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The Step

E. F. Benson

First published March 1931
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Synopsis

An Englishman in Egypt evicts an Arab shopowner who owes him money and his family, and is cursed as a result.

External Links

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Publications (17)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
March 1931 The Windsor Magazine, March 1931 Ward Lock & Co. MAGAZINE 521
1934 More Spook Stories Hutchinson Collection 9
1935 More Spook Stories Hutchinson Collection
November 1972 A Tide of Terror W. H. Allen Anthology 46
October 1973 A Tide of Terror: An Anthology of Rare Horror Stories Taplinger Anthology 46
1979 Thrillers Chillers & Killers J. M. Dent Anthology 75
1979 Thrillers Chillers & Killers Elsevier / Nelson Books Anthology 75
October 1992 Terror by Gaslight: An Anthology of Rare Tales of Terror Constable & Co. Ltd. Anthology 168
November 1992 The Collected Ghost Stories of E. F. Benson Robinson Collection 465
December 1992 The Collected Ghost Stories of E. F. Benson Carroll & Graf Collection 465
1996 The Collected Ghost Stories of E. F. Benson Carroll & Graf Collection 465
November 1996 The Collected Ghost Stories of E. F. Benson Carroll & Graf Collection 465
1999 The Collected Ghost Stories of E. F. Benson Carroll & Graf Collection 465
February 2005 Sea Mist Ash-Tree Press Collection 140
June 2012 Night Terrors: The Ghost Stories of E. F. Benson Wordsworth Editions Collection 533
September 2012 Pseudopod, #300 Escape Artists, Inc. MAGAZINE
April 2021 Terrifying Ghosts Short Stories Flame Tree Press Anthology 38