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The Empty Birdhouse

Patricia Highsmith

First published January 1969
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

When Edith sees an unknown animal in her empty birdhouse, for some reason it looks evil and reminds her of old guilt.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
January 1969 Cover Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, January 1969 Davis Publications MAGAZINE 34|4
1970 Cover The Snail-Watcher and Other Stories Doubleday Collection 161
July 1970 Cover Eleven William Heinemann Collection 179
1974 Cover Ellery Queen's Anthology, Spring-Summer 1974 Davis Publications Anthology 122
1982 Stories of Terror Ward, Lock Anthology 59
February 1995 Cover Mystery Cats III: More Feline Felonies Signet / New American Library Anthology 229
March 2002 Cover Der Schneckenforscher Diogenes Collection 221