The Missing Chord: a Tale of Texas (open access)

The Missing Chord: a Tale of Texas

Short story set on a sheep ranch in Texas.
Date: June 1904
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Poor Rule (open access)

A Poor Rule

Short story set in Texas
Date: August 1909
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Phonograph and the Graft (open access)

The Phonograph and the Graft

Story in which two grifters decide to introduce the phonograph to South America.
Date: February 1903
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Lotos and the Bottle (open access)

The Lotos and the Bottle

Short story about a consul for the United States.
Date: January 1902
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Fog in Santone (open access)

A Fog in Santone

A short story set in San Antonio. "The only story by O. Henry not hitherto published--the last echo of his days of popularity."
Date: October 1912
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Ramble in Aphasia (open access)

A Ramble in Aphasia

Short story about a lawyer suffering from memory loss.
Date: February 1905
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Venturers (open access)

The Venturers

Short story on the theme of chance.
Date: October 1909
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Best-Seller (open access)

The Best-Seller

Short story set in Pittsburgh
Date: May 1909
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Enchanted Kiss (open access)

The Enchanted Kiss

Short story set in San Antonio
Date: February 1904
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Snow Man (open access)

The Snow Man

Short story set in Colorado in the winter. "Editorial note.--Before the recent fatal illness of William Sydney Porter...this American master of short-story writing had begun for Hampton's Magazine the story printed below...When he realized that he could do no more...O. Henry told in detail the remainder of "The Snow Man" to Harris Merton Lyon..."
Date: August 1910
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Higher Abdication (open access)

The Higher Abdication

Short story set in San Antonio.
Date: August 1906
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
System: The Portal to Texas History
Whistling Dick's Christmas Stocking (open access)

Whistling Dick's Christmas Stocking

Short story about a "professional tramp" in New Orleans.
Date: December 1899
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
System: The Portal to Texas History
Next to Reading Matter (open access)

Next to Reading Matter

Short story set in New York
Date: December 1907
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Quest of Soapy (open access)

The Quest of Soapy

"This is one of the best and most characteristic of the sketches of lower New York life by O. Henry...The story under another title--"The Cop and the Anthem"--appears in the collection of O. Henry's stories, "The Four Million."
Date: November 1908
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rus in Urbe (open access)

Rus in Urbe

Short story about a press-agent in New York.
Date: August 1909
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Lonesome Road (open access)

The Lonesome Road

A short story set in Texas.
Date: September 1903
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Halberdier of the Little Rheinschloss (open access)

The Halberdier of the Little Rheinschloss

Short story set in a German restaurant.
Date: May 1907
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
System: The Portal to Texas History
Compliments of the Season (open access)

Compliments of the Season

A short story set during Christmastime, centered around the misadventures of several characters.
Date: December 1906
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Afternoon Miracle (open access)

An Afternoon Miracle

Short story set along the Texas/Mexico border.
Date: July 1902
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Unfinished Story (open access)

An Unfinished Story

Short story in which a young woman prepares for a date.
Date: August 1905
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Flag Paramount (open access)

The Flag Paramount

A short story set in Central America and based on O. Henry's experiences in Honduras in the late 1890s.
Date: January 1902
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Passing of Black Eagle (open access)

The Passing of Black Eagle

A short story set in Texas.
Date: March 1902
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Trimmed Lamp (open access)

The Trimmed Lamp

Short story about two young women living and working in New York.
Date: August 1906
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Handbook of Hymen (open access)

The Handbook of Hymen

Short story about a man and a very helpful book.
Date: July 1906
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
System: The Portal to Texas History