A couple's uncommunicative tenants have a secret.
First publication in Escapade, October 1955 as "The Mice." Revised and collected in A Medicine for Melancholy (1959) as "The Little Mice." (Source: Jonathan R. Eller and William F. Touponce, Ray Bradbury: The Life of Fiction (Kent State University Press, 2004, Appendix A, page 474.)
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 |
|
A Medicine for Melancholy | Doubleday | Collection | 195 |
| 1959 |
|
The Day It Rained Forever | Hart-Davis | Collection | |
| April 1960 |
|
A Medicine for Melancholy | Bantam Books | Collection | 148 |
| May 1960 |
|
The Day It Rained Forever | The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) | Collection | 193 |
| 1963 |
|
The Day It Rained Forever | Penguin Books | Collection | 176 |
| September 1963 |
|
A Medicine for Melancholy | Bantam Books | Collection | 148 |
| September 1963 |
|
A Medicine for Melancholy | Bantam Books | Collection | 148 |
| 1964 |
|
The Day It Rained Forever | Penguin Books | Collection | 176 |
| September 1965 |
|
The Vintage Bradbury | Vintage Books | Collection | 76 |
| September 1965 | The Vintage Bradbury | Vintage Books | Collection | 76 | |
| 1966 | The Vintage Bradbury | Vintage Books | Collection | ||
| 1966 |
|
The Day It Rained Forever | Penguin Books | Collection | 176 |
| January 1966 |
|
Twice Twenty-two | Doubleday | Omnibus | 368 |
| March 1966 |
|
Twice Twenty-two | Doubleday / SFBC | Omnibus | 368 |
| May 1967 |
|
A Medicine for Melancholy | Bantam Books | Collection | 148 |
| July 1967 |
|
A Medicine for Melancholy | Bantam Books | Collection | 148 |
| 1969 |
|
The Day It Rained Forever | Penguin Books | Collection | 176 |
| January 1971 |
|
A Medicine for Melancholy | Bantam Books | Collection | 148 |
| November 1974 |
|
The Day It Rained Forever | Penguin Books | Collection | 176 |
| June 1977 |
|
A Medicine for Melancholy | Bantam Books | Collection | 148 |
| 1978 |
|
The Day It Rained Forever | Penguin Books | Collection | 176 |
| 1980 |
|
The Day It Rained Forever | Penguin Books | Collection | 176 |
| 1981 |
|
The Day It Rained Forever | Penguin Books | Collection | 176 |
| September 1981 |
|
A Medicine for Melancholy | Bantam Books | Collection | 148 |
| October 1987 |
|
The Day It Rained Forever | Penguin Books | Collection | 176 |
| 1988 |
|
The Day It Rained Forever | Penguin Books | Collection | 176 |
| May 1990 |
|
Classic Stories 2 | Bantam Spectra | Collection | 115 |
| July 1990 | The Vintage Bradbury | Vintage Books | Collection | 76 | |
| November 1991 |
|
The Day It Rained Forever | Roc UK | Collection | 176 |
| 1998 |
|
A Medicine for Melancholy and Other Stories | Avon Books | Collection | 104 |
| 2001 |
|
A Medicine for Melancholy and Other Stories | Perennial / HarperCollins | Collection | 104 |
| November 2008 |
|
The Day It Rained Forever | PS Publishing | Collection | |
| November 2008 |
|
The Day It Rained Forever | PS Publishing | Collection | |
| November 2008 |
|
The Day It Rained Forever / A Medicine for Melancholy | PS Publishing | Omnibus | |
| April 2013 |
|
A Medicine for Melancholy and Other Stories | William Morrow / HarperCollins | Collection | |104 |
| April 2018 |
|
A Medicine for Melancholy and Other Stories | Recorded Books | Collection | |104 |