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The Truth About Pyecraft

H. G. Wells

First published April 1903
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

An old Hindu recipe for a potion for losing weight turns out to be effective.

First published in The Strand Magazine, April 1903
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Date Publication Publisher Type Page
April 1903 The Strand Magazine, April 1903 George Newnes MAGAZINE 425
October 1903 Cover Twelve Stories and a Dream Macmillan and Co. Collection 81
April 1905 Twelve Stories and a Dream Charles Scribner's Sons Collection 73
August 1911 Cover The Country of the Blind and Other Stories Thomas Nelson & Sons Collection 463
August 1913 The Country of the Blind and Other Stories Thomas Nelson & Sons Collection 463
1923 Cover The Country of the Blind Haldeman-Julius Collection 42
1925 In the Days of the Comet and Seventeen Short Stories T. Fisher Unwin Omnibus
1925 In the Days of the Comet and Seventeen Short Stories Charles Scribner's Sons Omnibus
1927 Cover The Short Stories of H. G. Wells Ernest Benn Collection 968
1927 Cover The Short Stories of H. G. Wells Ernest Benn Collection 968
September 1927 Cover The Short Stories of H. G. Wells Ernest Benn Collection 968
October 1927 The Short Stories of H. G. Wells Ernest Benn Collection 968
October 1928 Cover The Argosy, October 1928 The Amalgamated Press MAGAZINE 87
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
1937 Cover The Famous Short Stories of H. G. Wells Doubleday, Doran Collection 856
1938 Cover The Famous Short Stories of H. G. Wells Garden City Publishing Co. Collection 856
1938 Cover The Famous Short Stories of H. G. Wells Doubleday, Doran Collection 856
September 1940 Cover Short Stories: First Series Thomas Nelson & Sons Collection 7
1943 The Truth About Pyecraft and Other Short Stories Todd Publishing Co. Collection
1944 The Truth About Pyecraft and Other Stories Vallancey Press Collection
1947 The Country of the Blind and Other Stories Longmans, Green and Co. Collection
February 1947 Cover Avon Fantasy Reader, No. 1 Avon Book Co. MAGAZINE 92
1948 Cover The Short Stories of H. G. Wells Ernest Benn Collection 968
April 1949 Fancy Free George Allen & Unwin Anthology 22
1950 A Book of Queer Stories University of London Press Anthology 21
1952 Cover 28 Science Fiction Stories of H. G. Wells Dover Publications Collection 845
June 1954 Cover Science Fiction and Reader's Guide Spencer Press Anthology 102
1956 Two Tales A. Signorelli Collection
1957 Cover The Short Stories of H. G. Wells Ernest Benn Collection 968
September 1958 Cover Selected Short Stories Penguin Books Collection 316
1959 Cover Tall Short Stories Simon & Schuster Anthology 303
1959 Cover Tall Stories Faber and Faber Anthology
1960 Cover Tall Short Stories Ace Star Anthology 267
1960 Cover 28 Science Fiction Stories of H. G. Wells Dover Publications Collection 845
1960 Cover The Short Stories of H. G. Wells Ernest Benn Collection
1962 Cover Alfred Hitchcock's Ghostly Gallery Random House Anthology 120
1962 Cover Selected Short Stories Penguin Books Collection 316
1963 Cover The War of the Worlds, The Time Machine, and Selected Short Stories Platt & Munk Omnibus 497
1963 Cover Best Stories of H. G. Wells Ballantine Books Collection 146
June 1963 Cover Best Stories of H. G. Wells Ballantine Books Collection 146
1964 Cover 28 Science Fiction Stories of H. G. Wells Dover Publications Collection 845
1964 Cover Selected Short Stories Penguin Books Collection 316
May 1964 Cover Magazine of Horror, May 1964 Health Knowledge, Inc. MAGAZINE 65
1965 The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells Ernest Benn Collection
1966 28 Science Fiction Stories of H. G. Wells Dover Publications Collection 845
September 1966 Cover The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells Ernest Benn Collection 872
1968 Cover Alfred Hitchcock's Ghostly Gallery Puffin Anthology 149
1968 Cover Selected Short Stories Penguin Books Collection 316
1973 Cover Selected Short Stories Penguin Books Collection 316
1974 Cover Fat Bobbs-Merrill Company Anthology 269
1974 Cover The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells Ernest Benn Collection 872
January 1974 Cover The Golden Road Simon & Schuster Anthology 46
November 1974 Cover The Golden Road Gollancz Anthology 46
October 1975 Cover Tales of Mystery & Menace Macmillan UK Anthology 12
1977 Cover Selected Short Stories Penguin Books Collection 316
1979 Selected Short Stories Penguin Books (US) Collection 316
1981 Cover Selected Short Stories Penguin Books (US) Collection 316
January 1981 The War of the Worlds, The Time Machine and Selected Short Stories Grosset & Dunlap Omnibus 497
1983 Cover Over the Rainbow: Tales of Fantasy and Imagination Octopus Books Anthology 9
May 1983 Cover The Science Fiction Weight-Loss Book Crown Publishers Anthology 47
1984 Cover Over the Rainbow: Tales of Fantasy and Imagination Cathay Books Anthology 9
1984 Cover Alfred Hitchcock's Ghostly Gallery Random House Anthology 155
1987 The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells St. Martin's Press Collection 872
1988 Selected Short Stories Penguin Books Collection 316
1990 Cover Short Stories The Folio Society Collection |21
October 1996 Cover The Country of the Blind and Other Stories Oxford University Press Collection |28
1998 Cover Alfred Hitchcock's Ghostly Gallery Barnes & Noble Books Anthology 120
August 1998 Cover The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells J. M. Dent Collection 447
June 2002 Ideomancer, June 2002 Decadent Moon MAGAZINE [21]|21
April 2004 The Country of the Blind and Other Stories Project Gutenberg Collection |28
January 2006 Cover The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories The Echo Library Collection |28
August 2006 Cover Lovecraft's Weird Mysteries, #11 Arkham Press MAGAZINE 12
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 |19
December 2007 Cover The Country of the Blind and Other Selected Stories Penguin Books Collection 311
September 2008 Twelve Stories and a Dream Project Gutenberg Collection |4
2009 Cover A Dream of Armageddon: The Complete Supernatural Tales Fall River Press Collection 251
January 2009 Cover A Dream of Armageddon Cybraria Collection
March 2010 Cover The Country of the Blind and Other Stories Waking Lion Press Collection 309
May 2010 Cover A Dream of Armageddon Kessinger Collection
April 2011 Cover Complete Short Story Omnibus Gollancz Collection 488
January 2013 Cover The Country of the Blind and Other Stories CreateSpace Collection 234
July 2013 Cover The Country of the Blind and Other Stories CreateSpace Collection 455
August 2013 Cover Twelve Stories and a Dream Bottom of the Hill Publishing Collection
2017 Cover Avon Fantasy Reader No. 1, February 1947 Pulp Tales Press Anthology 92
January 2017 Cover The Crystal Egg and Other Stories Wordsworth Editions Collection 283
April 2017 Cover The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories Enhanced Media Publishing Collection |28
June 2020 Cover The Time Machine In Audio Collection