Editing O. Henry (section)

===Later life===
Porter's most prolific writing period started in 1902, when he moved to New York City to be near his publishers. While there, he wrote 381 short stories. He wrote a story a week for over a year for the ''New York World Sunday Magazine''. His wit, characterization, and plot twists were adored by his readers but often panned by critics.

Porter married again in 1907 to childhood sweetheart Sarah (Sallie) Lindsey Coleman, whom he met again after revisiting his native state of North Carolina. Coleman was herself a writer and wrote a romanticized and fictionalized version of their correspondence and courtship in her novella ''Wind of Destiny''.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Current-Garcia|first1=Eugene|title=O. Henry: A Study of the Short Fiction|date=1993|publisher=Twayne Publishers, Macmillan Publishing Co.|location=New York City|isbn=0-8057-0859-6|page=[https://archive.org/details/ohenrystudyofsho00curr/page/123 123]|edition=First|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/ohenrystudyofsho00curr/page/123}}</ref>