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The Sphinx

Edgar Allan Poe

First published January 1850
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Spending time in the country to avoid the cholera plague in New York City, the narrator sees a huge monster descending a nearby hillside. When he tells his friend about it, the friend points out that he is standing too close to the window, and merely saw a moth.<br> Available on page 327, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?GRSBCKYR1999">Bleiler (Gernsback)</a> <br>Abridged for the publication in <i>Reader's Digest</i>.

First published in the January 1846 Arthur's Ladies' Magazine.
See the notes here and this OCR scan.
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Date Publication Publisher Type Page
January 1850 The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe J. S. Redfield Collection 433|2433
1853 The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe J. S. Redfield Collection 433|2433
1856 The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe J. S. Redfield Collection 433|2433
1889 The Prose Tales of Edgar Allan Poe: Third Series A. C. Armstrong & Son Collection 320
October 1903 The Best Tales of Edgar Allan Poe A. C. McClurg & Co. Collection 101
1905 Cover The Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe, Volume 8 Croscup & Holby Collection
1908 Tales of Mystery and Imagination J. M. Dent & Sons Collection
1926 Tales Grotesque and Weird Haldeman-Julius Collection
July 1926 Cover Amazing Stories, July 1926 Experimenter Publishing Company MAGAZINE 357
1927 The Works of Edgar Allan Poe in One Volume: Poems, Tales, Essays, Criticisms with New Notes Walter J. Black, Inc. Collection 574
1931 The Best Known Works of Edgar Allan Poe in One Volume: Poems, Tales, Essays, Criticisms Blue Ribbon Books Collection 574
1938 Cover The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe Modern Library Collection 471
1944 Tales of Edgar Allan Poe Random House Collection |18
1952 Cover Great Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe Cardinal / Pocket Books Collection 313
1952 Tales Dodd, Mead & Co. Collection 79
1956 Cover Great Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe Pocket Books Collection 313
1961 Cover The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Stories Digit Books Collection
1961 Stories: Twenty-Eight Thrilling Tales Platt & Munk Collection 344
1961 Cover Stories: Twenty-Seven Thrilling Tales Platt & Munk Collection 344
1962 Cover Tales of Mystery and Imagination J. M. Dent & E. P. Dutton Collection 65
1963 Cover Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe The Macmillan Company Collection 210
1963 Cover Tales of Mystery and Imagination J. M. Dent & Sons Collection 65
1964 Tales of Edgar Allan Poe Parents' Magazine's Cultural Institute Collection |17
August 1964 Cover Great Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe Washington Square Press Collection 313
January 1965 Cover Great Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe Washington Square Press Collection 313
May 1965 Cover 18 Best Stories by Edgar Allan Poe Dell Laurel Collection 96
1966 Cover Complete Stories of Edgar Allan Poe International Collectors Library Collection 412
1966 Cover Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe Doubleday Collection 412
1968 Cover Short Stories of Edgar Allan Poe: Vol. 1 CMS Collection |2
1968 Cover Short Stories of Edgar Allan Poe: Vol. 1 CMS Collection |2
1970 Cover Great Short Works of Edgar Allan Poe Perennial Classic / Harper & Row Collection 490
August 1970 Cover Great Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe Washington Square Press Collection 313
February 1971 Cover 18 Best Stories by Edgar Allan Poe Dell Laurel-Leaf Collection 96
March 1971 Cover Tales of Mystery and Imagination J. M. Dent Collection 65
1975 Cover Monsters Monsters Monsters Franklin Watts Anthology 94
September 1975 Cover The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe Vintage Books Collection 471
July 1977 Cover Tales of Mystery and Imagination J. M. Dent Collection 65
1978 Monsters Monsters Monsters Franklin Watts Anthology 94
1979 Cover Forty-Two Tales Octopus Books Collection 270
1981 Cover The Annotated Tales of Edgar Allan Poe Doubleday Collection
July 1982 Cover The Arbor House Celebrity Book of Horror Stories Arbor House Anthology 338
July 1982 The Arbor House Celebrity Book of Horror Stories Priam Books / Arbor House Anthology
1983 Cover 18 Best Stories by Edgar Allan Poe Dell Collection 96
1983 Cover Edgar Allan Poe Chatham River Press Collection 539
August 1984 Cover Edgar Allan Poe: Poetry and Tales The Library of America Collection 843
1985 Cover Works of Edgar Allan Poe Gramercy Books Omnibus 539
1986 Cover The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Stories Marshall Cavendish Collection 78
1988 Cover Visions of Poe Webb & Bower Collection 77
November 1988 Cover Visions of Poe Alfred A. Knopf Collection 77
October 1990 Cover Tales of Mystery and Terror Puffin / Penguin Books (UK) Collection 7
March 1991 Cover Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe Doubleday Collection 412
1992 Cover The Collected Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe Modern Library Collection 471
July 1992 Cover Edgar Allan Poe: A Collection of Stories Tor Collection 208
1994 Tales of Mystery and Terror Puffin / Penguin Books (UK) Collection 1
1994 Cover Edgar Allan Poe: Poetry and Tales The Library of America Collection 843
April 1994 Cover Edgar Allan Poe: A Collection of Stories Tor Collection
August 1995 Cover The Tell Tale Heart Mojo Press Collection
April 2000 The Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Volume 5 (Raven Edition) Project Gutenberg Collection 25
December 2008 Cover Invertebrata Enigmatica: Giant Spiders, Dangerous Insects, and Other Strange Invertebrates in Classic Science Fiction and Fantasy Coachwhip Publications Anthology 7
July 2009 Cover Short Ghost and Horror Story Collection 4 LibriVox Anthology |13
November 2009 Cover Edgar Allan Poe: Complete Tales & Poems Castle Books Collection 421
July 2012 Cover 18 Best Stories by Edgar Allan Poe Dell Collection |9
November 2013 The Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Volume 5 (Raven Edition) LibriVox Collection 25
August 2014 Cover Classic Science Fiction and Fantasy Stories Talos Press Anthology 43
June 2021 Cover Crawling Horror: Creeping Tales of the Insect Weird The British Library Anthology 15