After committing suicide, a man's spirit wanders the streets until he encounters a fiend that must escort him to the underworld. However, the man is reluctant to follow, and creates diversions in order to delay the journey.
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 |
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The Devil and All | Nonesuch Press | Collection | |
| January 1941 |
|
Presenting Moonshine | The Viking Press | Collection | 159 |
| January 1941 | Presenting Moonshine | Macmillan of Canada | Collection | ||
| January 1941 |
|
Presenting Moonshine | Macmillan and Co. | Collection | |
| 1943 |
|
The Touch of Nutmeg and More Unlikely Stories | The Press of the Readers Club | Collection | 125 |
| 1945 |
|
Green Thoughts and Other Strange Tales | Editions for the Armed Services | Collection | |
| October 1949 |
|
Un rien de muscade | Hachette | Collection | 163 |
| July 1951 |
|
Argosy, July 1951 | The Amalgamated Press | MAGAZINE | 63 |
| November 1951 |
|
Fancies and Goodnights | Doubleday | Collection | 85 |
| April 1953 |
|
Fancies and Goodnights | Bantam Books | Collection | 117 |
| 1957 | Presenting Moonshine | Rupert Hart-Davis | Collection | 112 | |
| December 1957 |
|
Fancies and Goodnights | Bantam Books | Collection | 87 |
| 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 | 87 |
| 1969 |
|
Fancies and Goodnights | Bantam Books | Collection | 97 |
| 1969 |
|
De Dame op de Schimmel | De Arbeiderspers | Collection | 129 |
| November 1972 |
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The John Collier Reader | Alfred A. Knopf | Collection | 260 |
| September 1975 |
|
The Best of John Collier | Pocket Books | Collection | |
| 1980 |
|
Fancies and Goodnights (selections) | Time-Life Books | Collection | 87 |
| January 1980 |
|
Un rien de muscade | Néo | Collection | 145 |
| March 1981 |
|
Fancies and Goodnights | Doubleday / SFBC | Collection | 93 |
| May 1983 |
|
Nightcaps and Nightmares | William Kimber | Anthology | 177 |
| May 2003 |
|
Fancies and Goodnights | New York Review of Books | Collection | 97 |