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The Extra Passenger

August Derleth

First published 1947
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

A man uses a train ride as an alibi while he leaves the train to commit a murder, but his perfect plan is spoiled when he returns to his compartment to find somebody there who might have noticed his absence.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1947 Cover The Night Side Rinehart Anthology 59
January 1947 Cover Weird Tales, January 1947 Weird Tales MAGAZINE 33
September 1948 Cover Los Cuentos Fantásticos, No. 6 Enigma (México) MAGAZINE 21
1963 Cover Mr. George and Other Odd Persons Arkham House Collection 152
July 1964 Cover Mr. George and Other Odd Persons Belmont Books Collection 112
1965 Cover When Graveyards Yawn Tandem Collection 114
November 1966 Cover The Night Side Four Square Books Anthology 62
1968 Cover More Tales to Tremble By Whitman Publishing Company Anthology 139
February 1983 Cover The Gruesome Book Piccolo Anthology 30
1985 Cover Realms of Darkness Octopus Books Anthology 261
1985 Cover Realms of Darkness Octopus Books Anthology 261
1988 Cover Realms of Darkness Chartwell Books Anthology 261
December 1994 Cover 100 Wild Little Weird Tales Barnes & Noble Books Anthology 167
1997 Cover 100 Wild Little Weird Tales Barnes & Noble Books Anthology 167
2005 Cover 100 Wild Little Weird Tales Barnes & Noble Books Anthology 167
February 2009 Cover That Is Not Dead: The Black Magic & Occult Stories by August Derleth The Battered Silicon Dispatch Box & Arkham House & The August Derleth Society Collection 233
February 2009 Cover That Is Not Dead: The Black Magic & Occult Stories by August Derleth The Battered Silicon Dispatch Box & Arkham House & The August Derleth Society Collection 233
2012 Cover Weird Tales Pulp Classics on DVD Anthology 33|33033