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The Moth

H. G. Wells

First published August 1911
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

When a famed entomologist dies, his feuding rival becomes tormented by a new species of moth.


First known publication in the weekly digest Pall Mall Budget, 28 March 1895. Note that many sources, including engole.info and victorianresearch.org, claim that it was first published in Pall Mall Gazette, but Pall Mall Budget has been confirmed via a scan of the table of contents.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
August 1911 Cover The Country of the Blind and Other Stories Thomas Nelson & Sons Collection 113
August 1913 The Country of the Blind and Other Stories Thomas Nelson & Sons Collection 113
1924 Cover Tales of the Unexpected W. Collins Sons Collection 20
1924 Cover The Time Machine, The Wonderful Visit and Other Stories T. Fisher Unwin Omnibus |9
1924 Cover The Time Machine, The Wonderful Visit and Other Stories Charles Scribner's Sons Omnibus
1927 Cover The Short Stories of H. G. Wells Ernest Benn Collection 342
1927 Tales of Mystery: Startling Stories of the Supernatural Hutchinson Anthology 23
1927 Cover 26 Mystery Stories, Old and New, by Twenty and Six Authors D. Appleton & Company Anthology 298
1927 Cover The Short Stories of H. G. Wells Ernest Benn Collection 342
September 1927 Cover The Short Stories of H. G. Wells Ernest Benn Collection 342
October 1927 The Short Stories of H. G. Wells Ernest Benn Collection 342
August 1928 Cover Amazing Stories, August 1928 Experimenter Publishing Company MAGAZINE 461
1929 Cover The Short Stories of H. G. Wells Doubleday, Doran Collection
1929 The Famous Short Stories of H. G. Wells The Literary Guild Collection
1930 The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents Macmillan and Co. Collection
1931 The Stolen Body and Other Tales of the Unexpected London Book Co. Collection |3
June 1931 The Valley of Spiders and Other Stories Haldeman-Julius Collection
1934 Cover Mystery and Detection, No. 1 World's Work MAGAZINE 21
1937 Cover The Famous Short Stories of H. G. Wells Doubleday, Doran Collection 295
1937 The Favorite Short Stories of H. G. Wells Doubleday, Doran Collection 295
1938 Cover The Famous Short Stories of H. G. Wells Garden City Publishing Co. Collection 295
1938 Cover The Famous Short Stories of H. G. Wells Doubleday, Doran Collection 295
1948 Cover The Short Stories of H. G. Wells Ernest Benn Collection 342
1951 Cover In the Grip of Terror Permabooks Anthology 318
1953 Seven Stories Oxford University Press Collection
1954 Tales of the Unexpected Collins Collection
1957 Cover The Short Stories of H. G. Wells Ernest Benn Collection 342
1960 Cover The Short Stories of H. G. Wells Ernest Benn Collection 302
1964 The Valley of Spiders Fontana Collection 90
November 1964 Cover Magazine of Horror, November 1964 Health Knowledge, Inc. MAGAZINE 93
1965 The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells Ernest Benn Collection
August 1965 The Valley of Spiders Fontana Collection 90
September 1966 Cover The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells Ernest Benn Collection 302
September 1972 Cover The Valley of Spiders Fontana Collection 90
1974 Cover The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells Ernest Benn Collection 302
May 1974 Cover The Valley of Spiders Fontana Collection 90
February 1978 Cover The Valley of Spiders Fontana / Collins Collection 90
1987 The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells St. Martin's Press Collection 302
1990 Cover Short Stories The Folio Society Collection |12
October 1996 Cover The Country of the Blind and Other Stories Oxford University Press Collection |9
August 1998 Cover The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells J. M. Dent Collection 84
April 2004 The Country of the Blind and Other Stories Project Gutenberg Collection |9
June 2004 The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents Project Gutenberg Collection
January 2006 Cover The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents The Echo Library Collection
January 2006 Cover The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories The Echo Library Collection |9
December 2006 Cover The Man Who Could Work Miracles Tartarus Press Collection
May 2007 Cover The Country of the Blind and Other Selected Stories Penguin Books Collection |3
December 2007 Cover The Country of the Blind and Other Selected Stories Penguin Books Collection 22
2009 Cover A Dream of Armageddon: The Complete Supernatural Tales Fall River Press Collection 41
January 2009 Cover A Dream of Armageddon Cybraria Collection
March 2010 Cover The Country of the Blind and Other Stories Waking Lion Press Collection 68
May 2010 Cover A Dream of Armageddon Kessinger Collection
February 2011 Cover The Door in the Wall Penguin Books Collection |3
February 2011 Cover The Door in the Wall Penguin Books Collection 49
April 2011 Cover Complete Short Story Omnibus Gollancz Collection 89
January 2013 Cover The Country of the Blind and Other Stories CreateSpace Collection 57
February 2013 Cover The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents CreateSpace Collection
July 2013 Cover The Country of the Blind and Other Stories CreateSpace Collection 107
August 2013 Cover The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents Bottom of the Hill Publishing Collection
February 2017 Cover Short Stories: Anthology of Classic Tales Flame Tree Publishing Collection 92
April 2017 Cover The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories Enhanced Media Publishing Collection |9
2018 Cover Short Stories: Anthology of Classic Tales Flame Tree Publishing Collection 92
December 2018 Cover Short Stories: Anthology of Classic Tales Flame Tree Publishing Collection |8
2020 Cover Short Stories: Anthology of Classic Tales Flame Tree Publishing Collection 92
October 2020 Cover Cosmic Horror Monthly, October 2020 CHM LLC MAGAZINE |3
April 2021 Cover Terrifying Ghosts Short Stories Flame Tree Press Anthology 396
June 2021 Cover Crawling Horror: Creeping Tales of the Insect Weird The British Library Anthology 85
September 2021 Tales of the Unexpected Project Gutenberg Collection |20