Writing • AGE 47
William Sydney Porter (September 11, 1862 – June 5, 1910), known by his pen name O. Henry, was an American short story writer. His stories are known for their surprise endings.


Open Eyes
Story
2025

10 Years Later
Original Story
2025

The Gift of the Magi
Writer
2024

The Last Raven
Short Story
2024

Twenty Years
Short Story
2017

Lootera
Short Story
2013

Gift of the Magi
Short Story
2010

Khatta Meetha
Short Story
2010

Raincoat
Short Story
2004

Johnny
Original Concept
2003

The Gift of the Magi
Short Story
2001

Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas
Story
1999

The Ransom of Red Chief
Author
1998

Bambai Ka Babu
Short Story
1996

The Cisco Kid
Characters
1994

Lakshmanrekha
Short Story
1991

The Imp With A Bushy Tail
Novel
1985

The Last Leaf
Author
1984

The Ransom of Red Chief
Author
1983

The Last Leaf
Short Story
1983

The Trust That Has Burst
Novel
1983

The Trust That Has Burst
Novel
1983

The Dream
Story
1983

Snehada Sankole
Original Story
1982

American Playhouse
Short Story
1982

Cabbages and Kings
Novel
1979

I'll Not Become a Gangster, Dear
Novel
1978

The Gift of Love
Short Story
1978

A Pink Christmas
Novel
1978

The Last Leaf
Writer
1978

Gentlemen Who Were Unlucky
Story
1977

Lacums in Chegemsky
Author
1977

The Ransom of Red Chief
Author
1975

Zameer
Novel
1975

Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
Writer
1973

The Gift of the Magi
Short Story
1972

Alta comedia
Story
1970

Sachaai
Short Story
1969

Magnetické vlny léčí
Story
1965

Strictly Business
Short Story
1963

The Last Leaf
Author
1959

The Last Leaf
Short Story
1959

The Ransom of Red Chief
Story
1959

The Gift of the Magi
Short Story
1958

The Whirligig of Life
Writer
1958

Musafir
Short Story
1957

The O. Henry Playhouse
Story
1957

April in Portugal
Writer
1956

Il dono di Natale
Writer
1956

The Girl from San Lorenzo
Characters
1950

Satan's Cradle
Characters
1949

The Daring Caballero
Characters
1949

The Valiant Hombre
Characters
1948

Black Eagle
Story
1948

King of the Bandits
Characters
1947

Robin Hood of Monterey
Characters
1947

Riding the California Trail
Characters
1947

Beauty and the Bandit
Characters
1946

The Gay Cavalier
Characters
1946

South of the Rio Grande
Characters
1945

In Old New Mexico
Characters
1945

The Cisco Kid Returns
Characters
1945

Ride on Vaquero
Writer
1941

Romance of the Rio Grande
Writer
1941

The Gay Caballero
Characters
1940

Viva Cisco Kid
Writer
1940

The Cisco Kid and the Lady
Writer
1939

The Llano Kid
Story
1939

Doctor Rhythm
Story
1938

The Cisco Kid
Story
1931

The Texan
Short Story
1930

Life's Fragments
Story
1929

A Straightforward Boy
Original Story
1929

In Old Arizona
Original Story
1928

A Man About Town
Story
1927

Girls
Story
1927

An Unwilling Hero
Story
1921

A Double-Dyed Deceiver
Story
1920

The Garter Girl
Writer
1920

Alias Jimmy Valentine
Story
1920

You're Fired
Story
1919

The Unknown Quantity
Story
1919

Everybody's Girl
Story
1918

Mammon and the Archer
Story
1918

The Count and the Wedding Guest
Story
1918

I Will Repay
Story
1917

The Venturers
Story
1917

The Third Ingredient
Story
1917

A Christmas Revenge
Story
1915

The Caballero's Way
Story
1914

Falling Leaves
Short Story
1912

Thirty Days at Hard Labor
Story
1912

His Duty
Original Story
1909

The Cactus
Original Story