ruth Sterry

3:57

Read by Sarah Angelici

Food for Thought By Harriet Lummis Smith

10:55

Read by docdlmartin

Hope By Edward Thomas Noonan

2:24

Read by Laurie Banza

Collusion By Lincoln Steffens

6:13

Read by docdlmartin

Faithful to the End By Clair W. Perry

8:58

Read by Greg Giordano

Arletta By Margaret Ade

4:31

Read by Sonia

Which? By Joseph Hall

1:29

Read by CPaine

What the Vandals Leave By Herbert Riley Howe

1:20

Read by Richard Stibbard

Ben. T. Allen, Atty., vs. Himself By William H. Hamby

6:47

Read by Greg Giordano

The Joke on Preston By Lewis Allen

6:02

Read by Gillian Hendrie

The Idyl By Joseph F. Whelan

4:34

Read by Richard Stibbard

Withheld By Ella B. Argo

3:35

Read by CPaine

Up and Down By Bertha Lowry Gwynne

7:15

Read by Gillian Hendrie

The Answer By Harry Stillwell Edwards (Second Prize)

7:10

Read by Laurie Banza

Patches By Francis E. Norris

4:13

Read by Laurie Banza

The Arm at Gravelotte By William Almon Wolff

6:35

Read by docdlmartin

The Bad Man By Harry C. Goodwin

5:31

Read by Amruth

Nemesis By Mary Clark

8:04

Read by Amruth

The Black Door By Gordon Seagrove

3:52

Read by Sonia

The Man Who Told By John Cutler

2:42

Read by Laurie Banza

The Unanswered Call By Thomas T. Hayne

9:00

Read by Greg Giordano

The Women in the Case By Mary Sams Cooke

5:50

Read by Leah Emery

The Cat That Came Back By Virginia West

7:38

Read by Winnifred Assmann

''Solitaire'' Bill By Arthur Felix McEachern

9:02

Read by docdlmartin

Just a Pal By Elsie D. Knisely

2:03

Read by Laurie Banza

When ''Kultur'' Was Beaten By Lieutenant X

6:32

Read by Richard Stibbard

Presumption of Innocence By Lyman Bryson

5:53

Read by Adyn Garcia

A Mexican Vivandière By H. C. Washburn

10:16

Read by docdlmartin

Mother’s Birthday Present By Carrie Seever

7:15

Read by Henneh Udtuhan

Red Blood or Blue By E. Montgomery

5:20

Read by Nicole Maholy

Impulsive Mr. Jiggs By Roger Brown

5:27

Read by nighthawks

Tomaso and Me By Graham Clark

10:03

Read by Greg Giordano

Thicker Than Water By Ralph Henry Barbour and George Randolph Osborne (First P…

5:03

Read by Greg Giordano

The Old Grove Crossing By Albert H. Coggins

13:26

Read by Marreran

Lost and Found By John Kendrick Bangs

5:08

Read by Marreran

You Never Can Tell By ''B. MacArthur''

10:06

Read by Marreran

The Escape By A. Leslie Goodwin

2:11

Read by Greg Giordano

Two Letters, a Telegram, and a Finale By H. S. Haskins

8:40

Read by Greg Giordano

The Intruder By Reginald Barlow

4:02

Read by docdlmartin

Molten Metal By Hornell Hart

4:25

Read by Sonia

The Winner’s Loss By Elliott Flower

4:00

Read by Laurie Banza

The Recoil of the Gun By Marian Parker

2:30

Read by Grai

''Man May Love'' By Robert Sharp

9:03

Read by Allison B

One Way—and Another By Noble May

7:29

Read by redrun

The Black Patch By Randolph Hartley

7:11

Read by Claudia Caldi

A Shipboard Romance By Lewis Allen

3:32

Read by docdlmartin

The Coward By Philip Francis Cook

4:27

Read by Nicole Maholy

The Heart of a Burglar By Jane Dahl

10:39

Read by BookBard

The Reward By Herbert Heron

6:18

Read by Grai

The First Girl By Louise Pond Jewell

9:22

Read by docdlmartin

A Sophistry of Art By Eugene Smith

10:42

Read by docdlmartin

The Message in the Air By B. R. Stevens

6:07

Read by docdlmartin

In a Garden By Catherine Runscomb

11:07

Read by dc

A Clever Catch By Lloyd F. Loux

2:24

Read by Tammy Leon

Strictly Business By Lincoln Steffens

6:43

Read by Rob E. Brown

The Advent of the Majority By Stella Wynne Herron

6:16

Read by Greg Giordano

The Night Nurse By Will S. Gidley

5:41

Read by docdlmartin

Why the Trench Was Lost By Charles F. Pietsch

5:41

Read by nighthawks

The King of the Pledgers By H. R. R. Hertzberg

9:30

Read by docdlmartin

A Po-lice-man By Lincoln Steffens

7:29

Read by redrun

The Quest of the V. C. By A. Byers Fletcher

9:19

Read by docdlmartin

Somewhere in Belgium By Percy Godfrey Savage

3:21

Read by Alan Mapstone