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The Canal

Everil Worrell

First published December 1927
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette

Notes

The original version as appeared in Weird Tales in 1927 and 1935 is approximately 8500 words. A later abridged and substantially altered version is under 6,500 words and appeared in "The Vampire Archives" and possibly other earlier locations.

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Publications (28)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
December 1927 Weird Tales, December 1927 Popular Fiction Publishing Co. MAGAZINE 789
April 1935 Weird Tales, April 1935 Popular Fiction Publishing Co. MAGAZINE 508|508.2
1947 The Sleeping and the Dead: Thirty Uncanny Tales Pellegrini & Cudahy Anthology 257
December 1948 Avon Fantasy Reader, No. 8 Avon Publishing Co. MAGAZINE 107
September 1957 Phantom, September 1957 Dalrow Publications Limited MAGAZINE 12
1964 The Unquiet Grave Four Square Books Anthology 109
1968 The Unquiet Grave Four Square Books Anthology
1971 The Undead Neville Spearman Anthology 194
1973 The Undead Pan Books Anthology 196
June 1976 The Undead Pocket Books Anthology 192
August 1992 Weird Vampire Tales Gramercy Books Anthology 59
September 1997 Girls' Night Out: Twenty-Nine Female Vampire Stories Barnes & Noble Books Anthology 523
November 2005 H.P. Lovecraft's Favorite Weird Tales: The Roots of Modern Horror Cold Spring Press Anthology 343
October 2009 The Vampire Archives: The Most Complete Volume of Vampire Tales Ever Published Vintage Crime / Black Lizard / Vintage Books Anthology 612
June 2010 The Vampire Archives: The Most Complete Volume of Vampire Tales Ever Published Vintage Crime/Black Lizard / SFBC Anthology 612
2019 Weird Tales (disc 2) Anthology 789|21006789
2019 Weird Tales (disc 3, part 2) Anthology 508|32504508.2
May 2019 Pseudopod, #648 Escape Artists, Inc. MAGAZINE
November 2020 The Women of Weird Tales: Stories by Everil Worrell, Eli Colter, Mary Elizabeth Counselman and Greye La Spina Valancourt Books Anthology 58
November 2020 The Women of Weird Tales: Stories by Everil Worrell, Eli Colter, Mary Elizabeth Counselman and Greye La Spina Valancourt Books Anthology 58
November 2020 The Women of Weird Tales: Stories by Everil Worrell, Eli Colter, Mary Elizabeth Counselman and Greye La Spina Valancourt Books Anthology |5
June 2022 HorrorBabble's Vampires: 16 Classic Stories HorrorBabble Anthology |15
July 2022 HorrorBabble's Vampires: 16 Classic Stories HorrorBabble Anthology |15
October 2022 Horror Historia Red CSRC Storytelling Anthology 403
February 2023 The Canal and Other Weird Stories Weird House Press Collection 13
March 2024 Tales of Horror Lyons Press Anthology |23
March 2024 Tales of Horror Lyons Press Anthology |23
January 2025 Weird Tales: The Best of the 1920s Centipede Press Anthology 405|405.2