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They Bite

Anthony Boucher

First published August 1943
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Notes

First published in Unknown Worlds, 1971, by William A. P. White, copyrighted in 1943.

Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
2019 Retro Hugo Award Best Short Story Nominee/Finalist

Publications (47)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
August 1943 Unknown Worlds, August 1943 Street & Smith Publications, Inc. MAGAZINE 127
December 1952 The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, December 1952 Fantasy House, Inc. MAGAZINE 107
1955 Far and Away Ballantine Books Collection 40
1955 Far and Away Ballantine Books Collection 40
1959 My Favorites in Suspense Random House Anthology 32
August 1960 Zacherley's Vulture Stew Ballantine Books Anthology 79
December 1960 14 of My Favorites in Suspense Dell Anthology 58
March 1961 14 of My Favorites in Suspense Dell Anthology 58
November 1961 14 of My Favorites in Suspense Dell Anthology 58
February 1962 Zacherley's Vulture Stew Ballantine Books Anthology 79
April 1963 14 of My Favorites in Suspense Dell Anthology 58
December 1965 Best Tales of Terror 2 Faber and Faber Anthology 186
1969 The Compleat Werewolf and Other Stories of Fantasy and Science Fiction Simon & Schuster Collection 141
1970 The Compleat Werewolf W. H. Allen Collection 141
October 1971 The Compleat Werewolf Sphere Books Collection 134
1972 The Compleat Werewolf and Other Stories of Fantasy and Science Fiction Ace Books Collection 139
1972 The Other Sides of Reality: Myths, Visions, and Fantasies Boyd & Fraser Anthology 170
1974 The First Mayflower Book of Black Magic Stories Mayflower Anthology 38
1976 Dying of Fright: Masterpieces of the Macabre Charles Scribner's Sons Anthology 204
June 1976 14 of My Favorites in Suspense Dell Anthology 58
November 1977 Great Black Magic Stories Taplinger Anthology 38
June 1979 Wolf's Complete Book of Terror Clarkson N. Potter Anthology 58
June 1979 Wolf's Complete Book of Terror Clarkson N. Potter Anthology 58
April 1980 The Best of All Possible Worlds Ace Books Anthology 317
March 1981 A Treasury of Modern Fantasy Avon Anthology 113
1982 The Fifteenth Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories Fontana Anthology 84
1985 Realms of Darkness Octopus Books Anthology 91
1985 Realms of Darkness Octopus Books Anthology 91
1988 Realms of Darkness Chartwell Books Anthology 91
March 1988 Hunger for Horror DAW Books Anthology 62
May 1988 The Monster Book of Monsters Xanadu Anthology 231
August 1988 The Monster Book of Monsters Bonanza Books Anthology 231
January 1990 The Compleat Werewolf and Other Stories of Fantasy and Science Fiction Carroll & Graf Collection
February 1991 Haunted America: Star-Spangled Supernatural Stories GuildAmerica Books / SFBC Anthology 396
August 1992 Masters of Fantasy Galahad Books Anthology 113
October 1994 Masters of Fantasy Bristol Park Books Anthology 113
January 1999 The Compleat Boucher NESFA Press Collection 459
November 1999 The Compleat Boucher NESFA Press / SFBC Collection 459
September 2011 Zombies! Zombies! Zombies! Vintage Crime / Black Lizard / Vintage Books Anthology 363
January 2012 Zombies: A Compendium of the Living Dead Corvus Anthology 363
January 2012 The Century's Best Horror Fiction 1901-1950 Cemetery Dance Publications Anthology 623
2013 The Compleat Boucher: The Complete Short Science Fiction and Fantasy of Anthony Boucher NESFA Press Collection 459
March 2019 Far and Away MysteriousPress.com / Open Road Collection
March 2019 The Compleat Werewolf and Other Stories of Fantasy and Science Fiction MysteriousPress.com / Open Road Collection
December 2019 Zombies! Zombies! Zombies! HighBridge Audio Anthology |33
March 2021 Zombies! Zombies! Zombies! Highbridge Audio and Blackstone Publishing Anthology |33
March 2021 Zombies! Zombies! Zombies! Highbridge Audio and Blackstone Publishing Anthology |33