← Back

The Interlopers

Saki

First published 1919
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Mortal enemies Georg Znaeym and Ulrich von Gradwitz are pinned under a tree. Trapped, the two have a change of heart and swear off enmity. They begin calling out to their parties. Unfortunately, their voices attract wolves.

This story is non-speculative, but has been included in enough anthologies of horror fiction to be considered "genre." First published in the Bystander, January 17, 1912.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1919 The Toys of Peace, and Other Papers John Lane, The Bodley Head Collection 119
July 1937 Cover Fifty Masterpieces of Mystery Odhams Press Anthology 480
September 1945 Cover A Saki Sampler Superior Reprint / The Military Service Publishing Co. Collection 148
June 1948 Cover The Unexpected Bantam Books Anthology 186
March 1963 Stories Selected from the Unexpected Bantam Books Anthology 131
March 1965 Cover Humor Horror and the Supernatural Scholastic Book Services Collection 130
February 1966 Cover The Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories Fontana Anthology 188
March 1966 Cover Incredible Tales Dell Collection 179
March 1967 The Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories Fontana Anthology 188
April 1967 Cover Great Tales of Action and Adventure Dell Laurel-Leaf Anthology 117
January 1968 Cover Humor Horror and the Supernatural Scholastic Book Services Collection 130
March 1968 Cover The Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories Fontana Anthology 188
February 1969 The Secret Sharer and Other Great Stories Mentor / New American Library Anthology 294
September 1970 Humor Horror and the Supernatural Scholastic Book Services Collection 130
August 1971 Incredible Tales Dell Laurel-Leaf Collection 179
September 1971 Cover The Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories Beagle Boxer Anthology 188
January 1972 Cover Humor Horror and the Supernatural Scholastic Book Services Collection 130
December 1974 Cover Humor Horror and the Supernatural Scholastic Book Services Collection 130
1976 Cover The Complete Works of Saki Doubleday Omnibus 447
November 1977 Cover Great Tales of Action and Adventure Dell Anthology 117
1978 Short Stories J. M. Dent Collection 153
1982 The Complete Saki Penguin Books Omnibus 447
1985 Short Stories J. M. Dent Collection 153
1989 Cover Masters of Horror & Suspense Houghton Mifflin Anthology
1993 Cover The Complete Stories of Saki Wordsworth Editions Omnibus 318
August 1993 Cover Horror by Lamplight Chancellor Press Anthology 423
September 1994 Cover Storie di lupi mannari Newton Compton Anthology 137
May 1998 Lovecraft's Mystery Magazine, #1 Pentagram Publications MAGAZINE 13
May 1998 Cover The Complete Saki Penguin Books Omnibus 447
October 1998 Cover 100 Twisted Little Tales of Torment Barnes & Noble Books Anthology 272
October 1998 The Toys of Peace, and Other Papers Project Gutenberg Collection
October 2000 Cover Saki: The Complete Short Stories Penguin Books Collection 447
February 2001 Cover Nasty Endings 1 Oxford University Press Anthology
2013 Cover Survive, or Die! 21 Ultimate Adventures Sam Teddy Publishing Anthology
April 2015 Cover Dreamscapes Into Darkness Firbolg Publishing Anthology |9
April 2015 Cover Dreamscapes Into Darkness Firbolg Publishing Anthology