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The Stranger

Ambrose Bierce

First published 1910
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Notes

First published as "A Stranger" in Cosmopolitan, February 1909.

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Publications (49)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1910 Can Such Things Be? The Neale Publishing Company Collection 315
1918 Can Such Things Be? Boni & Liveright Collection 315
1924 Can Such Things Be? Albert & Charles Boni Collection 315
1927 Tales of Mystery: Startling Stories of the Supernatural Hutchinson Anthology 229
1927 Cover 26 Mystery Stories, Old and New, by Twenty and Six Authors D. Appleton & Company Anthology 252
1934 Cover A Century of Creepy Stories Hutchinson Anthology 1125
1943 Cover Tales of Soldiers and Civilians Heritage Press Collection 209
1964 Cover Ghost and Horror Stories of Ambrose Bierce Dover Publications Collection
October 1966 Cover Thin Air: An Anthology of Ghost Stories Blackie Anthology 394
1967 Thin Air: An Anthology of Ghost Stories Blackie Anthology 394
1970 Cover The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce Doubleday Collection 46
1971 Cover Tales of Soldiers and Civilians The Easton Press Collection 209
1971 A Century of Creepy Stories Books for Libraries Press Anthology 1125
1974 Cover Can Such Things Be? Citadel Press Collection 156
1975 Cover Masters of the Macabre Doubleday Anthology 175
1975 Masters of the Macabre Doubleday Anthology 175
September 1977 Cover Super Book of Ghost Stories Hamlyn Anthology 421
1979 Cover Super Book of Ghost Stories Hamlyn Anthology 421
September 1979 Cover Lurking Shadows W. H. Allen Anthology 130
1980 Cover Ghost Stories Octopus Books Anthology 238
1981 Cover Ghost Stories Octopus Books Anthology 238
1984 Cover The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce University of Nebraska Press Collection 46
1984 The Best of Ambrose Bierce Castle / Book Sales Omnibus 330
September 1986 Cover The Mammoth Book of Classic Chillers Robinson Anthology 244
1987 Horror Stories Hamlyn Anthology 111
1988 Cover The Collected Writings of Ambrose Bierce Picador / Pan Books Omnibus 536
1989 Cover Campfire Tales: Ghoulies, Ghosties, and Long-leggety Beasties ICS Books Anthology 109
April 1990 Cover Can Such Things Be? Citadel Press Collection
April 1990 Cover Western Ghosts: Haunting, Spine-Chilling Stories from the American West Rutledge Hill Press Anthology 63
November 1991 Cover Great American Ghost Stories Rutledge Hill Press Anthology 269
October 1992 Cover Great American Ghost Stories: Volume One Berkley Books Anthology 257
1993 Cover Western Ghosts: Haunting, Spine-Chilling Stories from the American West Rutledge Hill Press Anthology 63
July 1993 Cover 100 Ghastly Little Ghost Stories Barnes & Noble Books Anthology 464
October 1993 Cover Tales of Horror and Mystery Dean & Son Anthology 113
1994 Cover Creepy Stories: A Classic Collection Bracken Books Anthology 581
1997 100 Ghastly Little Ghost Stories Barnes & Noble Books Anthology 464
January 1997 Cover Can Such Things Be? Wordsworth Editions Collection
October 1997 Cover 100 Fiendish Little Frightmares Barnes & Noble Books Anthology 472
March 1998 Cover Great American Ghost Stories Rutledge Hill Press Anthology 269
August 2003 Can Such Things Be? Project Gutenberg Collection |24
October 2003 Cover 100 Ghastly Little Ghost Stories Sterling Publishing Anthology 464
2009 Cover Bierce After Dark: 30 Strange Tales by Ambrose Bierce Coachwhip Publications Collection 162
March 2009 Cover Short Ghost and Horror Story Collection 2 LibriVox Anthology |14
2011 Cover The Body-Snatcher and Other Classic Ghost Stories Fall River Press Anthology 299
May 2012 Cover Can Such Things Be? LibriVox Collection
May 2012 Cover Can Such Things Be? Collection |315
July 2012 Cover Ambrose Bierce: Masters of the Weird Tale Centipede Press Collection
January 2015 Cover The Fifth Ghost Story Megapack: 25 Classic Haunts Wildside Press Anthology
March 2016 Cover Great Ghost Stories: 101 Terrifying Tales Fall River Press Anthology 611