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A Pastoral Horror

Arthur Conan Doyle

First published December 1890
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Synopsis

A masked killer terrorizes a village in Bavaria. He is eventually identified by the marks that one of his victims left on him while fighting him.

Notes

Not really speculative, although the killer is a madman. First published, unsigned, in People magazine, 21 december 1890.

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Publications (14)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
December 1890 The People, 21 December 1890 MAGAZINE
1982 Uncollected Stories: The Unknown Conan Doyle Secker & Warburg Collection 275
1983 Uncollected Stories: The Unknown Conan Doyle Secker & Warburg Collection 275
February 1984 Uncollected Stories: The Unknown Conan Doyle Doubleday Collection 275
April 1988 The Supernatural Tales of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle W. Foulsham & Co. Collection 119
2000 The Supernatural Tales of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Gramercy Books Collection
May 2004 The Captain of the 'Pole-Star': Weird and Imaginative Fiction Ash-Tree Press Collection 173
February 2012 The Captain of the 'Pole-Star': Weird and Imaginative Fiction Ash-Tree Press Collection |173
February 2012 The Captain of the 'Pole-Star': Weird and Imaginative Fiction Ash-Tree Press Collection |173
March 2012 The Conan Doyle Weirdbook Theaker's Paperback Library Collection
October 2012 Terrifying Transformations: An Anthology of Victorian Werewolf Fiction, 1838-1896 Valancourt Books Anthology
October 2016 Gothic Tales Oxford University Press Collection
October 2016 Gothic Tales Oxford University Press Collection
March 2018 Gothic Tales Oxford University Press Collection 185