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The Mortal Immortal

Mary Shelley

First published 1891
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story


First published late 1833 in The Keepsake for MDCCCXXXIV (The Keepsake), pp. 71-87, as "The Mortal Immortal: A Tale", as "by the Author of Frankenstein." (viewed at Google Books)

"Print history of 'The Mortal Immortal' " (Romantic-Circles.org) provides a hypertext edition and much more.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1891 Cover Tales and Stories William Paterson Collection 148
1891 Tales and Stories J. B. Lippincott Collection |148
1910 The Mortal Immortal Mossant, Vallon Chapbook
July 1931 Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror, Second Series Gollancz Anthology 1080
July 1932 Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror, Second Series Gollancz Anthology 1080
1934 Cover A Century of Thrillers: From Poe to Arlen Daily Express Publications Anthology 167
1934 Cover A Century of Thrillers: From Poe to Arlen Daily Express Publications Anthology 167
1937 Cover Century of Thrillers President Press Anthology 94|3094
January 1937 Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror, Second Series Gollancz Anthology 1080
June 1943 More Tales of Terror and Surprise Mitre Press Anthology 109
January 1948 Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror, Second Series Gollancz Anthology 1080
February 1949 Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror, Second Series Gollancz Anthology 1080
October 1966 Cover Beyond the Curtain of Dark Four Square Books Anthology 182
February 1967 Cover Masterpieces of Science Fiction World Publishing Co. Anthology 44
November 1972 Cover Beyond the Curtain of Dark Pinnacle Books Anthology 202
November 1972 Cover Beyond the Curtain of Dark New English Library Anthology 182
1974 Cover Masterpieces of Science Fiction Hyperion Press Anthology 44
1974 Cover Masterpieces of Science Fiction Hyperion Press Anthology 44
1974 Cover Ut av mørket Fredhøis Forlag A/S Anthology 54
1975 Cover Masters of the Macabre Doubleday Anthology 15
1975 Masters of the Macabre Doubleday Anthology 15
February 1975 Cover Classic Ghost Stories by Charles Dickens and Others Dover Publications Anthology 118
June 1975 Tales and Stories Gregg Press Collection 148
1976 Cover Collected Tales and Stories with Original Engravings The Johns Hopkins University Press Collection 219
July 1976 Cover Galassia, #217 Casa Editrice La Tribuna MAGAZINE 39
October 1977 Cover Tales of a Monster Hunter Arthur Barker Anthology 23
1978 Cover Tales of a Monster Hunter Futura Anthology
1979 Cover Science Fiction: Creators and Pioneers Richards Rosen Press Anthology 29
1980 Cover Strange Stories of the Supernatural Watermill Press Anthology 96
June 1981 Cover Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Science Fiction of the 19th Century Beaufort Books Anthology 49
1982 Cover Tales of Imagination and Suspense Silver Burdett Press Anthology 202
1983 Cover Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Science Fiction of the 19th Century Gollancz Anthology 49
1983 Cover Science Fiction Erzählungen des 19.Jahrhunderts Heyne Anthology 53
July 1986 Cover The Book of the Dead: Thirteen Classic Tales of the Supernatural New Orchard Anthology 369
1990 Cover Collected Tales and Stories with Original Engravings The Johns Hopkins University Press Collection 219
July 1990 The Mary Shelley Reader Oxford University Press Omnibus 314
July 1990 The Mary Shelley Reader Oxford University Press Omnibus 314
1991 Cover Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Science Fiction of the 19th Century Knightsbridge Anthology 49
December 1992 Cover The Lifted Veil: The Book of Fantastic Literature by Women 1800-World War II Xanadu Anthology 20
February 1993 Cover The Lifted Veil: The Book of Fantastic Literature by Women 1800-World War II Carroll & Graf Anthology 20
1994 Cover Strange Stories of the Supernatural Watermill Press Anthology 96
1994 Cover Peter Cushing's Monster Movies Robert Hale Anthology 23
