First published as "The Oil of a Dog: A Tragic Episode in the Life of an Eminent Educator," in the Oakland Tribune, October 11, 1890.
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1927 | My Favorite Murder and Other Stories | Haldeman-Julius | Collection | |2 | |
| 1970 |
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The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce | Doubleday | Collection | 427 |
| November 1971 |
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The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce, Volume II: The World of War and the World of Tall Tales | Ballantine Books | Collection | 211 |
| 1973 |
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Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce: The Irreverent Humor of the Great Satirist | CMS | Collection | |2 |
| November 1974 |
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A Shocking Thing | Pocket Books | Anthology | 165 |
| November 1974 |
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A Shocking Thing | Pocket Books | Anthology | 165 |
| September 1975 |
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Brother Theodore's Chamber of Horrors | Pinnacle Books | Anthology | 102 |
| 1976 |
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Dying of Fright: Masterpieces of the Macabre | Charles Scribner's Sons | Anthology | 102 |
| 1980 |
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A Harvest of Horrors | Vanguard Press / BOMC | Anthology | 118 |
| May 1980 |
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A Harvest of Horrors | Vanguard Press | Anthology | 118 |
| 1984 |
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The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce | University of Nebraska Press | Collection | 427 |
| 1984 | The Best of Ambrose Bierce | Castle / Book Sales | Omnibus | 474 | |
| December 1987 |
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The Devil's Advocate: An Ambrose Bierce Reader | Chronicle Books | Omnibus | 216 |
| 1988 |
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The Collected Writings of Ambrose Bierce | Picador / Pan Books | Omnibus | 800 |
| March 1988 |
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Hunger for Horror | DAW Books | Anthology | 90 |
| April 1992 |
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The Little Book of Horrors | Xanadu | Anthology | 73 |
| October 1999 |
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100 Hilarious Little Howlers | Barnes & Noble Books | Anthology | 323 |
| June 2010 | Pseudopod, #200 | Escape Artists, Inc. | MAGAZINE | ||
| July 2012 |
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Ambrose Bierce: Masters of the Weird Tale | Centipede Press | Collection | |
| July 2013 |
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The Dog Megapack: 25 Curly Canine Tales, Old and New | Borgo Press / Wildside Press | Anthology | 534 |