Works about William Sydney Porter
  • Short Story: Head and Shoulders (short story), Her apartment was very warm--small, it was, with a row of professional pictures and sets of Kipling and O Henry which she had bought once from a blue-eyed agent and read occasionally.
Themes with William Sydney Porter

Timeline

Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
1862/09/11 William Sydney Porter is born in Greensboro, North Carolina.
1885/05/10 "Town is fearfully dull except for the frequent raids of the Servant Girl Annihilators, who make things lively in the dull hours of the night...." - William Porter letter to Dave Hall, later included in Porter's anthology, Rolling Stones Author Rolling Stones (O Henry anthology) Austin, TX Texas
1887/01/00 William Porter obtains a position as a clerk in the Land Office. He will be employed here until January 1891. Work Old Land Office Building, Austin Austin, TX
1893/00/00 William Porter rents a house at 307 East 4th Street with his wife, Athol, and daughter, Margaret. Home William Sidney Porter House Austin, TX
1895/00/00 The Porter family quit Austin for Houston where William will begin working full-time for the Houston Post. Work William Sidney Porter House Austin, TX
1897/00/00 In Austin, William Porter writes "The Miracle of Lava Canyon" at a Larkin drop front desk. It will become Porter's first story for national publication. The desk is now in the Austin History Center's O Henry Collection. Author Austin Public Library Austin, TX
1898/09/18 "The Miracle of Lava Canyon" by W S Porter is syndicated by S S McClure. Author The Miracle of Lava Canyon (short story)
1899/00/00 After 1898, William Porter moves to 55 Irving Place. Home Gramercy Park Historic District New York City
1902/02/00 W S Porter's "The Duplicity of Hargraves" is published by Junior Munsey. Author The Duplicity of Hargraves (short story)
1903/04/00 O Henry's "A Retrieved Reformation" is published in The Cosmopolitan Magazine. Author A Retrieved Reformation (short story)
1904/00/00 "The Cop and the Anthem" is published in the Sunday edition of New York World. Author The Cop and the Anthem (short story)
1904/02/00 "The Sparrows in Madison Square" is published in New York World's New York Sunday World magazine. Author The Sparrows in Madison Square (short story)
1904/12/00 "Transients in Arcadia" is published. Author Transients in Arcadia (short story)
1905/12/10 "The Gift of the Magi" is published in the New York Sunday World. Author The Gift of the Magi (short story)
1906/00/00 "The Furnished Room" is published. Author The Furnished Room (short story)
1906/00/00 "The Love-Philtre of Ikey Schoenstein" is published. Author The Love-Philtre of Ikey Schoenstein (short story)
1906/00/00 "The Skylight Room" is published. Author The Skylight Room (short story)
1907/00/00 The Ransom of Red Chief - published Author The Ransom of Red Chief
1907/00/00 "A Madison Square Arabian Night" is published. Author A Madison Square Arabian Night (short story)
1907/00/00 "The Last Leaf" is published in The Trimmed Lamp and Other Stories. Author The Last Leaf (short story)
1907/00/00 "The Princess and the Puma" is published. Author The Princess and the Puma (short story)
1907/00/00 O Henry leaves 55 Irving Place. In 1972, Row houses at Nos 51, 53 (the Nicholas Fish house) and 55 are combined and given a fake brick facade in a project designed by Max Wechsler. Home Gramercy Park Historic District New York City
1907/00/00 "The Trimmed Lamp" by O'Henry is included in "The Trimmed Lamp: And Other Stories of the Four Million". Author The Trimmed Lamp (Short Story)
1908/00/00 "Hostages to Momus" by O'Henry is published. In the story the hot lunch includes "olives and a canned oyster cocktail and a ready-made Martini by the colonel's plate, and called him to grub." Author Hostages to Momus (short story) Martini
