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The Almanack

Saki

First published December 2006
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Vera has a money-making idea: she will compile and sell an almanac of prophecies for the coming year, tailored for her local community. Most of the predictions are sufficiently general to be accepted as "confirmed." But she's gone out on a limb by hinting that Jocelyn Vanner will have a hunting mishap. Her friend Clovis obliges her by arranging for that to seemingly come true.

First published in The Morning Post, June 17, 1913

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
December 2006 Cover A Shot in the Dark Hesperus Press Collection |9
January 2008 Cover Bound for Evil: Curious Tales of Books Gone Bad Dead Letter Press Anthology 477