Synopsis
A boy secretly worships a ferret he secretly keeps.
Notes
First published in the Westminster Gazette, May 28, 1910. Not really genre, events are unlikely but possible.
External Links
Publications (107)
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1911 | The Chronicles of Clovis | John Lane, The Bodley Head | Collection | 67 |
| July 1931 | Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror, Second Series | Gollancz | Anthology | 1075 |
| 1932 | The Second Omnibus of Crime | Coward-McCann | Anthology | |
| July 1932 | Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror, Second Series | Gollancz | Anthology | 1075 |
| 1936 | Uncanny Stories | Thomas Nelson & Sons | Anthology | |
| January 1937 | Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror, Second Series | Gollancz | Anthology | 1075 |
| June 1939 | The Second Omnibus of Crime: The World's Great Crime Stories | Blue Ribbon Books | Anthology | |
| 1944 | Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural | Modern Library | Anthology | 127 |
| 1947 | Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural | Hammond, Hammond & Co. | Anthology | 114 |
| 1947 | Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural | Modern Library | Anthology | 127 |
| January 1948 | Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror, Second Series | Gollancz | Anthology | 1075 |
| October 1948 | The Chronicles of Clovis | Penguin Books | Collection | |
| February 1949 | Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror, Second Series | Gollancz | Anthology | 1075 |
| 1953 | Tales to Be Told in the Dark: A Selection of Stories from the Great Authors, Arranged for Reading and Telling Aloud | Dodd, Mead & Co. | Anthology | 78 |
| 1953 | Tales to Be Told in the Dark | Faber and Faber | Anthology | 88 |
| 1957 | Stories They Wouldn't Let Me Do on TV | Simon & Schuster | Anthology | |
| 1957 | Stories They Wouldn't Let Me Do on TV | Simon & Schuster | Anthology | 73 |
| 1957 | Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural | Hammond, Hammond & Co. | Anthology | 114 |
| March 1957 | Stories for the Dead of Night | Dell | Anthology | 133 |
| June 1958 | 12 Stories They Wouldn't Let Me Do on TV | Dell | Anthology | 92 |
| 1960 | Horror Stories from Tales to Be Told in the Dark | Ballantine Books | Anthology | 65 |
| 1960 | Stories They Wouldn't Let Me Do on TV | Pan Books | Anthology | 82 |
| July 1960 | Shock—The Magazine of Terrifying Tales, July 1960 | Winston Publications | MAGAZINE | 87 |
| 1964 | 12 Stories They Wouldn't Let Me Do on TV | Dell | Anthology | |7 |
| 1964 | Tales to Be Told in the Dark: A Selection of Stories from the Great Authors, Arranged for Reading and Telling Aloud | Dodd, Mead & Co. | Anthology | 78 |
| January 1965 | Horror Stories from Tales to Be Told in the Dark | Ballantine Bal-Hi | Anthology | 65 |
| March 1965 | Humor Horror and the Supernatural | Scholastic Book Services | Collection | 34 |
| March 1966 | Incredible Tales | Dell | Collection | 12 |
| 1967 | Stories They Wouldn't Let Me Do on TV | Pan Books | Anthology | 82 |
| April 1967 | Stories for the Dead of Night | Dell Laurel-Leaf | Anthology | 111 |
| May 1967 | Tales to Be Told in the Dark | Faber and Faber | Anthology | 88 |
| 1968 | More Tales to Tremble By | Whitman Publishing Company | Anthology | 36 |
| 1968 | The Best of Both Worlds: An Anthology of Stories for All Ages | Doubleday | Anthology | 214 |
| January 1968 | Humor Horror and the Supernatural | Scholastic Book Services | Collection | 34 |
| January 1969 | Horror Stories from Tales to Be Told in the Dark | Ballantine Bal-Hi | Anthology | 65 |
| October 1969 | Horror Stories from Tales to Be Told in the Dark | Ballantine Bal-Hi | Anthology | 65 |
| September 1970 | Humor Horror and the Supernatural | Scholastic Book Services | Collection | 34 |
| 1971 | The Sixth Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories | Fontana | Anthology | 72 |
| 1971 | Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural | Hammond, Hammond & Co. | Anthology | 114 |
| August 1971 | Incredible Tales | Dell Laurel-Leaf | Collection | 12 |
| 1972 | Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural | Hammond, Hammond & Co. | Anthology | 114 |
| January 1972 | Humor Horror and the Supernatural | Scholastic Book Services | Collection | 34 |
| April 1972 | Young Demons | Avon | Anthology | 13 |
| April 1972 | Young Demons | Avon | Anthology | 13 |
| 1973 | Speculations | Glencoe Press | Anthology | |
| August 1974 | Ghosts, Castles, and Victims: Studies in Gothic Terror | Fawcett Crest | Anthology | 476 |
| December 1974 | Humor Horror and the Supernatural | Scholastic Book Services | Collection | 34 |
| 1976 | The Complete Works of Saki | Doubleday | Omnibus | 136 |
| 1977 | Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural | Book Club Associates | Anthology | 114 |
| 1978 | Short Stories | J. M. Dent | Collection | 208 |
| 1978 | The Sixth Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories | Fontana | Anthology | |