1908/00/00 "The Man Higher Up" is published. Author The Man Higher Up (short story)
1910/00/00 "A Municipal Report" is published. Author A Municipal Report (short story)
1910/06/05 Dies
1917/00/00 "The Cactus" is published. Author The Cactus (short story)

266 Creative Works by William Sydney Porter »

Title Type Association Y/M/D Moniker
Title Type Association Y/M/D Moniker
Bexar Scrip No 2692 (short story) Author Short Story 1895/00/00
The Miracle of Lava Canyon (short story) Author 1898/09/18
  • 1000 Notable Short Stories, True Tales and Mezzobulas
The Duplicity of Hargraves (short story) Author Short Story 1902/02/00
A Retrieved Reformation (short story) Author Short Story 1903/04/00
  • 1000 Notable Short Stories, True Tales and Mezzobulas
  • Best American Short Stories
The Cop and the Anthem (short story) Author Short Story 1904/00/00
  • 1000 Notable Short Stories, True Tales and Mezzobulas
  • Best American Short Stories
Cabbages and Kings (book) Author Novel 1904/00/00
The Sparrows in Madison Square (short story) Author Short Story 1904/02/00
  • 1000 Notable Short Stories, True Tales and Mezzobulas
Transients in Arcadia (short story) Author Short Story 1904/12/00
  • 1000 Notable Short Stories, True Tales and Mezzobulas
The Gift of the Magi (short story) Author Short Story 1905/12/10
  • 1000 Notable Short Stories, True Tales and Mezzobulas
  • Best American Short Stories
Tobin's Palm (short story) Author Short Story 1906/00/00
Springtime a la Carte (short story) Author Short Story 1906/00/00
The Coming-Out of Maggie (short story) Author Short Story 1906/00/00
A Service of Love (short story) Author Short Story 1906/00/00
Mammon and the Archer (short story) Author Short Story 1906/00/00
After Twenty Years (short story) Author Short Story 1906/00/00
A Cosmopolite in a Cafe (short story) Author Short Story 1906/00/00
An Unfinished Story (short story) Author Short Story 1906/00/00
Man About Town (short story) Author Short Story 1906/00/00
Sisters of the Golden Circle (short story) Author Short Story 1906/00/00
An Adjustment of Nature (short story) Author Short Story 1906/00/00
The Brief Debut of Tildy (short story) Author Short Story 1906/00/00
The Four Million (story collection) Author Short Story Collection 1906/00/00
Lost on Dress Parade (short story) Author Short Story 1906/00/00
The Romance of a Busy Broker (short story) Author Short Story 1906/00/00
The Caliph, Cupid and the Clock (short story) Author Short Story 1906/00/00
Memoirs of a Yellow Dog (short story) Author Short Story 1906/00/00
The Skylight Room (short story) Author Short Story 1906/00/00
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Between Rounds (short story) Author Short Story 1906/00/00
By Courier (short story) Author Short Story 1906/00/00
From the Cabby's Seat (short story) Author Short Story 1906/00/00
The Furnished Room (short story) Author Short Story 1906/00/00
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The Love-Philtre of Ikey Schoenstein (short story) Author Short Story 1906/00/00
  • 1000 Notable Short Stories, True Tales and Mezzobulas
The Green Door (short story) Author Short Story 1906/00/00
A Midsummer Knight's Dream (short story) Author Short Story 1907/00/00
The Rubaiyat of a Scotch Highball (short story) Author Short Story 1907/00/00
The Last Leaf (short story) Author Short Story 1907/00/00
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The Ransom of Mack (short story) Author Short Story 1907/00/00
Seats of the Haughty (short story) Author Short Story 1907/00/00
The Handbook of Hymen (short story) Author Short Story 1907/00/00
According to Their Lights (short story) Author Short Story 1907/00/00
The Making of a New Yorker (short story) Author Short Story 1907/00/00
The Foreign Policy of Company 99 (short story) Author Short Story 1907/00/00
