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The House in Goblin Wood

John Dickson Carr

First published November 1947
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette

A woman who, as a girl years ago had mysteriously disappeared from her room and reappeared a week later, returns to the same cottage and again disappears.

This is a non-genre locked room mystery.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
November 1947 Cover Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, November 1947 MAGAZINE
1963 Cover Bedside Tales of Mystery and Suspense Panther Anthology 7
1976 Cover Dying of Fright: Masterpieces of the Macabre Charles Scribner's Sons Anthology 240
May 1985 Cover Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural Doubleday / SFBC Anthology 429
June 1985 Cover Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural Doubleday Anthology 429
October 1990 Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural Dorset Press Anthology
December 1991 Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural Macdonald Anthology
October 1992 Cover Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural Warner Books UK Anthology