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The Talisman

Walter de la Mare

First published 1936
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

A Renaissance watch mentions love and death on an inscription, bringing both to two men who find it. -- from <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="http://tartaruspress.com/d8.htm">The Guide to Supernatural Fiction</a>

First published as "The Talisman of Weisshausen" in Lady's Realm, March 1907.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1936 Cover The Wind Blows Over The Macmillan Company Collection
October 1936 Cover The Wind Blows Over Faber and Faber Collection
November 1936 The Wind Blows Over Faber and Faber Collection 73
1950 The Collected Tales of Walter de la Mare Alfred A. Knopf Collection 41
July 2001 Cover Short Stories 1927-1956 Giles de la Mare Publishers Collection 236
July 2012 Cover Short Stories 1927-1956 Giles de la Mare Publishers Collection