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The Open Boat

Stephen Crane

First published June 1897
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette

Four men struggle for survival after escaping from a sinking ship and into a small open boat.

This story is listed in Ashley & Contento's Supernatural Index even though it is non-genre.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
June 1897 Scribner's Magazine, June 1897 MAGAZINE 728
1939 Cover The Bedside Book of Famous American Stories Random House Anthology 580
July 1958 The Art of Modern Fiction: Alternate Edition Rinehart Anthology 27
2011 Cover The Story and Its Writer: An Introduction to Short Fiction Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press Anthology 271
October 2017 Cover Pirates & Ghosts Short Stories Flame Tree Publishing Anthology 118