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The House

Walter de la Mare

First published 1936
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

A man leaves his house, presumably because he has died. -- from <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="http://tartaruspress.com/d8.htm">The Guide to Supernatural Fiction</a>

First published in the Observer, 25 December 1932. Revised when reprinted in Best Stories of Walter de la Mare; this version appears in Short Stories 1895-1926.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1936 Cover The Wind Blows Over The Macmillan Company Collection
October 1936 Cover The Wind Blows Over Faber and Faber Collection
November 1936 The Wind Blows Over Faber and Faber Collection 159
1942 Cover Best Stories of Walter de la Mare Faber and Faber Collection 361
1956 Cover Ghost Stories The Folio Society Collection 51
February 1957 Cover Best Stories of Walter de la Mare Faber and Faber Collection 361
July 2001 Cover Short Stories 1927-1956 Giles de la Mare Publishers Collection 278
June 2007 Cover Strangers and Pilgrims Tartarus Press Collection 378
July 2012 Cover Short Stories 1927-1956 Giles de la Mare Publishers Collection
2022 Cover Strangers and Pilgrims Tartarus Press Collection 378