Originally published in "Современные записки", vol. LXVIII, March 1939 (date from here), pages 76-87 under his usual pseudonym Сирин (Sirin). The complete issue of the journal is available as a pdf file here. First publication in book form is in "Весна в Фиальте и другие рассказы", 1939 ({{FantLab-pub|150895}}) in Paris.
The story was written in October 1938 in Paris.
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 |
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The Dream Adventure | The Orion Press | Anthology | 230 |
| December 1971 |
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The Seventh Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories | Fontana | Anthology | 61 |
| April 1975 | The Seventh Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories | Fontana | Anthology | 61 | |
| June 1978 |
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Il 2º libro dell'orrore | Mondadori | Anthology | 131 |
| March 1979 |
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The Seventh Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories | Fontana | Anthology | 61 |
| December 1980 |
|
Fiction of the Absurd: Pratfalls in the Void | Mentor / New American Library | Anthology | 115 |
| 1983 |
|
Black Water: The Anthology of Fantastic Literature | Picador | Anthology | 634 |
| April 1984 |
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Black Water: The Book of Fantastic Literature | Clarkson N. Potter | Anthology | 634 |
| June 1984 |
|
Magical Realist Fiction: An Anthology | Longman | Anthology | 181 |
| September 2007 |
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The Mammoth Book of Modern Ghost Stories | Carroll & Graf | Anthology | 157 |
| September 2007 |
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The Mammoth Book of Modern Ghost Stories | Robinson | Anthology | 157 |
| September 2008 |
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Ghost Stories | Alfred A. Knopf | Anthology | 277 |
| September 2008 |
|
Ghost Stories | Alfred A. Knopf | Anthology | 277 |
| July 2019 |
|
The Big Book of Classic Fantasy: The Ultimate Collection | Vintage Books | Anthology | 705 |
| July 2019 |
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The Big Book of Classic Fantasy: The Ultimate Collection | Vintage Books | Anthology |