The best short stories of 1920, and the yearbook of the American short storyTHE BEST SHORT STORIES OF 1920Reading editionChapter navigation39 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…THE BEST SHORT STORIES OF 1920YEARBOOK OF THE AMERICAN SHORT STORYEDWARD J. O'BRIENTO SHERWOOD ANDERSONINTRODUCTIONTHE BEST SHORT STORIES OF 1920THE OTHER WOMAN[2]GARGOYLE[3]GHITZA[4]THE LIFE OF FIVE POINTS[5]THE SIGNAL TOWER[6]THE PARTING GENIUS[7]HABAKKUK[8]THE JUDGMENT OF VULCAN[9]THE STICK-IN-THE-MUDS[10]HIS JOB[11]THE RENDING[12]THE DUMMY-CHUCKER[13]BUTTERFLIES[14]THE ROTTER[15]OUT OF EXILE[16]THE THREE TELEGRAMS[17]THE ROMAN BATH[18]AMAZEMENT[19]SHEENER[20]TURKEY RED[21]ADDRESSES OF AMERICAN MAGAZINES PUBLISHING SHORT STORIESTHE BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ROLL OF HONOR OF AMERICAN SHORT STORIESTHE ROLL OF HONOR OF FOREIGN SHORT STORIES IN AMERICAN MAGAZINESTHE BEST BOOKS OF SHORT STORIES OF 1920: A CRITICAL SUMMARYBELOW FOLLOWS A RECORD OF NINETY-TWO DISTINCTIVE VOLUMES PUBLISHED BETWEEN NOVEMBER 1, 1918, AND OCTOBER 1, 1920.VOLUMES OF SHORT STORIES PUBLISHED IN THE UNITED STATESVOLUMES OF SHORT STORIES PUBLISHED IN ENGLAND AND IRELAND ONLYVOLUMES OF SHORT STORIES PUBLISHED IN FRANCEARTICLES ON THE SHORT STORYINDEX OF SHORT STORIES IN BOOKSMAGAZINE AVERAGESINDEX OF SHORT STORIES PUBLISHED IN AMERICAN MAGAZINESINDEX OF SHORT STORIES PUBLISHED IN AMERICAN MAGAZINES (continued 2)Beginning of this editionNext chapter →YEARBOOK OF THE AMERICAN SHORT STORYAll chapters and sections (39)THE BEST SHORT STORIES OF 1920YEARBOOK OF THE AMERICAN SHORT STORYEDWARD J. O'BRIENTO SHERWOOD ANDERSONINTRODUCTIONTHE BEST SHORT STORIES OF 1920THE OTHER WOMAN[2]GARGOYLE[3]GHITZA[4]THE LIFE OF FIVE POINTS[5]THE SIGNAL TOWER[6]THE PARTING GENIUS[7]HABAKKUK[8]THE JUDGMENT OF VULCAN[9]THE STICK-IN-THE-MUDS[10]HIS JOB[11]THE RENDING[12]THE DUMMY-CHUCKER[13]BUTTERFLIES[14]THE ROTTER[15]OUT OF EXILE[16]THE THREE TELEGRAMS[17]THE ROMAN BATH[18]AMAZEMENT[19]SHEENER[20]TURKEY RED[21]ADDRESSES OF AMERICAN MAGAZINES PUBLISHING SHORT STORIESTHE BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ROLL OF HONOR OF AMERICAN SHORT STORIESTHE ROLL OF HONOR OF FOREIGN SHORT STORIES IN AMERICAN MAGAZINESTHE BEST BOOKS OF SHORT STORIES OF 1920: A CRITICAL SUMMARYBELOW FOLLOWS A RECORD OF NINETY-TWO DISTINCTIVE VOLUMES PUBLISHED BETWEEN NOVEMBER 1, 1918, AND OCTOBER 1, 1920.VOLUMES OF SHORT STORIES PUBLISHED IN THE UNITED STATESVOLUMES OF SHORT STORIES PUBLISHED IN ENGLAND AND IRELAND ONLYVOLUMES OF SHORT STORIES PUBLISHED IN FRANCEARTICLES ON THE SHORT STORYINDEX OF SHORT STORIES IN BOOKSMAGAZINE AVERAGESINDEX OF SHORT STORIES PUBLISHED IN AMERICAN MAGAZINESINDEX OF SHORT STORIES PUBLISHED IN AMERICAN MAGAZINES (continued 2)AND THEYEARBOOK OF THE AMERICAN SHORT STORY →