Society of Arts and Sciences (U.S.) creator Williams, Blanche Colton 1879-1944 text utu 2025 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "O. Henry Memorial Award prize stories of 1927" by Society of Arts and Sciences et al. is a collection of short stories written in the early 20th century. The volume assembles prize-selected American magazine fiction with an editorial introduction that explains the judging process and spotlights trends and standouts. Expect a broad mix of realist, urban, war, folk, and regional tales—including pieces like The Killers and The Scarlet Woman—alongside commentary that frames their themes and craft. The opening of the anthology presents acknowledgments, a contents list, and Blanche Colton Williams’s introduction detailing the judges, how hundreds of stories were narrowed to the final fifteen, and which entries won top honors (Child of God first, The Killers second, The Scarlet Woman as best short short). Williams surveys themes—especially depictions of Black life, terse realism, and vivid settings—and supplies extensive ranked lists of notable stories and magazines. The first selection then begins: in Child of God, Willie Malone, a Black man condemned for killing a white landowner after a dispute over hogs, faces his hanging with calm faith, friendly banter with the jailer, and a desire to make a final speech; after the trap drops, he imagines a lavish heavenly journey (Gabriel’s trumpet, St. Peter, Little David’s harp, a kindly scarred angel) and tells the Great Lord God he was denied his speech, whereupon he’s sent back to the jail to deliver it—unseen as officials settle paperwork and the scene cuts off. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Child of god, by Roark Bradford -- The killers, by Ernest Hemingway -- The scarlet woman, by Louis Bromfield -- Jukes, by Bill Adams -- Fear, by James Warner Bellah -- Night club, by Katharine Brush -- Singing woman, by Ada Jack Carver -- With glory and honour, by Elisabeth Cobb Chapman -- Bulldog, by Roger Daniels -- He man, by Marjory Stoneman Douglas -- "Done got over," by Alma and Paul Ellerbe -- Monkey motions, by Eleanor Mercein Kelly -- Four dreams of Gram Perkins, by Ruth Sawyer -- The little girl from town, by Ruth Suckow -- Shades of George Sand! by Ellen du Pois Taylor. Release date is 2025-09-02 Terry Jeffress, Tim Lindell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.) Originally published: Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1928 American fiction -- 20th century Short stories, American -- Periodicals PS Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1928 https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uva.x000429060 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76802 https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uva.x000429060 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76802 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134758.0 76802