The Best Short Stories of 1921

By Edward J. O'Brien

Subjects: American Fiction, Series, American Short stories, Annual Series, Short Stories, Anthology, The Best [American] Short Stories [click to find all works in series], Bibliography, Periodicals

Description: 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>Brothers</td> <td>Sherwood Anderson</td> <td>(The Bookman Apr 1921)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Fanutza</td> <td>Konrad Bercovici</td> <td>(The Dial May 1921)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Experiment</td> <td>Maxwell Struthers Burt</td> <td>(Pictorial Review Jun 1921)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Darkness</td> <td>Irvin S. Cobb</td> <td>(The Saturday Evening Post Aug 20 1921)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>An Instrument of the Gods</td> <td>Lincoln Colcord</td> <td>(The American Magazine Apr 1921 (+1))</td> </tr> <tr> <td>The Lizard God</td> <td>Charles J. Finger</td> <td>(All’s Well Dec 1920)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Under the Dome</td> <td>Waldo Frank</td> <td>(The Dial Oct 1920)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>French Eva</td> <td>Katharine Fullerton Gerould</td> <td>(Scribner’s Nov 1920)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>The Past</td> <td>Ellen Glasgow</td> <td>(Good Housekeeping Oct 1920)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>His Smile</td> <td>Susan Glaspell</td> <td>(Pictorial Review Jan 1921)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>The Harbor Master</td> <td>Richard Matthews Hallet</td> <td>(Harper’s Nov 1920 (+1))</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Green Gardens</td> <td>Frances Noyes Hart</td> <td>(Scribner’s Jul 1921)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>She Walks in Beauty</td> <td>Fannie Hurst</td> <td>(Cosmopolitan Aug 1921)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>The Little Master of the Sky</td> <td>Manuel Komroff</td> <td>(The Dial Apr 1921)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>The Man with the Good Face</td> <td>Frank Luther Mott</td> <td>(The Midland Dec 1920)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Master of Fallen Years</td> <td>Vincent O’Sullivan</td> <td>(The Smart Set Aug 1921)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>The Shame Dance</td> <td>Wilbur Daniel Steele</td> <td>(Harper’s Dec 1920)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Kindred</td> <td>Harriet Maxon Thayer</td> <td>(The Midland Jul 1921)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Shelby</td> <td>Charles Hanson Towne</td> <td>(The Smart Set Oct 1920)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>The Wallow of the Sea</td> <td>Mary Heaton Vorse</td> <td>(Harper’s Aug 1921)</td> </tr> </tbody> </table>