| 1978 | Getting Even: Gripping Tales of Revenge | Bobbs-Merrill Company | Anthology | 1 |
| June 1979 | Wolf's Complete Book of Terror | Clarkson N. Potter | Anthology | 167 |
| June 1979 | Wolf's Complete Book of Terror | Clarkson N. Potter | Anthology | 167 |
| 1982 | The Complete Saki | Penguin Books | Omnibus | 136 |
| 1982 | Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural | Hutchinson | Anthology | 114 |
| 1982 | Suspense | John Murray | Anthology | 115 |
| November 1982 | Great Short Tales of Mystery and Terror | Reader's Digest Association | Anthology | 618 |
| 1983 | The Best of Saki | Picador | Collection | 49 |
| 1984 | Chamber of Horrors | Octopus Books | Anthology | 283 |
| 1985 | Short Stories | J. M. Dent | Collection | 208 |
| 1985 | Chamber of Horrors | Octopus Books | Anthology | 283 |
| 1986 | The Chronicles of Clovis | Penguin Books | Collection | 51 |
| 1987 | Chamber of Horrors | Gallery Books / W. H. Smith | Anthology | 283 |
| March 1988 | Ghost Stories | Kingfisher | Anthology | 96 |
| 1990 | The Masque of the Red Death and Other Stories | Viking Kestrel | Anthology | 39 |
| July 1991 | Ghost Stories | Kingfisher | Anthology | 96 |
| 1993 | 100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories | Barnes & Noble Books | Anthology | 417 |
| 1993 | The Complete Stories of Saki | Wordsworth Editions | Omnibus | 99 |
| March 1993 | Ghost Stories | Kingfisher (US) | Anthology | 96 |
| 1994 | Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural | Modern Library | Anthology | 123 |
| April 1994 | 100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories | Michael O'Mara Books | Anthology | 417 |
| October 1994 | Tales of Terror and the Supernatural | Bracken Books | Anthology | 75 |
| October 1994 | Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural | Modern Library | Anthology | 123 |
| November 1994 | Wolf's Complete Book of Terror | Newmarket Press | Anthology | 137 |
| 1995 | 100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories | Barnes & Noble Books | Anthology | 417 |
| 1996 | Tales of Terror and the Supernatural: A Classic Collection | Leopard | Anthology | 75 |
| 1997 | 100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories | Barnes & Noble Books | Anthology | 417 |
| April 1997 | Ghost Stories | Kingfisher | Anthology | 96 |
| November 1997 | The Riverside Anthology of Short Fiction: Convention and Innovation | Houghton Mifflin | Anthology | 441 |
| 1998 | The Raven and the Monkey's Paw: Classics of Horror and Suspense from the Modern Library | Modern Library | Anthology | 162 |
| May 1998 | The Complete Saki | Penguin Books | Omnibus | 136 |
| October 2000 | Saki: The Complete Short Stories | Penguin Books | Collection | 136 |
| 2002 | Stories They Wouldn't Let Me Do on TV | Amereon House | Anthology | 73 |
| 2003 | 100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories | Sterling Publishing | Anthology | 417 |
| January 2003 | The Chronicles of Clovis | Project Gutenberg | Collection | |
| September 2003 | Ghost Stories | Kingfisher (US) | Anthology | 96 |
| 2004 | The Wordsworth Book of Horror Stories | Wordsworth Editions | Anthology | 1038 |
| 2004 | 100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories | Barnes & Noble Books | Anthology | 417 |
| June 2007 | The Drabblecast, #19 | The Drabblecast | MAGAZINE | |
| July 2007 | Spinetinglers: Ghoulish Ghost Stories | Kingfisher (US) | Anthology | 95 |
| January 2008 | Great Horror Stories: Tales by Stoker, Poe, Lovecraft and Others | Dover Publications | Anthology | |
| January 2008 | Great Horror Stories: Tales by Stoker, Poe, Lovecraft and Others | Dover Publications | Anthology | 50 |
| February 2008 | The Chronicles of Clovis | LibriVox | Collection | |10 |
| May 2011 | The Big Book of Adventure Stories | Vintage Crime / Black Lizard / Vintage Books | Anthology | 175 |
| October 2011 | The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories | Corvus | Anthology | |
| May 2012 | The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories | Tor | Anthology | 53 |
| May 2012 | The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories | Tor | Anthology | 53 |
| October 2012 | Short Ghost and Horror Story Collection 18 | LibriVox | Anthology | |13 |
| November 2012 | The Chronicles of Clovis | CreateSpace | Collection | |
| August 2013 | Primeval: A Journal of the Uncanny, Issue 1 | Blood Bound Books | MAGAZINE | |
| September 2013 | Primeval: A Journal of the Uncanny, Issue 1 | Blood Bound Books | MAGAZINE | |
| May 2016 | The Chronicles of Clovis | LibriVox | Collection | |10 |
| December 2016 | Great Horror Stories: 101 Chilling Tales | Fall River Press | Anthology | 568 |
| April 2017 | Classic Horror Tales | Canterbury Classics | Anthology | |14 |
| November 2018 | Future Past and Other Premonitions | Living Time | Anthology | |
| September 2019 | HorrorBabble's Ultimate Weird Tales Collection, Volume II | HorrorBabble | Anthology | |2 |