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The Conjure Wives

Frances G. Wickes

First published August 1936
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

  • Published in Wickes, ed., Happy Holidays, illus. Gertrude Kay (Rand McNally, 1921), p46-49; {{LCCN|21-5919}} (viewed at HathiTrust)
  • That 1921 anthology contains several stories by Wickes and several adapted by Wickes, as credited in the table of contents and the interior headings, which sometimes differ. This story is the first in "Hallowe'en", 3rd of 17 book sections, where it begins under three headings (p46): • Hallowe'en // The Conjure Wives // Old Southern Tale The Contents gives this two-line listing: • The Conjure Wives. Old Southern Tale // Adapted by Frances G. Wickes
  • Listed in the 1936 anthology as "The Conjure Wives (tale from the USA's Old South)" or, more likely, with a stated origin such as "(Negro folktale)" that the reviewer at LibraryThing felt obliged to paraphrase.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
August 1936 Cover Ghosts and Goblins: Stories for Hallowe'en and Other Times E. P. Dutton Anthology 52
August 1960 Cover Arrow Book of Ghost Stories Scholastic Book Services Anthology 72
1963 Cover Arrow Book of Ghost Stories Scholastic Book Services Anthology 72
September 1965 Cover Ghosts and Goblins: Stories for Halloween E. P. Dutton Anthology 44
October 1965 Cover Arrow Book of Ghost Stories Scholastic Book Services Anthology 72
1966 Spooks, Spooks, Spooks Franklin Watts Anthology 157
February 1972 Arrow Book of Ghost Stories Scholastic Book Services Anthology 72
December 1973 Cover Ghosts and Goblins: Stories for Halloween E. P. Dutton Anthology 44