Richard Connell
(1893–1949)

Popular American author, screenwriter and journalist, best known for his short story "The Most Dangerous Game."

Richard Connell

Works

Short story collections

  • The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon and Other Humorous Tales (1922) a.k.a. Mister Braddy's Bottle and Other Humorous Tales (transcription project)
    • The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon — Mr. Pottle and the South-Sea Cannibals — Mr. Pottle and Culture — Mr. Pottle and the One Man Dog — Mr. Pottle and Pageantry — The Cage Man • (1920) — Where is the Tropic of Capricorn? — Mr. Braddy's Bottle — Gretna Greenhorns — Terrible Epps — Honor among Sportsmen — The $25,000 Jaw
  • Apes and Angels (1924)
    • A Friend of Napoleon • (1923) — A Reputation • (1922) — Son of a Sloganeer — The Wronging of Edwin Dell — The Unfamiliar • (1924) — A House in the Country — Shoes — The Prince Has the Mumps • (1922) — The Battle of Washington Square — The Last of the Flatfeet • (1923) — The Man Who Could Imitate a Bee
  • Variety (1925)
    • Big Lord Fauntleroy — Sssssssssshhhh • (1924) — Spring Flow'rets; or, Womanhood Eternal — The Most Dangerous Game • (1924) — And the Night Shall Be Filled with Music — Neighbors — All Wrong — The Second Egg — Pieces of Silver — The Hero of The Devil's Kitchen — The Great American Game — Isles of Romance — Six Reasons Why

Works from periodicals

  • "The Cage Man" (1920 Nov 6, Saturday Evening Post) (ss)
  • "Tiger Syrup" (1920 Dec, Everybody's) (ss)
  • "Grim House" (1921 May 28, Detective Story) (novelette)
  • "A Reputation" (1922, The Century Magazine Vol 82) (ss)
  • "A Nose for News" (1922 Aug 12, Saturday Evening Post) (ss)
  • "A Friend of Napoleon," (1922/1923, The Saturday Evening Post) (ss)
  • "Her Arabian Knight" (1923 May, Everybody's) (ss)
  • "Reverend Pendlebury's Past" (1923 July 29, Sunday Star) (ss)
  • "The Prince Has the Mumps" (1923 Sept 8, Saturday Evening Post) (ss)
  • "The Last of the Flatfeet" (1923 Sept 29, Saturday Evening Post) (ss)
  • "The Heart of a Sloganeer" (1923 Oct 27, Saturday Evening Post) (ss)
  • "The Stolen Crime" (1923 Dec 2, Sunday Star) (ss)
  • "The Unfamiliar" (1924 Sept 21, Sunday Star) (ss)
  • "The Golden Bum" (1924 March, Everybody's Magazine) (ss)
  • "Sssssssssshhhh!" (1924 Dec 13, Saturday Evening Post) (ss)
  • "The Law's an Ass" (1924 Dec, Red Book) (ss)
  • "The Coils of Chance" (1925 Jan, Red Book) (ss)
  • "The D Box" (1925 Nov, Red Book) (ss)
  • "Unbeatable Bettle" (1925 Sept 5, Saturday Evening Post) (ss)
  • "The Gypsy Look" (1926 Dec, The Rotarian) (ss)

Some or all works by this author are in the public domain in the United States because they were published before January 1, 1927.


The author died in 1949, so works by this author are also in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 70 years or less. Works by this author may also be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

 
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