The Tale of a Tainted Tenner (short story) Author Short Story 1907/00/00
Heart of the West (short story collection) Author Short Story Collection 1907/00/00
Telemachus, Friend (short story) Author Short Story 1907/00/00
The Pendulum (O Henry short story) Author Short Story 1907/00/00
The Badge of Policeman O'Roon (short story) Author Short Story 1907/00/00
The Social Triangle (short story) Author Short Story 1907/00/00
Cupid a la Carte (short story) Author Short Story 1907/00/00
The Ransom of Red Chief Author Short Story 1907/00/00
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  • Best American Short Stories
Brickdust Row (short story) Author Short Story 1907/00/00
Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen (short story) Author Short Story 1907/00/00
The Princess and the Puma (short story) Author Short Story 1907/00/00
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The Guilty Party (short story) Author Short Story 1907/00/00
The Missing Chord (short story) Author Short Story 1907/00/00
Christmas by Injunction (short story) Author Short Story 1907/00/00
A Call Loan (short story) Author Short Story 1907/00/00
The Pimienta Pancakes (short story) Author Short Story 1907/00/00
The Ferry of Unfulfilment (short story) Author Short Story 1907/00/00
A Madison Square Arabian Night (short story) Author Short Story 1907/00/00
The Indian Summer of Dry Valley Johnson (short story) Author Short Story 1907/00/00
The Count and the Wedding Guest (short story) Author Short Story 1907/00/00
The Lost Blend (short story) Author Short Story 1907/00/00
A Harlem Tragedy (short story) Author Short Story 1907/00/00
The Reformation of Calliope (short story) Author Short Story 1907/00/00
Hearts and Crosses (short story) Author Short Story 1907/00/00
An Afternoon Miracle (short story) Author Short Story 1907/00/00
Elsie in New York (short story) Author Short Story 1907/00/00
The Buyer from Cactus City (short story) Author Short Story 1907/00/00
Vanity and Some Sables (short story) Author Short Story 1907/00/00
Hygeia at the Solito (short story) Author Short Story 1907/00/00
The Country of Elusion (short story) Author Short Story 1907/00/00
The Purple Dress (short story) Author Short Story 1907/00/00
The Trimmed Lamp (Short Story) Author Short Story 1907/00/00
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The Assessor of Success (short story) Author Short Story 1907/00/00
The Higher Abdication (short story) Author Short Story 1907/00/00
A Chaparral Prince (short story) Author Short Story 1907/00/00
The Caballero's Way (short story) Author Short Story 1907/00/00
The Sphinx Apple (short story) Author Short Story 1907/00/00
The Trimmed Lamp: And Other Stories of the Four Million Author Short Story Collection 1907/00/00
Innocents of Broadway (short story) Author Short Story 1908/00/00
The Chair of Philanthromathematics (short story) Author Short Story 1908/00/00
A Philistine in Bohemia (short story) Author Short Story 1908/00/00
Nemesis and the Candy Man (short story) Author Short Story 1908/00/00
The Ethics of Pig (short story) Author Short Story 1908/00/00
Conscience in Art (short story) Author Short Story 1908/00/00
Little Speck in Garnered Fruit (short story) Author Short Story 1908/00/00
A Comedy in Rubber (short story) Author Short Story 1908/00/00
Roses, Ruses and Romance (short story) Author Short Story 1908/00/00
The Memento (short story) Author Short Story 1908/00/00
The Voice Of The City: Further Strories Of The Four Million Author Short Story Collection 1908/00/00
While the Auto Waits (short story) Author Short Story 1908/00/00
A Midsummer Masquerade (short story) Author Short Story 1908/00/00
The Easter of the Soul (short story) Author Short Story 1908/00/00
Jeff Peters as a Personal Magnet (short story) Author Short Story 1908/00/00
