An Imperfect Conflagration
| First published | 1927 |
|---|---|
| Type | Short Fiction |
| Length | Short Story |
"A father/son team have committed a burglary and are dividing the spoils when the father holds back a fancy music box and denies he has it. ... An insurance policy is taken out on the house to enrich the son when he burns it down."
First published as by "B" as "The Imperfect Conflagration" in the Wasp (San Francisco), March 27, 1886.
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1927 | My Favorite Murder and Other Stories | Haldeman-Julius | Collection | |3 | |
| 1944 |
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Pause to Wonder | Julian Messner | Anthology | 177 |
| September 1965 |
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Der Gnadenstoß: Geschichten des Grauens | Rowohlt | Collection | 108 |
| 1966 |
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Les chefs-d'œuvre du crime | Marabout | Anthology | 396 |
| 1970 |
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The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce | Doubleday | Collection | 405 |
| November 1971 |
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The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce, Volume II: The World of War and the World of Tall Tales | Ballantine Books | Collection | 183 |
| 1973 |
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Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce: The Irreverent Humor of the Great Satirist | CMS | Collection | |3 |
| June 1974 |
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Racconti neri | Garzanti | Collection | 135 |
| 1976 |
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Tales for a Winter's Night | Pelican Records | Anthology | |1 |
| 1984 |
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The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce | University of Nebraska Press | Collection | 405 |
| 1984 | The Best of Ambrose Bierce | Castle / Book Sales | Omnibus | 477 | |
| 1988 |
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The Collected Writings of Ambrose Bierce | Picador / Pan Books | Omnibus | 803 |
| October 1999 |
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100 Hilarious Little Howlers | Barnes & Noble Books | Anthology | 220 |
| July 2012 |
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Ambrose Bierce: Masters of the Weird Tale | Centipede Press | Collection |