A taxidermist has contracted a disease which sheds his skin, piece by piece, every twenty-four hours.
Written in the fall of 1939, according to Paul Williams' story notes in The Ultimate Egoist.
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 1940 |
|
Unknown Fantasy Fiction, March 1940 | Street & Smith Publications, Inc. | MAGAZINE | 114 |
| November 1953 |
|
Crossroads in Time | Permabooks | Anthology | 75 |
| December 1966 |
|
Starshine | Pyramid Books | Collection | 7 |
| 1968 |
|
Encrucijadas del Tiempo | Editorial Molino | Anthology | |
| March 1968 |
|
Starshine | Gollancz | Collection | |
| March 1969 |
|
Starshine | Pyramid Books | Collection | 7 |
| May 1969 |
|
Starshine | The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) | Collection | 9 |
| February 1971 |
|
Starshine | Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers | Collection | 9 |
| March 1972 |
|
Starshine | Pyramid Books | Collection | 7 |
| March 1972 |
|
Starshine | Pyramid Books | Collection | 7 |
| 1974 |
|
Licht von den Sternen | Goldmann | Collection | 7 |
| November 1977 |
|
Starshine | Jove / HBJ | Collection | 7 |
| November 1977 |
|
Starshine | Jove / HBJ | Collection | 7 |
| 1978 |
|
Fantômes et sortilèges | Librairie des Champs-Élysées | Collection | 127 |
| August 1978 |
|
Starshine | Sphere | Collection | 7 |
| 1982 |
|
Laughing Space | Robson Books | Anthology | 111 |
| 1982 |
|
Laughing Space | Robson Books | Anthology | 111 |
| March 1982 |
|
Laughing Space | Houghton Mifflin | Anthology | 111 |
| 1985 |
|
Laughing Space | Robson Books | Anthology | 111 |
| December 1985 |
|
E Pluribus Unicorn | Fanucci Editore | Collection | 297 |
| February 1995 |
|
The Ultimate Egoist | North Atlantic Books | Collection | 226 |
| November 1998 |
|
The Ultimate Egoist | North Atlantic Books | Collection | 226 |
| November 2010 | The Ultimate Egoist | North Atlantic Books | Collection | ||
| September 2013 |
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The Ultimate Egoist | Gateway / Orion | Collection |