First published: The Idler, Oct. 1896.
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897 |
|
Thirty Strange Stories | Edward Arnold | Collection | 366 |
| March 1897 |
|
The Plattner Story and Others | Methuen | Collection | 94 |
| 1898 |
|
Thirty Strange Stories | Harper & Brothers | Collection | 366 |
| July 1900 |
|
The Plattner Story and Others | Tauchnitz | Collection | 98 |
| 1924 |
|
Tales of the Unexpected | W. Collins Sons | Collection | 211 |
| 1927 |
|
The Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Ernest Benn | Collection | 445 |
| 1927 |
|
The Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Ernest Benn | Collection | 445 |
| September 1927 |
|
The Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Ernest Benn | Collection | 445 |
| October 1927 | The Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Ernest Benn | Collection | 445 | |
| 1929 |
|
The Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Doubleday, Doran | Collection | |
| 1929 | The Famous Short Stories of H. G. Wells | The Literary Guild | Collection | ||
| 1930 |
|
Der Apfel vom Baum der Erkenntnis | Zsolnay | Collection | |1 |
| 1931 | The Stolen Body and Other Tales of the Unexpected | London Book Co. | Collection | |12 | |
| 1937 |
|
The Famous Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Doubleday, Doran | Collection | 386 |
| 1937 | The Favorite Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Doubleday, Doran | Collection | 386 | |
| 1938 |
|
The Famous Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Garden City Publishing Co. | Collection | 386 |
| 1938 |
|
The Famous Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Doubleday, Doran | Collection | 386 |
| August 1943 | The Man Who Could Work Miracles | Todd Publishing Co. | Collection | ||
| 1948 |
|
The Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Ernest Benn | Collection | 445 |
| 1953 | Seven Stories | Oxford University Press | Collection | ||
| 1954 | Tales of the Unexpected | Collins | Collection | ||
| 1957 |
|
The Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Ernest Benn | Collection | 445 |
| 1960 |
|
The Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Ernest Benn | Collection | 394 |
| 1965 | The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Ernest Benn | Collection | ||
| 1965 |
|
The Cone | Fontana | Collection | 124 |
| February 1965 |
|
The Inexperienced Ghost and Nine Other Stories | Bantam Books | Collection | 64 |
| 1966 | Best Science Fiction Stories of H. G. Wells | Dover Publications | Collection | |8 | |
| 1966 | Best Science Fiction Stories of H. G. Wells | Peter Smith Publisher | Collection | ||
| July 1966 | The Inexperienced Ghost and Nine Other Stories | Bantam Books | Collection | 64 | |
| September 1966 |
|
The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Ernest Benn | Collection | 394 |
| 1974 |
|
Thirty Strange Stories | Causeway Books | Collection | 366 |
| 1974 |
|
The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Ernest Benn | Collection | 394 |
| March 1976 |
|
Racconti | Garzanti | Collection | 73 |
| October 1978 |
|
Les pirates des mer et autres nouvelles | Jules Tallandier | Collection | 205 |
| September 1980 |
|
Der Apfel vom Baum der Erkenntnis | Zsolnay | Collection | 67 |
| October 1982 |
|
Der Apfel vom Baum der Erkenntnis | Ullstein | Collection | 67 |
| 1987 | The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells | St. Martin's Press | Collection | 394 | |
| March 1998 |
|
Thirty Strange Stories | Carroll & Graf | Collection | 295 |
| May 1998 |
|
The Red Room and Other Stories | Phoenix | Collection | 195 |
| August 1998 |
|
The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells | J. M. Dent | Collection | 152 |
| December 2006 |
|
The Man Who Could Work Miracles | Tartarus Press | Collection | |
| 2009 |
|
A Dream of Armageddon: The Complete Supernatural Tales | Fall River Press | Collection | 122 |
| January 2009 |
|
A Dream of Armageddon | Cybraria | Collection | |
| May 2010 |
|
A Dream of Armageddon | Kessinger | Collection | |
| February 2011 |
|
H. G. Wells: Tales of the Weird and Supernatural | Coachwhip Publications | Collection | |
| April 2011 |
|
Complete Short Story Omnibus | Gollancz | Collection | 164 |
| April 2013 |
|
The Plattner Story and Others | Forgotten Books | Collection | |
| June 2013 |
|
The Plattner Story and Others | Project Gutenberg | Collection | |94 |
| February 2017 |
|
Short Stories: Anthology of Classic Tales | Flame Tree Publishing | Collection | 166 |
| 2018 |
|
Short Stories: Anthology of Classic Tales | Flame Tree Publishing | Collection | 166 |
| May 2018 |
|
The Best Science Fiction Stories of H. G. Wells | Dover Publications | Collection | 223 |
| May 2018 |
|
The Best Science Fiction Stories of H. G. Wells | Dover Publications | Collection | |223 |
| December 2018 |
|
Short Stories: Anthology of Classic Tales | Flame Tree Publishing | Collection | |17 |
| June 2019 | Thirty Strange Stories | Project Gutenberg | Collection | |366 | |
| 2020 |
|
Short Stories: Anthology of Classic Tales | Flame Tree Publishing | Collection | 166 |
| September 2021 | Tales of the Unexpected | Project Gutenberg | Collection | |211 |