First published in Blackwood's Jan, 1882.
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 1882 | Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, January 1882 | William Blackwood & Sons | MAGAZINE | 1 | |
| 1885 | Two Stories of the Seen and the Unseen | William Blackwood & Sons | Collection | 1 | |
| 1885 | The Open Door / The Portrait: Two Stories of the Seen and the Unseen | Roberts Brothers | Collection | 3 | |
| 1889 | Stories of the Seen and the Unseen | Roberts Brothers | Collection | 5|4005 | |
| 1896 | Stories of the Seen and the Unseen | William Blackwood & Sons | Collection | ||
| 1902 | Stories of the Seen and the Unseen | William Blackwood & Sons | Collection | 1 | |
| 1918 | Great Ghost Stories | Dodd, Mead & Co. | Anthology | 62 | |
| April 1920 | Famous Psychic Stories | Thomas Y. Crowell | Anthology | 65 | |
| October 1924 |
|
Ghosts and Marvels: A Selection of Uncanny Tales from Daniel Defoe to Algernon Blackwood | Oxford University Press | Anthology | 267 |
| August 1926 |
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Ghost Stories, August 1926 | Constructive Pub. Corp. | MAGAZINE | 40 |
| September 1928 | Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror | Gollancz | Anthology | 621 | |
| 1929 |
|
The Omnibus of Crime | Harcourt, Brace & Company | Anthology | 589 |
| April 1929 | Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror | Gollancz | Anthology | 621 | |
| August 1929 |
|
The Omnibus of Crime | Payson & Clarke | Anthology | 589 |
| May 1930 | Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror | Gollancz | Anthology | 621 | |
| September 1930 | Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror | Gollancz | Anthology | 621 | |
| August 1931 | Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror | Gollancz | Anthology | 621 | |
| 1932 |
|
More Great Ghost Stories | Herbert Jenkins | Anthology | 220 |
| June 1932 | Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror | Gollancz | Anthology | 621 | |
| 1933 | The Ghost Story Omnibus | Dodd, Mead & Co. | Omnibus | ||
| January 1933 | Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror | Gollancz | Anthology | 621 | |
| December 1933 | Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror | Gollancz | Anthology | 621 | |
| 1934 |
|
A Century of Thrillers: From Poe to Arlen | Daily Express Publications | Anthology | 997 |
| 1934 |
|
The Mystery Book | Odhams Press | Anthology | 962 |
| 1934 |
|
A Century of Thrillers: From Poe to Arlen | Daily Express Publications | Anthology | 997 |
| 1935 |
|
A Century of Horror Stories | Hutchinson | Anthology | 153 |
| May 1936 |
|
Histoires de fantômes anglais | Gallimard | Anthology | 214 |
| 1937 | The Omnibus of Crime | Garden City Publishing Co. | Anthology | 589 | |
| February 1938 | Famous Psychic and Ghost Stories | Blue Ribbon Books | Omnibus | |65 | |
| 1939 |
|
Narraciones TerrorÃficas, No 8 | Editorial Molino | MAGAZINE | 57 |
| July 1939 | Great Short Stories of Detection: Part II, Mystery and Horror | Gollancz | Anthology | ||
| January 1947 | Great Short Stories of Detection: Part II, Mystery and Horror | Gollancz | Anthology | ||
| November 1962 |
|
Histoires de fantômes anglais: suivies de: Nouvelles histoires de fantômes anglais | Gallimard | Omnibus | 153 |
| 1963 |
|
Cuentos de terror | Taurus | Anthology | 247 |
| 1964 |
|
Quiver of Horror | Arrow Books | Anthology | 29 |
| 1965 | Quiver of Horror | Arrow Books | Anthology | 29 | |
| May 1967 |
|
The Gentlewomen of Evil: An Anthology of Rare Supernatural Stories from the Pens of Victorian Ladies | Robert Hale | Anthology | 32 |
| June 1967 |
|
The Gentlewomen of Evil: An Anthology of Rare Supernatural Stories from the Pens of Victorian Ladies | Taplinger | Anthology | 32 |
| 1968 |
|
Hauntings: Tales of the Supernatural | Doubleday | Anthology | 109 |
| August 1968 |
|
Dennis Wheatley's Second Book of Horror Stories | Hutchinson | Anthology | 29 |
| 1971 | Great Ghost Stories | Books for Libraries Press | Anthology | 62 | |
