"The Tale the Hermit Told has appeared earlier (in a slightly different form) in his Oddments, Inklings, Omens, Moments" per his bio on p. 4 of The Twilight Zone Magazine, August 1981; that book was published in 1959 but there is a 1978 copyright date on the last page of the poem in the magazine.
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1981 |
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Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine, August 1981 | TZ Publications, Inc. | MAGAZINE | 76 |