April 1994 Cover The Lifted Veil: The Book of Fantastic Literature by Women 1800-World War II Carroll & Graf Anthology 20
August 1994 Cover The SF Collection Chancellor Press Anthology 1
May 1995 Cover The Penguin Book of Classic Fantasy by Women Penguin Books Anthology 20
November 1996 Cover The Mortal Immortal: The Complete Supernatural Short Fiction Tachyon Publications Collection 1
November 1996 The Mortal Immortal: The Complete Supernatural Short Fiction Tachyon Publications Collection 1
July 2000 Cover The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy Prentice-Hall Anthology 8
February 2001 Cover The Treasury of the Fantastic: Romanticism to Early Twentieth Century Literature North Atlantic Books/Tachyon Publications/Frog, Ltd. Anthology 84
2003 Cover The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy Prentice-Hall Anthology 8
April 2007 Cover Vampires Viking Australia Anthology 9
September 2007 Cover Classic Tales of Horror: Volume Two Bloody Books Anthology 24
January 2010 Cover Horror Masters Vol. 8 River Styx Publishing Anthology
February 2010 Cover The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Mary Shelley: Volume 1 Leonaur Ltd Omnibus |3
February 2010 Cover The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Mary Shelley: Volume 1 Leonaur Ltd Omnibus
August 2010 Cover The Dreaming Sex: Early Tales of Scientific Imagination by Women Peter Owen Anthology 40
September 2011 Cover Short Ghost and Horror Story Collection 14 LibriVox Anthology |14
2012 Cover The Monster-Maker and Other Science Fiction Classics Fall River Press Anthology 1
August 2013 Cover The Treasury of the Fantastic: Romanticism to Early Twentieth Century Literature Tachyon Publications Anthology 66
August 2013 Cover The Short Stories Of Mary Shelley Miniature Masterpieces Collection
February 2015 Cover 100 Great Short Stories Dover Publications Anthology
March 2015 Cover 100 Great Short Stories Dover Publications Anthology 41
April 2015 Cover Dreamscapes Into Darkness Firbolg Publishing Anthology |23
April 2015 Cover Dreamscapes Into Darkness Firbolg Publishing Anthology
August 2015 Cover Chilling Horror Flame Tree Publishing Anthology 387
September 2016 Cover Classic Tales of Horror Arcturus Publishing Anthology |1
November 2016 Cover Chilling Horror Flame Tree Publishing Anthology |387
October 2017 Cover Classic Tales of Horror Arcturus Publishing Anthology
November 2017 Cover The Classic Horror Collection Arcturus Publishing Anthology |15
January 2018 Cover HorrorBabble's Classic Horror: Volume 3 HorrorBabble Anthology |6
January 2018 Cover HorrorBabble's Classic Horror: Volume 3 HorrorBabble Anthology |6
February 2018 Cover Beyond Frankenstein: The Complete Supernatural Short Fiction Particle Books / Tachyon Publications Collection |3
March 2018 Tales and Stories Project Gutenberg Collection 148
March 2018 Cover The Classic Horror Collection Arcturus Publishing Anthology |15
May 2018 Cover The Classic Horror Collection Sirius / Arcturus Publishing Anthology |15
September 2018 Cover Frankenstein and Others: The Complete Weird Fiction of Mary Shelley Hippocampus Press Collection |6
December 2018 Cover Horror Stories Flame Tree Publishing Anthology 254
December 2018 Cover Horror Stories Flame Tree Press Anthology |254
September 2019 Cover Promethean Horrors: Classic Tales of Mad Science The British Library Anthology 55
September 2019 Cover Promethean Horrors: Classic Tales of Mad Science The British Library Anthology |55
October 2019 Cover Promethean Horrors: Classic Tales of Mad Science The British Library Anthology 55
2021 Cover HYNH+ Vol. IV. Nr 3 No-Art MAGAZINE 44
March 2021 Cover Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus & Other Tales Flame Tree Press Collection 309
April 2022 Cover Realidades alternativas, April 2022 Editora Andarilho MAGAZINE
May 2022 Cover Classic Science Fiction Stories Macmillan UK Anthology |145
May 2022 Cover Classic Science Fiction Stories Macmillan UK Anthology 145
March 2024 Cover Journ-E: The Journal of Imaginative Literature, Vernal Equinox 2024 Mind's Eye Publications MAGAZINE 210
December 2025 Mothers of Horror Hemelein Publications Anthology |3