| July 1974 |
|
Uncanny Tales 1 | Sphere | Anthology | 121 |
| February 1975 |
|
Classic Ghost Stories by Charles Dickens and Others | Dover Publications | Anthology | 76 |
| October 1976 |
|
Classic Tales of Horror | Constable & Co. Ltd. | Anthology | 58 |
| 1978 |
|
Die unheimlichsten Gespenstergeschichten | Tosa | Anthology | 243 |
| February 1978 |
|
Great Tales of the Supernatural | J. M. Dent & E. P. Dutton | Anthology | 34 |
| October 1984 |
|
The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories | Penguin Books | Anthology | 148 |
| 1985 |
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The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories | Penguin Books | Anthology | 148 |
| October 1987 |
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The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories | Penguin Books | Anthology | 148 |
| 1988 |
|
A Beleaguered City and Other Stories | Oxford University Press | Collection | 115 |
| September 1988 |
|
The Virago Book of Victorian Ghost Stories | Virago | Anthology | 150 |
| 1989 |
|
The Virago Book of Victorian Ghost Stories | Virago | Anthology | 150 |
| May 1989 |
|
Victorian Ghost Stories by Eminent Women Writers | Carroll & Graf | Anthology | 150 |
| September 1989 |
|
The Virago Book of Victorian Ghost Stories | Charnwood | Anthology | 243 |
| July 1990 |
|
Victorian Ghost Stories by Eminent Women Writers | Carroll & Graf | Anthology | 150 |
| 1991 |
|
The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories | Bloomsbury | Anthology | |
| May 1992 |
|
Great Tales of the Supernatural | J. M. Dent | Anthology | 34 |
| August 1992 |
|
The Virago Book of Victorian Ghost Stories | Virago | Anthology | 150 |
| September 1993 |
|
The Television Late Night Horror Omnibus | Orion | Anthology | 292 |
| July 1994 |
|
The Television Late Night Horror Omnibus: Great Tales from TV Anthology Series | Artus Books | Anthology | 292 |
| September 1994 |
|
The Armchair Horror Collection: Great Tales from TV Anthology Series | Orion | Anthology | 343 |
| September 1996 |
|
Victorian Ghost Stories by Noted Women Writers | Barnes & Noble Books | Anthology | 150 |
| September 1999 |
|
The Open Door and Other Ghost Stories | Phoenix | Anthology | 3 |
| April 2000 |
|
La porte ouverte: Histoires de fantômes d'enfants | Joëlle Losfeld | Anthology | 31 |
| September 2000 |
|
A Beleaguered City and Other Tales of the Seen and the Unseen | Canongate Books | Collection | |
| 2003 |
|
The Television Late Night Horror Omnibus | Bounty Books | Anthology | 292 |
| November 2003 | The Open Door, and the Portrait | Project Gutenberg | Collection | ||
| August 2004 |
|
Famous Psychic Stories | Fredonia Books | Anthology | |
| October 2006 |
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The Virago Book of Ghost Stories | Virago | Anthology | |
| February 2009 |
|
Scottish Ghost Stories | Wordsworth Editions | Anthology | 337 |
| September 2009 |
|
The Virago Book of Ghost Stories | Virago | Anthology | 88 |
| February 2010 |
|
The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories: From Elizabeth Gaskell to Ambrose Bierce | Penguin Books | Anthology | 162 |
| 2013 |
|
World's 25 Most Popular Ghost Stories (of the 19th Century) | Sam Teddy Publishing | Anthology | |18 |
| September 2013 |
|
The Victorian Ghost Story: Annotated and Illustrated Tales of the Macabre (1852-1912) | Oldstyle Tales Press | Anthology | |
| October 2014 |
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The 2014 Halloween Horrors Megapack | Wildside Press | Anthology | |
| October 2017 |
|
Classic Ghost Stories | Vintage (UK) | Anthology | 343 |
| November 2018 |
|
Lost Souls Short Stories | Flame Tree Publishing | Anthology | 355 |
| 2020 |
|
The Open Door | Biblioasis | Chapbook | |
| April 2020 |
|
Tre fantasmi | Black Dog Edizioni | Collection | |4 |
| June 2020 |
|
The Wimbourne Book of Victorian Ghost Stories: Volume 6 | Wimbourne Books | Anthology | 213 |