The Rathskeller and the Rose (short story) Author Short Story 1908/00/00
Shearing the Wolf (short story) Author Short Story 1908/00/00
The Harbinger (short story) Author Short Story 1908/00/00
The Man Higher Up (short story) Author Short Story 1908/00/00
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The Exact Science of Matrimony (short story) Author Short Story 1908/00/00
Squaring the Circle (short story) Author Short Story 1908/00/00
The Complete Life of John Hopkins (short story) Author Short Story 1908/00/00
The Shocks of Doom (short story) Author Short Story 1908/00/00
Tempered Wind (short story) Author Short Story 1908/00/00
The Defeat of the City (short story) Author Short Story 1908/00/00
Dougherty's Eye-opener (short story) Author Short Story 1908/00/00
Hostages to Momus (short story) Author Short Story 1908/00/00
From Each According to His Ability (short story) Author Short Story 1908/00/00
One Thousand Dollars (short story) Author Short Story 1908/00/00
The City of Dreadful Night (short story) Author Short Story 1908/00/00
The Plutonian Fire (short story) Author Short Story 1908/00/00
The Voice of the City (short story) Author Short Story 1908/00/00
The Gentle Grafter (short story collection) Author Short Story Collection 1908/00/00
The Hand That Riles the World (short story) Author Short Story 1908/00/00
The Octopus Marooned (short story) Author Short Story 1908/00/00
Modern Rural Sports (short story) Author Short Story 1908/00/00
A Lickpenny Lover (short story) Author Short Story 1908/00/00
The Clarion Call (short story) Author Short Story 1908/00/00
Extradited from Bohemia (short story) Author Short Story 1908/00/00
The Fool-killer (short story) Author Short Story 1908/00/00
Supply and Demand (short story) Author Short Story 1909/00/00
A Double-dyed Deceiver (short story) Author Short Story 1909/00/00
The Passing of Black Eagle (short story) Author Short Story 1909/00/00
The Discounters of Money (short story) Author Short Story 1909/00/00
The Higher Pragmatism (short story) Author Short Story 1909/00/00
Two Renegades (short story) Author Short Story 1909/00/00
The Guardian of the Accolade (short story) Author Short Story 1909/00/00
On Behalf of the Management (short story) Author Short Story 1909/00/00
Cherchez la Femme (short story) Author Short Story 1909/00/00
Phoebe (short story) Author Short Story 1909/00/00
A Poor Rule (short story) Author Short Story 1909/00/00
Thimble, Thimble (short story) Author Short Story 1909/00/00
Friends in San Rosario (short story) Author Short Story 1909/00/00
The Fourth in Salvador (short story) Author Short Story 1909/00/00
The Lonesome Road (short story) Author Short Story 1909/00/00
Whistling Dick's Christmas Stocking (short story) Author Short Story 1909/00/00
The Emancipation of Billy (short story) Author Short Story 1909/00/00
Options (short story collection) Author Short Story Collection 1909/00/00
Best-seller (short story) Author Short Story 1909/00/00
The Head-hunter (short story) Author Short Story 1909/00/00
He Also Serves (short story) Author Short Story 1909/00/00
Next to Reading Matter (short story) Author Short Story 1909/00/00
Buried Treasure (short story) Author Short Story 1909/00/00
A Departmental Case (short story) Author Short Story 1909/00/00
Rus in Urbe (short story) Author Short Story 1909/00/00
The Halberdier of the Little Rheinschloss (short story) Author Short Story 1909/00/00
The Moment of Victory (short story) Author Short Story 1909/00/00
The Enchanted Kiss (short story) Author Short Story 1909/00/00
Roads of Destiny (short story collection) Author Short Story Collection 1909/00/00
The Hiding of Black Bill (short story) Author Short Story 1909/00/00
No Story (short story) Author Short Story 1909/00/00
The Rose of Dixie (short story) Author Short Story 1909/00/00
