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The Story of Muhammad Din

Rudyard Kipling

First published 1888
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

A small boy in India, a friend of the story's narrator, catches fever and dies. No supernatural or speculative content, despite its inclusion in <i>100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories</i>.

First published in the Civil and Military Gazette on 8 September, 1886.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1888 Cover Plain Tales from the Hills Thacker, Spink and Co. Collection |6
April 1899 Plain Tales from the Hills Doubleday & McClure Collection 288
1993 Cover 100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories Barnes & Noble Books Anthology 426
April 1994 100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories Michael O'Mara Books Anthology 426
1995 Cover 100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories Barnes & Noble Books Anthology 426
1997 Cover 100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories Barnes & Noble Books Anthology 426
2003 Cover 100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories Sterling Publishing Anthology 426
2004 Cover 100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories Barnes & Noble Books Anthology 426
March 2011 Cover Plain Tales from the Hills Penguin Books Collection 222
February 2015 Cover The Gate of the Hundred Sorrows Penguin Books Collection 48