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The Best Short Stories of 1927

  • Frank Shay,
  • Oliver La Farge,
  • Meridel Le Sueur,
  • DuBose Heyward,
  • Owen Wister,
  • Alan Sullivan,
  • Rose Wilder Lane,
  • Edward J. O'Brien,
  • Sherwood Anderson,
  • Ben Lucien Burman,
  • Ernest Hemingway,
  • Joseph Hergesheimer,
  • John E. Sexton,
  • Roark Bradford,
  • Lyle Saxon,
  • James Hopper,
  • Raymond Weeks,
  • Elisabeth Finley Thomas,
  • J. P. Marquand,
  • Amory Hare,
  • Harold W. Brecht

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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 Right Honorable the Strawberries</td> <td>Owen Wister</td> <td>(Cosmopolitan Nov 1926)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>The Killers</td> <td>Ernest Hemingway</td> <td>(Scribner’s Mar 1927)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Another Wife</td> <td>Sherwood Anderson</td> <td>(Scribner’s Dec 1926)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Vienna Roast</td> <td>Harold W. Brecht</td> <td>(Brief Stories Apr 1922)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Child of God</td> <td>Roark Bradford</td> <td>(Harper’s Apr 1927)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Minstrels of the Mist</td> <td>Ben Lucien Burman</td> <td>(Pictorial Review Apr 1927)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Mademoisele</td> <td>Elisabeth Finley-Thomas</td> <td>(The Century Magazine Apr 1927)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Three Lumps of Sugar</td> <td>Amory Hare</td> <td>(Cosmopolitan May 1927)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Triall by Armes</td> <td>Joseph Hergesheimer</td> <td>(Scribner’s Mar 1927)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>The Half Pint Flask</td> <td>DuBose Heyward</td> <td>(The Bookman May 1927)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>When It Happens</td> <td>James Hopper</td> <td>(Harper’s May 1927)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>North Is Black</td> <td>Oliver La Farge, 2nd</td> <td>(The Dial Jan 1927)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Yarbwoman</td> <td>Rose Wilder Lane</td> <td>(Harper’s Jul 1927)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Persephone</td> <td>Meridel Le Sueur</td> <td>(The Dial May 1927)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Good Morning, Major</td> <td>J. P. Marquand</td> <td>(The Saturday Evening Post Dec 11 1926)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Cane River</td> <td>Lyle Saxon</td> <td>(The Dial Mar 1926)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>The Pawnshop</td> <td>John S. Sexton</td> <td>(Catholic World Dec 1926)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Little Dombey</td> <td>Frank Shay</td> <td>(Scribner’s Jan 1927)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>In Portofino</td> <td>Alan Sullivan</td> <td>(The English Review 1927)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>The Hound-Tuner of Callaway</td> <td>Raymond Weeks</td> <td>(The Midland Dec 1926)</td> </tr> </tbody> </table>

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    About the authors

    • Frank Shay

      born 1888

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    • Oliver La Farge

      19 December 1901 - 2 August 1963

      4.67

      3 ratings · 52 works

    • Meridel Le Sueur

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    • DuBose Heyward

      August 31, 1885 - June 16, 1940

      4.00

      2 ratings · 32 works

    • Owen Wister

      1860 - 1938

      4.00

      4 ratings · 99 works

    • Alan Sullivan

      1868 - 1947

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      0 ratings · 55 works

    • Rose Wilder Lane

      1886 - 1968

      5.00

      1 ratings · 24 works

    • Edward J. O'Brien

      10 Dec 1890 - 23 Feb 1941

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    • Sherwood Anderson

      1876 - 1941

      3.65

      20 ratings · 244 works

    • Ben Lucien Burman

      1896 - 1984

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    • Ernest Hemingway

      21 July 1899 - 2 July 1961

      3.82

      386 ratings · 1121 works

    • Joseph Hergesheimer

      1880 - 1954

      4.00

      1 ratings · 136 works

    • John E. Sexton

      1885 - 1949

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    • Roark Bradford

      1896 - 1948

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      0 ratings · 15 works

    • Lyle Saxon

      1891 - 1946

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      0 ratings · 14 works

    • James Hopper

      1876 - 1956

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      0 ratings · 11 works

    • Raymond Weeks

      1863 - 1954

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      0 ratings · 9 works

    • Elisabeth Finley Thomas

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    • J. P. Marquand

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    • Amory Hare

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    • Harold W. Brecht

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    Editions

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      Dodd, Mead and Co

      June 1927

    • Edition cover

      Jonathan Cape Ltd.

      1928