The Best Short Stories of 1916

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The Stories Chosen for This Year's Anthology: ---------------------------------------- ---------- <table> <thead> <tr> <th>Title<br></th> <th>Author<br></th> <th>(Originally<br>Published In)</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>The Sacrificial Altar</td> <td>Gertrude Atherton</td> <td>(Harper's Monthly Aug 1916)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Miss Willett</td> <td>Barry Benefield</td> <td>(The Century Magazine Sep 1916)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Supers</td> <td>Frederick Booth</td> <td>(Seven Arts Dec 1916)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Fog</td> <td>Dana Burnet</td> <td>(McBride's Feb 1916)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Ma's Pretties</td> <td>Francis Buzzell</td> <td>(Pictorial Review Aug 1916)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>The Great Auk</td> <td>Irvin S. Cobb</td> <td>(The Saturday Evening Post Apr 29 1916)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>The Lost Phoebe</td> <td>Theodore Dreiser</td> <td>(The Century Magazine Apr 1916)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>The Silent Infare</td> <td>Armistead C. Gordon</td> <td>(Scribner's Mar 1916)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>The Cat of the Cane-Brake</td> <td>Frederick Stuart Greene</td> <td>(Metropolitan Magazine Aug 1916)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Making Port</td> <td>Richard Matthews Hallet</td> <td>(Every Week Mar 20 1916)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>"Ice Water, Pl-!"</td> <td>Fannie Hurst</td> <td>(Collier's Oct 21 1916)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Little Selves</td> <td>Mary Lerner</td> <td>(Atlantic Monthly Sep 1916)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>The Sun Chaser</td> <td>Jeannette Marks</td> <td>(Pictorial Review Nov 1916)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>At the End of the Road</td> <td>Walter J. Muilenburg</td> <td>(The Forum May 1916)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>The Big Stranger on Dorchester Heights</td> <td>Albert Du Verney Pentz</td> <td>(Boston Evening Transcript Nov 7 1916)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>The Menorah</td> <td>Benjamin Rosenblatt</td> <td>(The Bellman May 6 1916)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Penance</td> <td>Elsie Singmaster</td> <td>(Pictorial Review Oct 1916)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Feet of Gold</td> <td>Gordon Arthur Smith</td> <td>(Scribner's Aug 1916)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Down on Their Knees</td> <td>Wilbur Daniel Steele</td> <td>(Harper's Jul 1916)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Half-Past Ten</td> <td>Alice L. Tildesley</td> <td>(The Black Cat Aug 1916)</td> </tr> </tbody> </table>

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Series Statement

• The Best [American] Short Stories

Other Editions

• The Best Short Stories of 1916: and the Yearbook of the American Short StoryHardcoverSmall, Maynard & Co., Publishers1917-01-01
• The Best Short Stories of 1916HardcoverDodd, Mead and Co1916-06-01
• The Best American Short Stories Of 1916PaperbackKessinger Publishing, LLC2009-08-10