A painter moves his family into a rural cottage, but his son suddenly develops a fear of the nearby stream, and wet slimy green spots keep appearing inside the house.
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1928 |
|
They Return at Evening: A Book of Ghost Stories | Philip Allan | Collection | 185 |
| 1928 |
|
They Return at Evening | D. Appleton & Company | Collection | |6 |
| 1930 | They Return at Evening | Philip Allan | Collection | ||
| 1932 |
|
Creeps: A Collection of Uneasy Tales | Philip Allan | Anthology | 41 |
| 1935 |
|
A Ghostly Company | Jonathan Cape | Collection | 189 |
| 1935 |
|
The Creeps Omnibus | Philip Allan | Omnibus | 37 |
| April 1946 |
|
And the Darkness Falls | World Publishing Co. | Anthology | 226 |
| 1949 |
|
Voor en Na Middernacht: Zijnde Vijfendertig Spook en Griezelverhalen Alsmede Andere Fantastische Vertellingen | Elsevier | Anthology | |
| 1953 |
|
The Week-End Book of Ghost Stories | Ives Washburn | Anthology | 88 |
| 1954 |
|
Voor en Na Middernacht | Elsevier | Anthology | 210 |
| 1966 |
|
Na Middernacht: De Beste Spookverhalen | Elsevier | Anthology | 125 |
| 1968 |
|
Hauntings: Tales of the Supernatural | Doubleday | Anthology | 269 |
| 1968 |
|
More Tales to Tremble By | Whitman Publishing Company | Anthology | 15 |
| November 1972 |
|
A Tide of Terror | W. H. Allen | Anthology | 3 |
| December 1972 |
|
The Eighth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories | Fontana | Anthology | 22 |
| October 1973 |
|
A Tide of Terror: An Anthology of Rare Horror Stories | Taplinger | Anthology | 3 |
| 1975 |
|
Der Triumph des Todes und andere Gespenstergeschichten | Insel | Collection | |7 |
| October 1975 |
|
The Ghost's Companion | Gollancz | Anthology | 25 |
| December 1975 | The Eighth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories | Fontana | Anthology | 22 | |
| 1976 |
|
The Ghost's Companion | Taplinger | Anthology | 25 |
| 1978 |
|
The Best Ghost Stories of H. Russell Wakefield | John Murray | Collection | 13 |
| 1978 |
|
The Ghost's Companion | Puffin | Anthology | 27 |
| June 1979 | The Eighth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories | Fontana | Anthology | 22 | |
| 1981 |
|
More Ghosts, Ghosts, Ghosts | Franklin Watts | Anthology | 34 |
| 1981 |
|
Ghosts in Country Houses | William Kimber | Anthology | 69 |
| 1982 |
|
The Best Ghost Stories of H. Russell Wakefield | Academy Chicago | Collection | |
| 1982 | The Best Ghost Stories of H. Russell Wakefield | Academy Chicago | Collection | 13 | |
| 1984 |
|
Chamber of Horrors | Octopus Books | Anthology | 242 |
| 1985 |
|
Chamber of Horrors | Octopus Books | Anthology | 242 |
| 1986 | Der Triumph des Todes und andere Gespenstergeschichten | Suhrkamp | Collection | 160 | |
| 1987 |
|
Chamber of Horrors | Gallery Books / W. H. Smith | Anthology | 242 |
| 1987 |
|
Das GeisterHausBuch: Band 1 | Otto Maier | Anthology | 19 |
| February 1988 |
|
Tales of the Dark #3 | St. Martin's Press | Anthology | 45 |
| 1994 |
|
Englantilaiset aaveet | Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö | Anthology | 101 |
| October 1995 |
|
They Return at Evening: A Book of Ghost Stories | Ash-Tree Press | Collection | 92 |
| July 1997 |
|
Dancing with the Dark | Vista | Nonfiction | |
| August 1999 |
|
Dancing with the Dark | Carroll & Graf | Nonfiction | 320 |
| May 2005 |
|
They Return at Evening: A Book of Ghost Stories | Ash-Tree Press | Collection | 95 |
| August 2006 |
|
H. P. Lovecraft's Book of the Supernatural: 20 Classics of the Macabre, Chosen by the Master of Horror Himself | Pegasus Books | Anthology | |
| September 2006 |
|
H. P. Lovecraft's Book of the Supernatural: 20 Classics of the Macabre, Chosen by the Master of Horror Himself | Pegasus Books | Anthology | 379 |
| June 2007 |
|
H. P. Lovecraft's Book of the Supernatural: 19 Classics of the Macabre, Chosen by the Master of Horror Himself | Fall River Press | Anthology | 247 |
| November 2011 |
|
They Return at Evening: A Book of Ghost Stories | Ash-Tree Press | Collection | |
| January 2012 |
|
The Century's Best Horror Fiction 1901-1950 | Cemetery Dance Publications | Anthology | 397 |
| 2018 |
|
The Red Lodge | Biblioasis | Chapbook | |
| March 2020 |
|
Il villino rosso | Edizioni Hypnos | Chapbook | |
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