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When the Bough Breaks

Lewis Padgett

First published November 1944
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette

Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
2020 Retro Hugo Award Best Novelette Nominee/Finalist

Publications (30)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
November 1944 Astounding Science Fiction, November 1944 Street & Smith Publications, Inc. MAGAZINE 75
May 1945 Astounding Science-Fiction, May 1945 Atlas Publishing and Distribution Co. Ltd MAGAZINE 37
May 1950 Beyond Time & Space Pellegrini & Cudahy Anthology 530
February 1952 The Astounding Science Fiction Anthology Simon & Schuster Anthology 137
February 1952 The Astounding Science Fiction Anthology Simon & Schuster Anthology 137
1953 The Astounding Science Fiction Anthology Simon & Schuster / SFBC Anthology 137
August 1954 Line to Tomorrow Bantam Books Collection 157
December 1956 The Astounding Science Fiction Anthology Berkley Books Anthology 137
1964 The First Astounding Science Fiction Anthology Four Square Books Anthology 119
1966 Tomorrow's Children Doubleday Anthology 123
May 1966 The Best of Kuttner 2 Mayflower-Dell Collection 84
October 1966 Tomorrow's Children Doubleday Anthology 123
December 1967 Selections from The Astounding Science Fiction Anthology Berkley Medallion Anthology 141
1970 The Best of Kuttner 2 Mayflower Collection
October 1970 Some Things Dark and Dangerous Harper & Row Anthology 256
1971 Some Things Dark and Dangerous The Bodley Head Anthology
1974 Tomorrow's Children Orbit Anthology 123
April 1974 Some Things Dark and Dangerous Avon Anthology 181
1976 Some Things Dark and Dangerous Coronet Anthology 180
1976 Tomorrow's Children Compton Russell Anthology 123
1976 Tomorrow's Children Orbit Anthology 123
August 1977 Tomorrow's Children Orbit Anthology 123
1981 Tomorrow's Children Orbit Anthology 123
December 1981 The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 6, 1944 DAW Books Anthology 221
December 1981 The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 6, 1944 DAW Books / New American Library of Canada Anthology 221
October 1982 Some Things Dark and Dangerous Avon Flare Anthology 181
1984 Isaac Asimov Presents The Golden Years of Science Fiction: Third Series Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers Anthology 486
July 2005 Two-Handed Engine Centipede Press Collection 243
May 2006 Two-Handed Engine: The Selected Stories of Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore Centipede Press / SFBC Collection 243
September 2021 When the Bough Breaks Faded Page Chapbook