First published in the San Francisco Examiner, July 20, 1890.
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1893 | Can Such Things Be? | Cassell Publishing Company | Collection | ||
| 1903 | Can Such Things Be? | The Neale Publishing Company | Collection | 249 | |
| 1910 | Can Such Things Be? | The Neale Publishing Company | Collection | 255 | |
| 1918 | Can Such Things Be? | Boni & Liveright | Collection | 255 | |
| 1924 | Can Such Things Be? | Albert & Charles Boni | Collection | 255 | |
| 1926 |
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Tales of Ghouls and Ghosts | Haldeman-Julius | Collection | |1 |
| 1966 |
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Medley Macabre: An Anthology of Stories of the Supernatural, Being Ghosts, Psychical Phenomena, Uncanny Mysteries | Hammond, Hammond and Company | Anthology | 403 |
| 1970 |
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The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce | Doubleday | Collection | 105 |
| 1972 |
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Medley Macabre: An Anthology of Stories of the Supernatural, Being Ghosts, Psychical Phenomena, Uncanny Mysteries | Hammond, Hammond and Company | Anthology | 403 |
| 1974 |
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Can Such Things Be? | Citadel Press | Collection | 127 |
| May 1979 |
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The Phantom Coach: Thirteen Journeys Into the Unknown | William Kimber | Anthology | 97 |
| 1984 |
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The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce | University of Nebraska Press | Collection | 105 |
| 1984 | The Best of Ambrose Bierce | Castle / Book Sales | Omnibus | 301 | |
| 1988 |
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The Collected Writings of Ambrose Bierce | Picador / Pan Books | Omnibus | 507 |
| June 1988 |
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La valle degli spiriti | Fanucci Editore | Collection | 137 |
| April 1990 |
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Can Such Things Be? | Citadel Press | Collection | |
| January 1997 |
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Can Such Things Be? | Wordsworth Editions | Collection | |
| August 2003 | Can Such Things Be? | Project Gutenberg | Collection | |19 | |
| 2005 |
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Valea bântuită | Editura Leda | Collection | |
| October 2008 |
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The Spook House: Terrifying Tales of the Macabre | Penguin Books | Collection | 11 |
| 2009 |
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Bierce After Dark: 30 Strange Tales by Ambrose Bierce | Coachwhip Publications | Collection | 62 |
| August 2011 |
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Can Such Things Be? | Blackstone Audio | Collection | |249 |
| May 2012 |
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Can Such Things Be? | LibriVox | Collection | |
| May 2012 |
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Can Such Things Be? | Collection | |255 | |
| July 2012 |
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Ambrose Bierce: Masters of the Weird Tale | Centipede Press | Collection | |
| 2018 |
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Entranced by Eyes of Evil: Tales of Mesmerism & Mystery | Brom Bones Books | Anthology | 193 |