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The Jar

Ray Bradbury

First published November 1944
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

A man gains stature in his small town when he acquires an exhibit from a carnival.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
November 1944 Cover Weird Tales, November 1944 Weird Tales MAGAZINE 49
1947 Cover The Sleeping and the Dead: Thirty Uncanny Tales Pellegrini & Cudahy Anthology 115
May 1947 Cover Dark Carnival Arkham House Collection 39
1948 Cover Dark Carnival Hamish Hamilton Collection 44
1948 Cover Fear and Trembling: Shivery Stories Dell Anthology 95
1955 Cover The October Country Ballantine Books Collection 91
1956 Cover The October Country Hart-Davis Collection 91
April 1956 Cover The October Country Ballantine Books Collection 81
1961 Cover The October Country Ace UK Collection 40
March 1962 Cover The October Country Ballantine Books Collection 81
1963 Cover The Sleeping and the Dead (abridged) Four Square Books Anthology 85
1963 Cover The October Country Four Square Books Collection 43
October 1963 Cover Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Fear and Trembling Dell Anthology 98
September 1964 Cover The October Country Ballantine Books Collection 81
September 1964 Cover The October Country Ballantine Books Collection 81
November 1964 Cover The October Country Four Square Books Collection 43
1965 Cover Suddenly Popular Library Anthology 19
February 1967 Cover The October Country Ballantine Books Collection 81
July 1968 Cover The October Country Ballantine Books Collection 81
September 1968 Cover Dr. Caligari's Black Book W. H. Allen Anthology 23
June 1969 Cover The October Country Ballantine Books Collection 81
November 1969 Cover Dr. Caligari's Black Book New English Library Anthology 44
July 1970 Cover The October Country Alfred A. Knopf Collection 81
December 1970 Cover The October Country New English Library Collection 43
February 1971 The October Country Ballantine Books Collection 81
July 1971 Cover The October Country Ballantine Books Collection 81
June 1972 Cover The October Country Ballantine Books Collection 81
February 1973 The October Country Ballantine Books Collection 81
April 1973 Cover The October Country New English Library Collection 43
June 1973 Cover The October Country Ballantine Books Collection 81
January 1974 The October Country Ballantine Books Collection 81
November 1974 The October Country Alfred A. Knopf Collection 81
September 1975 Cover The October Country Ballantine Books Collection 81
1976 Cover The October Country Panther Collection 47
1978 Cover Getting Even: Gripping Tales of Revenge Bobbs-Merrill Company Anthology 132
June 1978 Cover The October Country Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 81
October 1980 Cover The Stories of Ray Bradbury Alfred A. Knopf Collection 361
December 1980 Cover The Stories of Ray Bradbury Alfred A. Knopf Collection 361
1981 Long After Midnight and Other Stories Nan'un-do (Japan) Collection
1981 Cover The Stories of Ray Bradbury Granada Collection 361
February 1981 Cover The Stories of Ray Bradbury Alfred A. Knopf Collection 361
March 1981 Cover The October Country Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 81
December 1982 The October Country Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 81
January 1983 Cover The Stories of Ray Bradbury, Volume 1 Granada Collection
1984 Cover The October Country Panther Collection 47
1985 Cover The Stories of Ray Bradbury, Volume 1 Granada Collection
February 1985 The October Country Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 91
1987 Cover The Stories of Ray Bradbury, Volume 1 Grafton Collection 578
October 1990 The Stories of Ray Bradbury Alfred A. Knopf Collection 361
1993 Cover The October Country Ballantine Books Collection 91
October 1996 Cover The October Country Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 91
October 1996 Cover The October Country Ballantine Books Collection 90|91
September 1997 Cover The October Country Gauntlet Press Collection
1998 Cover The October Country Earthlight Collection 91
September 1999 Cover The October Country Avon Books Collection 97
2001 Cover Dark Carnival Gauntlet Publications Collection 45
2001 Cover Dark Carnival Gauntlet Publications Collection 45
2001 Cover Dark Carnival Gauntlet Publications Collection 45
December 2008 The Ray Bradbury Gift Set PS Publishing Omnibus
December 2008 The Ray Bradbury Gift Set PS Publishing Omnibus
December 2008 Cover Ray Bradbury Stories Volume 1 HarperVoyager Collection
April 2010 Cover The Stories of Ray Bradbury Alfred A. Knopf Collection
April 2010 Cover The Stories of Ray Bradbury Alfred A. Knopf Collection 437
2012 Cover Weird Tales Pulp Classics on DVD Anthology 49|25049
January 2012 Cover The Century's Best Horror Fiction 1901-1950 Cemetery Dance Publications Anthology 633
June 2012 Cover Ray Bradbury Stories Volume 1 Harper Voyager (UK) Collection
2014 Cover The Collected Stories of Ray Bradbury: A Critical Edition: Volume 2: 1943-1944 Kent State University Press Collection 249
June 2018 Cover The October Country Recorded Books Collection |97