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The Illustrated Man

Ray Bradbury

First published October 1950
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Synopsis

A carnival worker is goaded by his wife into becoming the tattooed man for the freak show, but the strange old woman who does the tattooing possesses a supernatural talent.

Notes

First published in Esquire (July 1950)

Publications (33)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
October 1950 Argosy, October 1950 The Amalgamated Press MAGAZINE 21
1951 In the Grip of Terror Permabooks Anthology 7
March 1957 Stories for the Dead of Night Dell Anthology 273
September 1965 The Vintage Bradbury Vintage Books Collection 252
September 1965 The Vintage Bradbury Vintage Books Collection 252
1966 The Vintage Bradbury Vintage Books Collection
1967 The Eighth Pan Book of Horror Stories Pan Books Anthology 33
April 1967 Stories for the Dead of Night Dell Laurel-Leaf Anthology 228
1974 Man Unwept: Visions from the Inner Eye McGraw-Hill Anthology 239
1975 Bradbury Reads Bradbury: Volume 4 Listening Library Collection |1
1978 Horrors, Horrors, Horrors Franklin Watts Anthology 117
1979 The Eighth Pan Book of Horror Stories Pan Books Anthology 33
1979 Fantastic Tales of Ray Bradbury Listening Library Collection |9
1986 The Illustrated Man Grafton Collection 15
1988 The Illustrated Man Grafton Collection 15
July 1990 The Vintage Bradbury Vintage Books Collection 252
1992 Fantastic Tales of Ray Bradbury Listening Library Collection 9
August 1994 Reel Future Barnes & Noble Books / SFBC Anthology 300
September 1994 Reel Future Barnes & Noble Books Anthology 300
May 1996 The Illustrated Man Gauntlet Press Collection
June 1997 The Illustrated Man Avon Books Collection 258
2001 The Illustrated Man William Morrow / HarperCollins Collection 258
November 2001 The Illustrated Man Book-of-the-Month Club Collection 258
August 2003 Bradbury Stories: 100 of His Most Celebrated Tales William Morrow / HarperCollins Collection 383
September 2003 Bradbury Stories: 100 of His Most Celebrated Tales William Morrow / HarperCollins / SFBC Collection 383
October 2003 Bradbury Stories: 100 of His Most Celebrated Tales The Easton Press Collection 383
April 2005 Bradbury Stories: 100 of His Most Celebrated Tales Perennial / HarperCollins Collection 383
2007 Bradbury Stories: 100 of His Most Celebrated Tales Perennial / HarperCollins Collection 383
December 2008 Ray Bradbury Stories Volume 2 HarperVoyager Collection
January 2011 The Martian Chronicles / The Illustrated Man / The Golden Apples of the Sun Barnes & Noble Books Omnibus 493
January 2011 The Illustrated Man and Other Short Stories: L'homme illustré et autres nouvelles Gallimard Collection 125
October 2011 The Illustrated Man Harper Perennial Modern Classics Collection 258
June 2012 Ray Bradbury Stories Volume 2 Harper Voyager (UK) Collection