Richard Davis
Though journalist Richard Harding Davis was best known for his battlefield reports from the front lines of a number of conflicts, he also produced many amusing short stories over the course of his career. The centerpiece of this collection is "Cinderella," which uses the basic elements of the classic fairy tale and updates them to include the would-be debutante's take on her own transformation.
10) The Scarlet Car
17) Ranson's Folly
18) The Amateur
Crime journalist Austin Ford is used to playing the role of amateur sleuth as part of his profession, but when a fellow passenger on a ship bound for England finds out that her husband has gone missing, she implores Ford to put his skills to work to solve a case that might just be of life-or-death importance.