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The Dust

Al Sarrantonio

First published August 1982
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

A developmentally disabled boy left home alone begins to be menaced by the dust in a corner of a room.

Not to be confused with the 2004 story "Dust", which has been confirmed to have completely different text.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
August 1982 Cover Death Playboy Paperbacks Anthology 208
1993 Cover 100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories Barnes & Noble Books Anthology 129
April 1994 100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories Michael O'Mara Books Anthology 129
1995 Cover 100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories Barnes & Noble Books Anthology 129
1997 Cover 100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories Barnes & Noble Books Anthology 129
1999 Cover Toybox Cemetery Dance Publications Collection
2003 Cover 100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories Sterling Publishing Anthology 129
September 2003 Cover Toybox Leisure Books / Dorchester Publishing Collection 149
2004 Cover 100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories Barnes & Noble Books Anthology 129
February 2011 Cover Toybox Crossroad Press Collection |13
January 2012 Cover Toybox Crossroad Press Collection |13