“O. Henry” was the pen name adopted by William Sydney Porter. He began his short story career by contributing Whistling Dick’s Christmas Stocking to McClure’s Magazine in 1899.

She sat upon the verdant hilltop, grass beneath bare feet, chores forgotten. She had come to gather firesticks and water. Instead, she gazed at the ripples on the water

“T-minus ten seconds.”

They say that, moments before you die, your life flashes before your eyes.

That day when we first kissed was a rainy Tuesday. We met for an innocent coffee while dark clouds built over the city. We talked about everything,

It was the red that drew my eye as soon as I came through the door. I quickly looked away and walked past to a vacant table.