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The Game at Cards

Walter de la Mare

First published June 2007
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

A charcoal burner is granted the wish that he may never loose at cards, and uses this gift to keep an old lawyer out of hell. -- from <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="http://tartaruspress.com/d8.htm">A Guide to Supernatural Fiction</a>

First published in The Treasure Cave (edited by Cynthia Asquith; Jarrolds, 1928).

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
June 2007 Cover Strangers and Pilgrims Tartarus Press Collection 345
April 2017 Cover Out of the Deep and Other Supernatural Tales British Library Publishing Collection 253
2022 Cover Strangers and Pilgrims Tartarus Press Collection 345