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After Dark in the Playing Fields

M. R. James

First published 1931
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

First published in the magazine College Days #10, June 28, 1924.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1931 Cover The Collected Ghost Stories of M. R. James Edward Arnold Collection 619
1931 Cover The Collected Ghost Stories of M. R. James Longmans, Green and Co. Collection 619
1944 The Collected Ghost Stories of M. R. James Edward Arnold Collection 619
1964 Cover The Collected Ghost Stories of M. R. James Edward Arnold Collection 619
1974 Cover The Ghost Stories of M. R. James Edward Arnold Collection 619
1975 The Ghost Stories of M. R. James St. Martin's Press Collection 619
1975 The Ghost Stories of M. R. James Edward Arnold Collection 619
1984 Cover The Penguin Complete Ghost Stories of M. R. James Penguin Books Collection 346
October 1987 Cover The Penguin Complete Ghost Stories of M. R. James Penguin Books Collection
1992 Cover Collected Ghost Stories Wordsworth Editions Collection 337
1992 Cover Collected Ghost Stories Wordsworth Editions Collection 337
1993 Cover Collected Ghost Stories Wordsworth Editions Collection 619
1994 Cover Collected Ghost Stories Wordsworth Editions Collection 339
1994 Cover Ghost Stories of M. R. James Godfrey Cave / Penguin Collection 346
August 1994 Cover 100 Creepy Little Creatures Barnes & Noble Books Anthology 1
May 1995 Cover Selected Ghost Stories Senate Collection
July 1995 Cover 100 Creepy Little Creatures Barnes & Noble Books Anthology 1
August 2001 Cover A Pleasing Terror: The Complete Supernatural Writings Ash-Tree Press Collection
2004 Cover The Wordsworth Book of Horror Stories Wordsworth Editions Anthology 726
July 2007 Cover Collected Ghost Stories Wordsworth Editions Collection
October 2009 Cover Ghost Stories, Volume Two BBC Audiobooks Collection |5
October 2011 Cover Collected Ghost Stories Oxford University Press Collection
October 2011 Cover Collected Ghost Stories Oxford University Press Collection
September 2013 Cover Collected Ghost Stories Oxford University Press Collection
2014 Cover Ghost Stories, Volume Two Audible Studios Collection |5
2015 Cover Ghost Stories, Volume Two Audible Studios Collection |5
April 2017 Cover Collected Ghost Stories Oxford University Press Collection
September 2018 Cover Collected Ghost Stories Gateway / Orion Collection
November 2021 Cover Fearsome Fairies: Haunting Tales of the Fae The British Library Anthology 163
December 2021 Cover Ghost Stories Flame Tree Press Anthology 123