A lonely woman develops romantic fantasies about the dead in the town storm drainage system.
First published in Mademoiselle (May 1947) per Bradbury Stories
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| May 1947 |
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Dark Carnival | Arkham House | Collection | 269 |
| 1948 |
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Dark Carnival | Hamish Hamilton | Collection | 227 |
| 1955 |
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The October Country | Ballantine Books | Collection | 265 |
| 1956 |
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The October Country | Hart-Davis | Collection | 265 |
| April 1956 |
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The October Country | Ballantine Books | Collection | 239 |
| 1962 |
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The Small Assassin | Ace UK | Collection | 93 |
| March 1962 |
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The October Country | Ballantine Books | Collection | 239 |
| 1964 | The Small Assassin | Four Square Books | Collection | 93 | |
| September 1964 |
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The October Country | Ballantine Books | Collection | 239 |
| September 1964 |
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The October Country | Ballantine Books | Collection | 239 |
| August 1965 |
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The Small Assassin | Four Square Books | Collection | 93 |
| February 1967 |
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The October Country | Ballantine Books | Collection | 239 |
| July 1968 |
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The October Country | Ballantine Books | Collection | 239 |
| June 1969 |
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The October Country | Ballantine Books | Collection | 239 |
| July 1970 |
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The October Country | Alfred A. Knopf | Collection | 239 |
| December 1970 |
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The Small Assassin | New English Library | Collection | 93 |
| February 1971 | The October Country | Ballantine Books | Collection | 239 | |
| July 1971 |
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The October Country | Ballantine Books | Collection | 239 |
| June 1972 |
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The October Country | Ballantine Books | Collection | 239 |
| February 1973 | The October Country | Ballantine Books | Collection | 239 | |
| May 1973 |
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The Small Assassin | New English Library | Collection | 93 |
| June 1973 |
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The October Country | Ballantine Books | Collection | 239 |
| January 1974 | The October Country | Ballantine Books | Collection | 239 | |
| November 1974 | The October Country | Alfred A. Knopf | Collection | 239 | |
| September 1975 |
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The October Country | Ballantine Books | Collection | 239 |
| February 1976 |
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The Small Assassin | Panther | Collection | 111 |
| June 1978 |
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The October Country | Del Rey / Ballantine | Collection | 239 |
| March 1981 |
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The October Country | Del Rey / Ballantine | Collection | 239 |
| December 1982 | The October Country | Del Rey / Ballantine | Collection | 239 | |
| 1984 |
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The Small Assassin | Panther / Granada | Collection | 111 |
| February 1985 | The October Country | Del Rey / Ballantine | Collection | 265 | |
| 1986 |
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The Small Assassin | Grafton | Collection | 111 |
| 1993 |
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The October Country | Ballantine Books | Collection | 265 |
| October 1996 |
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The October Country | Del Rey / Ballantine | Collection | 265 |
| October 1996 |
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The October Country | Ballantine Books | Collection | 265 |
| September 1997 |
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The October Country | Gauntlet Press | Collection | |
| 1998 |
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The October Country | Earthlight | Collection | 265 |
| September 1999 |
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The October Country | Avon Books | Collection | 291 |
| August 2003 |
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Bradbury Stories: 100 of His Most Celebrated Tales | William Morrow / HarperCollins | Collection | 720 |
| September 2003 |
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Bradbury Stories: 100 of His Most Celebrated Tales | William Morrow / HarperCollins / SFBC | Collection | 720 |
| October 2003 |
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Bradbury Stories: 100 of His Most Celebrated Tales | The Easton Press | Collection | 720 |
| April 2005 |
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Bradbury Stories: 100 of His Most Celebrated Tales | Perennial / HarperCollins | Collection | 720 |
| 2007 |
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Bradbury Stories: 100 of His Most Celebrated Tales | Perennial / HarperCollins | Collection | 720 |
| December 2008 | The Ray Bradbury Gift Set | PS Publishing | Omnibus | ||
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| December 2008 |
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Ray Bradbury Stories Volume 2 | HarperVoyager | Collection | |
| June 2012 |
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Ray Bradbury Stories Volume 2 | Harper Voyager (UK) | Collection | |
| June 2018 |
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The October Country | Recorded Books | Collection | |291 |