Art and the Bronco (short story) Author Short Story 1909/00/00
Schools and Schools (short story) Author Short Story 1909/00/00
To Him Who Waits (short story) Author Short Story 1909/00/00
The Third Ingredient (short story) Author Short Story 1909/00/00
The Enchanted Profile (short story) Author Short Story 1909/00/00
The Renaissance at Charleroi (short story) Author Short Story 1909/00/00
Roads of Destiny (short story) Author Short Story 1909/00/00
What You Want (short story) Author Short Story 1910/00/00
The Duel (short story) Author Short Story 1910/00/00
Calloway's Code (short story) Author Short Story 1910/00/00
The Day Resurgent (short story) Author Short Story 1910/00/00
A Bird of Bagdad (short story) Author Short Story 1910/00/00
Past One at Rooney's (short story) Author Short Story 1910/00/00
The Girl and the Graft (short story) Author Short Story 1910/00/00
The Unknown Quantity (short story) Author Short Story 1910/00/00
A Little Local Colour (short story) Author Short Story 1910/00/00
The Roads We Take (short story) Author Short Story 1910/00/00
Blind Man's Holiday (short story) Author Short Story 1910/00/00
The World and the Door (short story) Author Short Story 1910/00/00
Babes in the Jungle (short story) Author Short Story 1910/00/00
Tommy's Burglar (short story) Author Short Story 1910/00/00
A Blackjack Bargainer (short story) Author Short Story 1910/00/00
Girl (short story) Author Short Story 1910/00/00
The Girl and the Habit (short story) Author Short Story 1910/00/00
Strictly Business (short story collection) Author Short Story Collection 1910/00/00
The Robe of Peace (short story) Author Short Story 1910/00/00
The Hypotheses of Failure (short story) Author Short Story 1910/00/00
One Dollar's Worth (short story) Author Short Story 1910/00/00
The Theory and the Hound (short story) Author Short Story 1910/00/00
A Municipal Report (short story) Author Short Story 1910/00/00
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Proof of the Pudding (short story) Author Short Story 1910/00/00
The Gold That Glittered (short story) Author Short Story 1910/00/00
The Venturers (short story) Author Short Story 1910/00/00
A Ramble in Aphasia (short story) Author Short Story 1910/00/00
The Song and the Sergeant (short story) Author Short Story 1910/00/00
Strictly Business (short story) Author Short Story 1910/00/00
Whirligigs (short story collection) Author Short Story Collection 1910/00/00
The Thing's the Play (short story) Author Short Story 1910/00/00
A Newspaper Story (short story) Author Short Story 1910/00/00
Compliments of the Season (short story) Author Short Story 1910/00/00
Sociology in Serge and Straw (short story) Author Short Story 1910/00/00
A Chaparral Christmas Gift (short story) Author Short Story 1910/00/00
Psyche and the Pskyscraper (short story) Author Short Story 1910/00/00
The Fifth Wheel (short story) Author Short Story 1910/00/00
A Matter of Mean Elevation (short story) Author Short Story 1910/00/00
Madame Bo-Peep of the Ranches (short story) Author Short Story 1910/00/00
Suite Homes and Their Romance (short story) Author Short Story 1910/00/00
The Call of the Tame (short story) Author Short Story 1910/00/00
A Technical Error (short story) Author Short Story 1910/00/00
A Night in New Arabia (short story) Author Short Story 1910/00/00
The Poet and the Peasant (short story) Author Short Story 1910/00/00
The Whirligig of Life (short story) Author Short Story 1910/00/00
The Marry Month of May (short story) Author Short Story 1910/00/00
A Sacrifice Hit (short story) Author Short Story 1910/00/00
Georgia's Ruling (short story) Author Short Story 1910/06/00
Makes the Whole World Kin (short story) Author Short Story 1911/00/00
At Arms with Morpheus (short story) Author Short Story 1911/00/00
Sixes and Sevens (short story collection) Author Short Story Collection 1911/00/00
