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Wet Saturday

John Collier

First published July 1938
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Synopsis

"Stuck indoors on a rainy Saturday, a family must deal with a problem. The problem turns out to be murder, and how to frame an innocent visitor for the crime." (Wikipedia)

Publications (23)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
July 1938 The New Yorker, July 16, 1938 MAGAZINE
1943 The Touch of Nutmeg and More Unlikely Stories The Press of the Readers Club Collection 19
1945 Green Thoughts and Other Strange Tales Editions for the Armed Services Collection
October 1945 Third Mystery Companion Gold Label Books Anthology
March 1946 Third Mystery Companion Gold Label Books Anthology
November 1951 Fancies and Goodnights Doubleday Collection 74
April 1953 Fancies and Goodnights Bantam Books Collection 102
December 1957 Fancies and Goodnights Bantam Books Collection 76
1958 Pictures in the Fire Rupert Hart-Davis Collection 136
1963 Fancies and Goodnights Bantam Books Collection
1965 Of Demons and Darkness Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers Collection
1965 Fancies and Goodnights (selections) Time-Life Books Collection 70
1969 Fancies and Goodnights Bantam Books Collection 84
October 1970 Some Things Dark and Dangerous Harper & Row Anthology 51
1971 Some Things Dark and Dangerous The Bodley Head Anthology
November 1972 The John Collier Reader Alfred A. Knopf Collection 248
April 1974 Some Things Dark and Dangerous Avon Anthology 45
September 1975 The Best of John Collier Pocket Books Collection
1976 Some Things Dark and Dangerous Coronet Anthology 47
1980 Fancies and Goodnights (selections) Time-Life Books Collection 70
March 1981 Fancies and Goodnights Doubleday / SFBC Collection 81
October 1982 Some Things Dark and Dangerous Avon Flare Anthology 45
May 2003 Fancies and Goodnights New York Review of Books Collection 84