First appeared in .ISM Quarterly #8, Autumn 2005, according to Wilson's bibliography on www.wright.edu; however, it also appeared in 2005 in the anthology Crown of Bones, which is not mentioned in the bibliography. Wilson's 2005 collection Pseudo-City says one of the stories, "The Kitchen", first appeared in Crown of Bones; it's a different story than "The Lesson".
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Crown of Bones | Yellow Bat Press | Anthology | 16 | |
| September 2010 |
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They Had Goat Heads | Atlatl Press | Collection | 75 |