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The New Catacomb

Arthur Conan Doyle

First published 1922
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

"Two archaeologists in Rome, one of them a dashing bounder just returned from a failed elopement with an English girl. His colleague takes him at night to a new catacomb then traps him there; for he had loved the girl he had 'ruined'." (Books & Boots)

Although it is not speculative, this suspense/horror story is sometimes regarded as part of Doyle's genre work.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1922 Cover Tales of Terror and Mystery John Murray Collection
1925 Cover The Black Doctor and Other Tales of Terror and Mystery George H. Doran Collection |3
June 1929 Cover The Conan Doyle Stories John Murray Collection
October 1939 The Conan Doyle Stories John Murray Collection
December 1940 The Conan Doyle Stories John Murray Collection
December 1945 Cover The Conan Doyle Stories John Murray Collection 479
March 1949 Cover The Conan Doyle Stories John Murray Collection
August 1951 The Conan Doyle Stories John Murray Collection
November 1956 The Conan Doyle Stories John Murray Collection
May 1959 Cover Œuvres complètes XII Robert Laffont Omnibus 197
August 1960 The Conan Doyle Stories John Murray Collection 479
1968 Verschrikkelijke verhalen Contact Collection
1973 Cover Verschrikkelijke verhalen Contact Collection 37
1978 Cover Tales of Terror and Mystery Pan Books Collection |0.03
1979 Tales of Terror and Mystery Penguin Books Collection |4
1981 Cover O Enigma do Trem Perdido Francisco Alves Collection
March 1989 Cover The Best Horror Stories of Arthur Conan Doyle Academy Chicago Collection 219
March 1989 Cover Les exploits du Pr Challenger et autres aventures étranges Robert Laffont Omnibus 596
1992 Cover Kun Maa kirkui ja muita epätavallisia tarinoita Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö Collection 176
1992 Cover High Adventure: Tales of Exploration, Escape, and Intrigue Barnes & Noble Books Anthology 31
May 1996 Tales of Terror and Mystery Project Gutenberg Collection |3
2004 Cover The Wordsworth Book of Horror Stories Wordsworth Editions Anthology 155
May 2004 Cover The Captain of the 'Pole-Star': Weird and Imaginative Fiction Ash-Tree Press Collection 313
2005 Cover The Best Horror Stories of Arthur Conan Doyle Academy Chicago Collection
2011 Cover Jobb nem firtatni Delta Vision Kft. Collection 233
February 2012 Cover The Captain of the 'Pole-Star': Weird and Imaginative Fiction Ash-Tree Press Collection |313
February 2012 Cover The Captain of the 'Pole-Star': Weird and Imaginative Fiction Ash-Tree Press Collection |313
July 2012 Cover Συμπαντικές Διαδρομές, July 2012 Εκδόσεις Συμπαντικές Διαδρομές MAGAZINE 110
April 2013 Cover Tales of Terror and Mystery Serenity Publishers Collection |0.03
April 2015 Cover Dreamscapes Into Darkness Firbolg Publishing Anthology |21
April 2015 Cover Dreamscapes Into Darkness Firbolg Publishing Anthology
September 2015 Cover Chilling Ghost Short Stories Flame Tree Publishing Anthology 131
October 2016 Cover Gothic Tales Oxford University Press Collection
October 2016 Cover Gothic Tales Oxford University Press Collection
November 2016 Cover Chilling Ghost Short Stories Flame Tree Publishing Anthology |131
March 2018 Cover Gothic Tales Oxford University Press Collection 348
January 2020 Cover Tales of Terror and Mystery Bibliotech Press Collection |0.03