The Pride of the Cities (short story) Author Short Story 1911/00/00
The Last of the Troubadours (short story) Author Short Story 1911/00/00
The Day We Celebrate (short story) Author Short Story 1911/00/00
The Champion of the Weather (short story) Author Short Story 1911/00/00
New York by Camp Fire Light (short story) Author Short Story 1911/00/00
Holding Up a Train (short story) Author Short Story 1911/00/00
The Caliph and the Cad (short story) Author Short Story 1911/00/00
A Ghost of a Chance (short story) Author Short Story 1911/00/00
Jimmy Hayes and Muriel (short story) Author Short Story 1911/00/00
The Church with an Overshot-Wheel (short story) Author Short Story 1911/00/00
Ulysses and the Dogman (short story) Author Short Story 1911/00/00
The Door of Unrest (short story) Author Short Story 1911/00/00
Witches' Loaves (short story) Author Short Story 1911/00/00
The Adventures of Shamrock Jolnes (short story) Author Short Story 1911/00/00
Law and Order (short story) Author Short Story 1911/00/00
Transformation of Martin Burney (short story) Author Short Story 1911/00/00
The Greater Coney (short story) Author Short Story 1911/00/00
  • 1000 Notable Short Stories, True Tales and Mezzobulas
The Lady Higher Up (short story) Author Short Story 1911/00/00
The Sleuths (short story) Author Short Story 1911/00/00
Let Me Feel Your Pulse (short story) Author Short Story 1911/00/00
The Diamond of Kali (short story) Author Short Story 1911/00/00
October and June (short story) Author Short Story 1911/00/00
The Atavism of John Tom Little Bear (short story) Author Short Story 1912/00/00
Helping the Other Fellow (short story) Author Short Story 1912/00/00
An Unfinished Christmas Story (short story) Author Short Story 1912/00/00
Fickle Fortune, or How Gladys Hustled (short story) Author Short Story 1912/00/00
A Fog in Santone (short story) Author Short Story 1912/00/00
The Unprofitable Servant (short story) Author Short Story 1912/00/00
Lord Oakhurst's Curse (short story) Author Short Story 1912/00/00
A Snapshot at the President (short story) Author Short Story 1912/00/00
Tracked to Doom (short story) Author Short Story 1912/00/00
The Marionettes (short story) Author Short Story 1912/00/00
The Prisoner of Zembla (short story) Author Short Story 1912/00/00
Aristocracy Versus Hash (short story) Author Short Story 1912/00/00
Tictocq (short story) Author Short Story 1912/00/00
A Strange Story (short story) Author Short Story 1912/00/00
The Friendly Call (short story) Author Short Story 1912/00/00
The Marquis and Miss Sally (short story) Author Short Story 1912/00/00
A Ruler of Men (short story) Author Short Story 1912/00/00
The Dream (short story) Author Short Story 1912/00/00
A Dinner at --- (short story) Author Short Story 1912/00/00
Rolling Stones (O Henry anthology) Author Anthology 1912/00/00
Sound and Fury (short story) Author Short Story 1912/00/00
An Apology (short story) Author Short Story 1912/00/00
The Snow Man (short story) Author Short Story 1917/00/00
The Cactus (short story) Author Short Story 1917/00/00
  • 1000 Notable Short Stories, True Tales and Mezzobulas
The Rubber Plant's Story (short story) Author Short Story 1917/00/00
A Little Talk About Mobs (short story) Author Short Story 1917/00/00
The Dog and the Playlet (short story) Author Short Story 1917/00/00
Round The Circle (short story) Author Short Story 1917/00/00
Waifs and Strays (short story collection) Author Short Story Collection 1917/00/00
The Red Roses of Tonia (short story) Author Short Story 1917/00/00
The Detective Detector (short story) Author Short Story 1917/00/00
Out of Nazareth (short story) Author Short Story 1917/00/00
Confessions of a Humorist (short story) Author Short Story 1917/00/00
Hearts and Hands (short story) Author Short Story 1917/00/00

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