A father tells his son that he can't afford to send him to university, and advises him to study the playing of poker instead. This plan works out even better than the father expects.
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1943 |
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The Touch of Nutmeg and More Unlikely Stories | The Press of the Readers Club | Collection | 199 |
| 1945 |
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Green Thoughts and Other Strange Tales | Editions for the Armed Services | Collection | |
| October 1949 |
|
Un rien de muscade | Hachette | Collection | 243 |
| November 1951 |
|
Fancies and Goodnights | Doubleday | Collection | 154 |
| April 1953 |
|
Fancies and Goodnights | Bantam Books | Collection | 212 |
| December 1957 |
|
Fancies and Goodnights | Bantam Books | Collection | 157 |
| 1958 |
|
Pictures in the Fire | Rupert Hart-Davis | Collection | 165 |
| 1963 |
|
Fancies and Goodnights | Bantam Books | Collection | |
| 1965 |
|
Of Demons and Darkness | Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers | Collection | |
| 1969 |
|
Fancies and Goodnights | Bantam Books | Collection | 178 |
| 1969 |
|
De Dame op de Schimmel | De Arbeiderspers | Collection | 226 |
| November 1972 |
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The John Collier Reader | Alfred A. Knopf | Collection | 319 |
| September 1975 |
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The Best of John Collier | Pocket Books | Collection | |
| January 1980 |
|
Un rien de muscade | Néo | Collection | 209 |
| March 1981 |
|
Fancies and Goodnights | Doubleday / SFBC | Collection | 168 |
| May 2003 |
|
Fancies and Goodnights | New York Review of Books | Collection | 178 |