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'What Dreams May Come'

Walter de la Mare

First published December 1934
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

While fighting for her life after a car accident Emmeline meets Death. -- from <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="http://tartaruspress.com/d8.htm">The Guide to Supernatural Fiction</a>

First published in John O'London's Weekly, 1 December 1934. Revised when reprinted in Best Stories of Walter de la Mare (1942); this version appears in Short Stories 1895-1926.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
December 1934 Cover John O'London's Weekly, December 1, 1934 George Newnes MAGAZINE
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 13
1942 Cover Best Stories of Walter de la Mare Faber and Faber Collection 379
1954 Cover A Book of Strange Stories Pan Books Anthology 29
February 1957 Cover Best Stories of Walter de la Mare Faber and Faber Collection 379
July 2001 Cover Short Stories 1927-1956 Giles de la Mare Publishers Collection 207
June 2007 Cover Strangers and Pilgrims Tartarus Press Collection 393
July 2012 Cover Short Stories 1927-1956 Giles de la Mare Publishers Collection
2022 Cover Strangers and Pilgrims Tartarus Press Collection 393