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The Bird of Travel

Walter de la Mare

First published May 1923
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

The Bird of Passage, if heard, is supposed to given the hearer a desire for wanderlust, but it probably heralds death. -- from <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="http://tartaruspress.com/d8.htm">A Guide to Supernatural Fiction</a>

First published in Lady's Realm, October 1908.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
May 1923 Cover The Riddle and Other Stories Selwyn & Blount Collection 142
November 1996 Cover Short Stories 1895-1926 Giles de la Mare Publishers Collection 79
June 2007 Cover Strangers and Pilgrims Tartarus Press Collection 56
July 2012 Cover Short Stories 1895-1926 Giles de la Mare Publishers Collection
2022 Cover Strangers and Pilgrims Tartarus Press Collection 56
October 2022 Cover L'enigma e altre storie Edizioni Hypnos Collection |8
October 2022 Cover L'enigma e altre storie Edizioni Hypnos Collection |8