SHORT STORIES BY L. FRANK BAUM,,AUTHOR OF WIZARD OF OZ

hort Stories by L. Frank Baum

L. Frank Baum wrote a number of children's short stories that were published in periodicals, in addition to his many books. This section provides an accounting of these short stories listed chronologically by publication date (or date it was written and published much later).
Note: Most of these short stories have been republished in The Baum Bugle. The issue year, volume, number and page number(s) are listed in the last column of the following table.

Title	Publication	Date	Remarks	Bugle Date
"Who Called ‘Perry’?"	Chicago Times Herald	19 Jan 1896	Baum entered this story into the newspaper’s short story contest.	75:19:2:2
"Yesterday at the Exposition"	Chicago Times Herald	2 Feb 1896	Baum entered this story into the newspaper’s short story contest. It won third prize.	76:20:2:16-17
"My Ruby Wedding Ring"	unknown	ca. 1905	Copyright 12 Oct 1896 by the Bacheller Syndicate. Sold to the American Press Association in 1903 for syndication.	65:9:1:11
"Man with the Red Shirt"	Baum Bugle	Spring 1973	Told by Baum in 1896-97 to his niece, Matilda J. Gage. She wrote the only version known to exist.	73:17:121
"The Extravagance of Dan"	The National Magazine	May 1897	Earliest known Baum short story published in a nationally distributed magazine.	74:18:1:12-14
"How Scruggs Won the Award"	unknown	unknown	Copyright 5 May 1897 by the Bacheller Syndicate.
"The Return of Dick Weemins"	The National Magazine	July 1897		78:22:2:15-16
"The Suicide of Kiaros"	The White Elephant	Sept. 1897	Reprinted (somewhat revised) inEllery Queen's Mystery MagazineNov 1954.	88:32:1:3
"A Shadow Cast Before"	Philosopher	Dec 1897		72:16:1:14-15
"The Mating Day"	Short Stories	Sept 1898		91:35:3:11-13, 29
"Aunt Hulda's Good Time"	The Youth's Companion	26 Oct 1899	This was a very popular children’s magazine of the period.	69:13:2:18-19
"The Loveridge Burglary"	Short Stories	Jan 1900		89:33:3:12-15
"The Real 'Mr. Doolley' "	Home Magazine(article)	Jan 1900	Illustrated by Denslow and Ike Morgan.
"The Bad Man"	The Home Magazine(NY)	Feb 1901		68:12:2:12-13
"Strange Tale of Nursery Folk"	Chicago Times Herald	3 March 1901		63:7:2:13
"The King Who Changed His Mind"	unknown	ca.1901		63:7:1:12-13
"The Runaway Shadows"	unknown	ca. 1901	Also known as "A Trick of Jack Frost".	62:6:1:11
"An Easter Egg"	The Sunny South(Sunday Supplement for the Atlanta Constitution)	29 March 1902	Also known as "The Strange Adventures of an Easter Egg"). Was also published on Easter Sunday 1902 in various newspapers. However, the newpaper versions were shorter. Was re-published in Baum’s American Fairy Tales by Bobbs-Merrill in 1908.	67:11:1:11-13
"The Ryl of the Lilies"	unidentified newspaper	12 April 1903	Included in Baum’s American Fairy Tales (1908) as "The Ryl."	95:39:3:16-19
"A Kidnapped Santa Claus"	The Delineator	Dec 1904	Illustrated by Frederick Richardson. This magazine was one of the important women’s magazine of the period.	68:12:3:13-16
"Queer Visitors from the Marvelous Land of Oz"	numerous newspapers	Aug 1904 thru Feb 1905	This was a series of 27 weekly cartoon strip stories published in a number of the major newspapers in the cities of the north-eastern US.
"Animal Fairy Tales"	The Delineator	Jan through Sept 1905	A series of nine stories. Illustrated by Charles Livingston Bull. (The International Wizard of Oz Club published the stories in book form with illustrations by Dick Martin in 1969.)
"Nelebel's Fairyland"	The Russ	June 1905	The Russ was the school paper of the San Diego (CA) High School.	62:6:3:10-11
"Fairy Tales on Stage"	Chicago Record-Herald (article)	18 June 1905
"Jack Burgitt's Honor"	Novelettes (No. 68)	1 Aug 1905	Probably written 1896. Syndicated by the American Press Association.	Part 1 93:37:2:16-17Part 2 93:37:3:8-9
"The Yellow Ryl"	A Child's Garden for Cheerful and Happy Homes	August & September 1925	Written ca. 1905-1906	Part 1 64:8:1:10-11Part 2 64:8:2:12-13
"The Witchcraft of Mary-Marie"	Baum’s American Fairy Tales	1908	This collection of short stories was re-published by Bobbs-Merrill in 1908 with three new stories.	94:38:2:12-15, 28
"Modern Fairy Tales"	Advance (article)	19 Aug 1909	An article in which Baum addresses fairy tales and their authors. This magazine was the journal of the Congregational Church.	65:9:3:4-5
"The Fairy Prince"	Entertaining	Dec 1909	Short play based on The Enchanted Island of Yew. Reprinted in Baum’s Juvenile Speaker (1910).	67:11:3:3-7, 24
"The Man Fairy"	The Ladies' World	Dec 1910		95:35:1:12-14
"Juggerjook"	St. Nicholas	Dec 1910	Reprinted in Famous Tales and Laughter Stories (1912), and Boys and Girls Bookshelf (1920).	Part 1 77:21:3:9-11Part 2 78:22:1:32-34
"The Tramp and the Baby"	The Ladies' World	Oct 1911		71:15:1:12-14
"Bessie's Fairy Tale"	The Ladies' World	Dec 1911		61:52:4
"Aunt Phroney's Boy"	St. Nicholas	Dec 1912	This is a rewritten version of "Aunt Hulda's Good Time."
"Our Hollywood"	unknown	ca. 1915	An article, apparently published in a local Hollywood, CA newspaper. In the article Baum encourages readers to shop locally in Hollywood.
"Chrome Yellow"	unknown	unknown	Believed to be unpublished prior to being found in the Baum archives.
"The Diamondback"	unknown	unknown	Believed to be unpublished prior to being found in the Baum archives. The first page is missing. It was published in The Baum Bugle, Spring 1982	82:26:1:7-9
"The Littlest Giant"	unknown	unknown	Believed to be unpublished prior to being found in the Baum archives. The first page is missing. It was published in The The The The Baum Bugle, Spring 1975.	75:19:1:2-5
"Mr. Rumple’s Chill"	unknown	unknown	Unpublished, date unknown. Copy has not been found.
"Bess of the Movies"	unknown	unknown	Unpublished, date unknown. Copy has not been found.
"The Tiger’s Eye"	The American Book Collector	Dec 1962		79:23:1:15-18