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The End of the Party

Graham Greene

First published January 1932
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Synopsis

Ten-year-old twin brothers depend on each other and are afraid when apart. At a party they are unwillingly forced to play hide-and-seek in the dark separately.

Publications (26)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
January 1932 The London Mercury, January 1932 MAGAZINE
1934 The Evening Standard Book of Strange Stories Hutchinson Anthology 649
December 1950 Worlds Beyond, December 1950 Hillman Periodicals, Inc. MAGAZINE 32
March 1953 Children of Wonder: 21 Remarkable and Fantastic Tales Simon & Schuster Anthology 179
July 1953 Children of Wonder: 21 Remarkable and Fantastic Tales Simon & Schuster / SFBC Anthology 179
1954 Twenty-One Stories William Heinemann Collection 35
June 1954 Outsiders: Children of Wonder Permabooks Anthology 197
1957 Best Horror Stories Faber and Faber Anthology 151
1962 Best Horror Stories Faber and Faber Anthology 151
1967 The Edge of the Chair Harper & Row Anthology 202
1968 The Best of Both Worlds: An Anthology of Stories for All Ages Doubleday Anthology 78
August 1969 Skeleton Keys: Tales from the Edge of the Chair Dell Anthology 228
1971 The Sixth Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories Fontana Anthology 53
March 1971 The Light Fantastic Charles Scribner's Sons Anthology 76
October 1971 The Light Fantastic: Science Fiction Classics from the Mainstream Charles Scribner's Sons Anthology 76
May 1972 The Light Fantastic Charles Scribner's Sons Anthology 76
August 1972 Perchance to Dream Doubleday Anthology 12
1973 Twenty-One Stories Penguin Books Collection 34
January 1973 Perchance to Dream Manor Books Anthology 12
March 1974 Perchance to Dream Gollancz Anthology 12
1976 Perchance to Dream Manor Books Anthology 12
September 1976 Perchance to Dream Coronet Anthology 24
1978 The Sixth Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories Fontana Anthology
1978 Horror Stories Ward, Lock Anthology 69
February 1981 Twenty-One Stories Penguin Books Collection
October 2010 Twenty-One Stories Vintage Digital Collection