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Proof Positive

Graham Greene

First published February 1949
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Synopsis

A dead man's spirit remains with his body for a while and animates it. But he can only speak rambling and incoherent words.

Notes

First published in the collection The Basement Room and Other Stories (1935).

Publications (14)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
February 1949 Nineteen Stories The Viking Press Collection
August 1952 Cover The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, August 1952 Fantasy House, Inc. MAGAZINE 105
1954 Cover Twenty-One Stories William Heinemann Collection 106
July 1955 Cover Nineteen Stories Lion Library Collection 88
December 1960 Cover A Decade of Fantasy and Science Fiction Doubleday Anthology 232
March 1961 Cover A Decade of Fantasy and Science Fiction Doubleday / SFBC Anthology 232
1962 A Decade of Fantasy and Science Fiction Gollancz Anthology
January 1962 Cover A Decade of Fantasy and Science Fiction Dell Anthology 237
January 1962 Cover A Decade of Fantasy and Science Fiction Dell Anthology 237
1963 A Decade of Fantasy and Science Fiction Gollancz Anthology
1973 Cover Twenty-One Stories Penguin Books Collection 90
February 1981 Cover Twenty-One Stories Penguin Books Collection
August 1983 75 Short Masterpieces: Stories from the World's Literature Bantam Books Anthology 113
October 2010 Cover Twenty-One Stories Vintage Digital Collection