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
1896/07/00 In early July, Will Porter arrives in New Orleans. At one time he lives with other journalist at the "old rookery down in the French quarter". He may have lived at 239-241 Bourbon St (1922 story in The Times-Picayune by William Robertson). Home Helping the Other Fellow (short story) Bourbon Street, New Orleans New Orleans
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)
1910/00/00 "Blind Man's Holiday" is published. Author Blind Man's Holiday (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
  • 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
  • Notable Short Stories, True Tales and Mezzobulas
The Cop and the Anthem (short story) Author Short Story 1904/00/00
  • Notable Short Stories, True Tales and Mezzobulas
Cabbages and Kings (book) Author Novel 1904/00/00
The Sparrows in Madison Square (short story) Author Short Story 1904/02/00
  • Notable Short Stories, True Tales and Mezzobulas
Transients in Arcadia (short story) Author Short Story 1904/12/00
  • Notable Short Stories, True Tales and Mezzobulas
The Gift of the Magi (short story) Author Short Story 1905/12/10
  • Notable Short Stories, True Tales and Mezzobulas
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 Four Million (story collection) Author Short Story Collection 1906/00/00
The Brief Debut of Tildy (short story) Author Short Story 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
  • Notable Short Stories, True Tales and Mezzobulas
The Love-Philtre of Ikey Schoenstein (short story) Author Short Story 1906/00/00
  • Notable Short Stories, True Tales and Mezzobulas
The Green Door (short story) Author Short Story 1906/00/00
The Last Leaf (short story) Author Short Story 1907/00/00
  • Notable Short Stories, True Tales and Mezzobulas
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
Seats of the Haughty (short story) Author Short Story 1907/00/00
The Handbook of Hymen (short story) Author Short Story 1907/00/00
The Ransom of Mack (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
Cupid a la Carte (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
The Ransom of Red Chief Author Short Story 1907/00/00
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Brickdust Row (short story) Author Short Story 1907/00/00
Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen (short story) Author Short Story 1907/00/00
The Guilty Party (short story) Author Short Story 1907/00/00
The Princess and the Puma (short story) Author Short Story 1907/00/00
  • Notable Short Stories, True Tales and Mezzobulas
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
The Indian Summer of Dry Valley Johnson (short story) Author Short Story 1907/00/00
A Madison Square Arabian Night (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 Assessor of Success (short story) Author Short Story 1907/00/00
The Trimmed Lamp (Short Story) Author Short Story 1907/00/00
  • Notable Short Stories, True Tales and Mezzobulas
The Higher Abdication (short story) Author Short Story 1907/00/00
A Chaparral Prince (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
The Caballero's Way (short story) Author Short Story 1907/00/00
The Sphinx Apple (short story) Author Short Story 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
Conscience in Art (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
Little Speck in Garnered Fruit (short story) Author Short Story 1908/00/00
Roses, Ruses and Romance (short story) Author Short Story 1908/00/00
A Comedy in Rubber (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
The Memento (short story) Author Short Story 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
Shearing the Wolf (short story) Author Short Story 1908/00/00
The Harbinger (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
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
Tempered Wind (short story) Author Short Story 1908/00/00
The Shocks of Doom (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 Voice of the City (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 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
Helping the Other Fellow (short story) Author Short Story 1908/12/00
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 Higher Pragmatism (short story) Author Short Story 1909/00/00
Two Renegades (short story) Author Short Story 1909/00/00
The Discounters of Money (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
Options (short story collection) Author Short Story Collection 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
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
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
A Departmental Case (short story) Author Short Story 1909/00/00
The Moment of Victory (short story) Author Short Story 1909/00/00
Roads of Destiny (short story collection) Author Short Story Collection 1909/00/00
The Enchanted Kiss (short story) Author Short Story 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
Calloway's Code (short story) Author Short Story 1910/00/00
What You Want (short story) Author Short Story 1910/00/00
The Duel (short story) Author Short Story 1910/00/00
The Day Resurgent (short story) Author Short Story 1910/00/00
The Unknown Quantity (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
Blind Man's Holiday (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
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
The Girl and the Habit (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
Strictly Business (short story collection) Author Short Story Collection 1910/00/00
The Hypotheses of Failure (short story) Author Short Story 1910/00/00
The Robe of Peace (short story) Author Short Story 1910/00/00
The Theory and the Hound (short story) Author Short Story 1910/00/00
One Dollar's Worth (short story) Author Short Story 1910/00/00
A Municipal Report (short story) Author Short Story 1910/00/00
  • Notable Short Stories, True Tales and Mezzobulas
The Gold That Glittered (short story) Author Short Story 1910/00/00
The Venturers (short story) Author Short Story 1910/00/00
Proof of the Pudding (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
  • Notable Short Stories, True Tales and Mezzobulas
Strictly Business (short story) Author Short Story 1910/00/00
The Thing's the Play (short story) Author Short Story 1910/00/00
Whirligigs (short story collection) Author Short Story Collection 1910/00/00
Compliments of the Season (short story) Author Short Story 1910/00/00
A Newspaper Story (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
Suite Homes and Their Romance (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
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 Whirligig of Life (short story) Author Short Story 1910/00/00
The Poet and the Peasant (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
The Adventures of Shamrock Jolnes (short story) Author Short Story 1911/00/00
Witches' Loaves (short story) Author Short Story 1911/00/00
Transformation of Martin Burney (short story) Author Short Story 1911/00/00
Law and Order (short story) Author Short Story 1911/00/00
The Greater Coney (short story) Author Short Story 1911/00/00
  • 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
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
Aristocracy Versus Hash (short story) Author Short Story 1912/00/00
Tictocq (short story) Author Short Story 1912/00/00
The Prisoner of Zembla (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
  • 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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