A young couple, so in love that they develop a great fear of one of them getting hurt, decide to invest nine-tenths of their earnings into life insurance. As a result, they become so impoverished that it begins to affect their love for each other.
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 1951 |
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Fancies and Goodnights | Doubleday | Collection | 103 |
| April 1953 |
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Fancies and Goodnights | Bantam Books | Collection | 141 |
| December 1957 |
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Fancies and Goodnights | Bantam Books | Collection | 105 |
| 1958 |
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Pictures in the Fire | Rupert Hart-Davis | Collection | 152 |
| 1963 |
|
Fancies and Goodnights | Bantam Books | Collection | |
| 1965 |
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Of Demons and Darkness | Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers | Collection | |
| 1965 |
|
Fancies and Goodnights (selections) | Time-Life Books | Collection | 113 |
| 1969 |
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Fancies and Goodnights | Bantam Books | Collection | 118 |
| 1969 |
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De Dame op de Schimmel | De Arbeiderspers | Collection | 154 |
| November 1972 |
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The John Collier Reader | Alfred A. Knopf | Collection | 279 |
| September 1975 |
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The Best of John Collier | Pocket Books | Collection | |
| 1980 |
|
Fancies and Goodnights (selections) | Time-Life Books | Collection | 113 |
| March 1981 |
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Fancies and Goodnights | Doubleday / SFBC | Collection | 112 |
| May 2003 |
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Fancies and Goodnights | New York Review of Books | Collection | 118 |