Author:Raymond Smiley Spears

Raymond S. Spears
(1876–1950)

Works

• A Trip on the Great Lakes; description of a trip, summer, 1912 (1912) non-fiction IA
• The Great Lakes (1913) non-fiction
• Camping on the Great Lakes (1913) non-fiction
• The River Prophet (1920) frontispiece by Ralph Pallen Coleman PG; (HathiTrust)
• Diamond Tolls (1920) frontispiece by Ralph Pallen Coleman
• "Driftwood" (1921) juvenile Illustrated by George Avison

Works from periodicals

• The Romance of a Tan-bark Camp (ss, Leslie's Weekly, 26 Dec 1901)
• "The Cruise of the Cadis," (ss) Munsey’s Feb 1906
• "Love's Crossway" (ss) The All-Story Magazine, May 1907
• "A Pearl of Price," (ss) Munsey’s Jul 1908
• "On the Long Road" (ss, Live Wire, August 1908)
• "The Silver Lake Panic," (ss) Munsey’s Jul 1911
• 'Drift' Dalling's Vindication (ss, The Youth's Companion, 29 Feb 1912)
• "Nemesis in Good Humor," (ss) Collier’s March 9 1912
• "An Appearance of Evil" (ss, Red Book, Sept 1912)
• "The Gold Mill" (ss) The All-Story Magazine, Dec 1913
• "A Venture in Private Preserves" (ss) The Popular Magazine, Jul 23, 1915
• The Call of the White Water (ss, The Popular Magazine, 15 Sept 1915)
• "Buckshot for a Lady," (ss) Green Book Magazine July 1916
• "The Wolver," (ss) Munsey’s Sep 1917
• "When a Man Schemes" (ss) Argosy, Nov 3, 1917
• "Red Hamblin Entertains (ss) Argosy Weekly, 29 December 1917
• "Robbing Oneself" (ss, Green Book, May 1918)
• "Hoarded Assets," (ss) Scribner’s Jun 1918
• "That Sharp Yankee" (ss) All-Story Weekly, Nov 2, 1918
• "Experience is Everything (ss) Argosy Weekly, Dec 7, 1918
• "An Uninvited Guest" (ss, Detective Story, 30 Dec 1918) [as R. S. Spears]
• A Jig-time Defense (ss, The Green Book Magazine, Feb 1919)
• When It Does Come! (ss, Field and Stream, Feb 1919)
• "The One-Man Log Drive" Thrill Book May 1, 1919
• "Mice and Men" (ss, Detective Story, 22 July 1919) [as R. S. Spears]
• "A Rascal's Nemesis" (ss, Detective Story, 26 Oct 1920) [as R. S. Spears]
• A Pearl Trade Hunch (ss, Leslie's Weekly, 11 Dec 1920)
• Hunger at the Light (ss, The Youth's Companion, 27 Jan 1921)
• Wasted Worries (ss, Detective Story Magazine, 11 June 1921)
• A Sporting Chance in Pearls (ss, Leslie's Weekly, 4 June 1921)
• Green Eyes and Grit (ss, Detective Story Magazine, 6 Aug 1921)
• "Quitting Misery," (ss) Munsey’s Oct 1921
• Button, Button, Who's Got the Button? (ss, Leslie's Weekly, 19 Nov 1921)
• "Wasted Worries" (ss, Detective Story, 11 June 1921)
• "To Make It Self-Defense" Adventure, Jan 1922
• "River Laughter" Munsey's, Jan 1922
• "The Ripe Peach," (ss) Scribner's Feb 1922
• "The Last Wolf" (ss, Adventure, 10 May 1922)
• "The Desert," (ss) Scribner's Aug 1922
• "The Outlaw Wolf" (ss, Boys' Life, Oct 1922)
• "French Louey's Delay," (ss) Argosy All-Story Weekly Nov 4, 1922
• Lonesome (ss, Adventure, 10 Feb 1923)
• "Spell of the Desert," (ss) Munsey’s Sep 1923
• "When It's in the Heart" Scribner's, Dec 1923
• "A River Combine—Professional" in O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1924 (Reprinted from Argosy All-Story)
• "Riding Back" (ss) Adventure Apr 10 1924
• "A Fifteen-Cent Meal" (ss, Adventure, 20 July 1925)
• The Were-Cougar (ss, Adventure, 20 Jan 1926)
• The Horse Thief Rendezvous (ss, Adventure, 15 Nov 1927)
• A Man's Weak Points (ss, The Popular Magazine, 15 Nov 1927)

Novelettes to novels

• "The Golden Pears" (novel) Munseys Feb 1917
• "Nature and Tim Betine," (novelette) Munsey’s Jun 1917
• "The Way of the Mississippi," (novella) Argosy All-Story Weekly Oct 28, 1922
• The Wolf Pack (novella) Adventure, 8 Nov 1926

Non-fiction

• "Central Park in Winter" Munsey’s Feb 1900
• "All in a Policeman's Life" (Junior Munsey, Sept 1900)
• "A Graveyard 4000 Miles Long" Live Wire, August 1908
• 'Beating' Prohibition on the Mississippi (article, Leslie's Weekly, 29 May 1909)
• A New Kind of Criminal (article, Leslie's Weekly, 29 May 1909)
• "A Poor Man Vacations" (1909 July 10, Collier's) (article)
• "The Epic of the Mississippi," Munsey’s Aug 1919
• "The Furtiveness of Liquor" Outlook Sep 5 1923
• "The Moods of the Mississippi" The Atlantic Monthly Sep 1908
• "The New Adirondacks" (nf) The Outlook, May 24 1916
• "The Story of the Fakirs" Munsey’s April 1900
• "River Life" Adventure Aug 1923
• "Reading the Snow" (nf) The Atlantic Monthly Dec 1908
• "Tourists" Adventure Sep 1923
• "Close-in Lands of Adventure" (ar, Adventure, 20 March 1925)
• "The Best Shots" (ar, Adventure, 10 June 1925)
• Between the Lines—Atmosphere (article, The Author & Journalist, April 1926)

• "Meanness in the Mountains," (2-part seriall) The Popular Magazine, Dec 15, 1912
• "Levee Holds!," (ss) Collier’s Nov 10 1917
• "Miller of Fiddler's Run," (ss) Collier’s Aug 11 1917
• "Jim Tilon, Wastrel," (ss) Collier’s Jan 19 1918
• "The Tornado—When a man is crazy" (ss) Argosy, Feb 9, 1918
• "Bump," (ss) Collier’s Feb 28 1920
• "Janie and the Waning Glories," (6-part sl), All-Story Weekly, May-June 1920
• "Revenge," (ss) Collier’s Dec 18 1920
• "Ten Thousand Dollars a Wag," (ss) Collier’s Mar 5 1921
• "The Flying Coyotes" (sl) Argosy