O. Henry was the pen name of the American writer William Sydney Porter (1862–1910). O. Henry's short stories are well known for their wit, wordplay, warm characterization and clever twist endings.
- Tobin's Palm
- The Gift of the Magi
- A Cosmopolite in a Café
- Between Rounds
- The Skylight Room
- A Service of Love
- The Coming-Out of Maggie
- Man about Town
- The Cop and the Anthem
- An Adjustment of Nature
- Memoirs of a Yellow Dog
- The Love-Philtre of Ikey Schoenstein
- Mammon and the Archer
- Springtime à la Carte
- The Green Door
- From the Cabby's Seat
- An Unfinished Story
- The Caliph, Cupid and the Clock
- Sisters of the Golden Circle
- The Romance of a Busy Broker
- After Twenty Years
- Lost on Dress Parade
- By Courier
- The Furnished Room
- The Brief Début of Tildy