A man visits his uncle, a vicar in rural Cornwall, and hears about a strange malady which strikes the locals at night, swiftly reducing them to skin and bones.
first publication in Hutchinson's Magazine, November 1922
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| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1923 |
|
Visible and Invisible | Hutchinson | Collection | 107 |
| 1924 |
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Visible and Invisible | George H. Doran | Collection | |
| 1925 | Visible and Invisible | Hutchinson | Collection | ||
| 1927 |
|
More Ghosts and Marvels: A Selection of Uncanny Tales from Walter Scott to Michael Arlen | Oxford University Press | Anthology | 330 |
| August 1929 |
|
Beware After Dark!: The World's Most Stupendous Tales of Mystery, Horror, Thrills and Terror | The Macaulay Company | Anthology | 13 |
| 1945 |
|
Beware After Dark!: The World's Most Stupendous Tales of Mystery, Horror, Thrills and Terror | Emerson | Anthology | 13 |
| 1946 |
|
Who Knocks?: Twenty Masterpieces of the Spectral for the Connoisseur | Rinehart | Anthology | 215 |
| December 1964 |
|
Who Knocks? | Panther | Anthology | 118 |
| 1966 |
|
The Third Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories | Fontana | Anthology | 13 |
| 1966 |
|
Medley Macabre: An Anthology of Stories of the Supernatural, Being Ghosts, Psychical Phenomena, Uncanny Mysteries | Hammond, Hammond and Company | Anthology | 81 |
| 1967 |
|
Famous Monster Tales | D. Van Nostrand Company | Anthology | 177 |
| April 1969 |
|
Les miroirs de la peur | Casterman | Anthology | 253 |
| October 1971 |
|
The Third Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories | Beagle Boxer | Anthology | 13 |
| December 1971 |
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The Third Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories | Fontana | Anthology | 13 |
| 1972 |
|
Medley Macabre: An Anthology of Stories of the Supernatural, Being Ghosts, Psychical Phenomena, Uncanny Mysteries | Hammond, Hammond and Company | Anthology | 81 |
| June 1973 |
|
Spectre 1 | Abelard-Schuman | Anthology | 88 |
| 1974 |
|
The Horror Horn and Other Stories: The Best Horror Stories of E. F. Benson | Panther | Collection | 89 |
| 1975 |
|
Monsters Monsters Monsters | Franklin Watts | Anthology | 69 |
| June 1977 |
|
The Best Ghost Stories | Hamlyn | Anthology | 382 |
| 1978 | Monsters Monsters Monsters | Franklin Watts | Anthology | 69 | |
| 1978 |
|
La chambre dans la tour | Librairie des Champs-Élysées | Collection | 75 |
| April 1978 |
|
Histoires anglo-saxonnes de vampires | Librairie des Champs-Élysées | Anthology | 275 |
| May 1980 |
|
The Third Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories | Fontana | Anthology | 13 |
| September 1981 |
|
65 Great Tales of Horror | Octopus Books | Anthology | 22 |
| 1982 |
|
65 Great Tales of Horror | Octopus Books | Anthology | 22 |
| March 1990 |
|
The Best Ghost Stories (abridged) | Mallard Press | Anthology | 283 |
| September 1990 |
|
The Best Ghost Stories (abridged) | Ivy Leaf | Anthology | 283 |
| November 1992 |
|
The Collected Ghost Stories of E. F. Benson | Robinson | Collection | 227 |
| December 1992 | The Collected Ghost Stories of E. F. Benson | Carroll & Graf | Collection | 227 | |
| November 1993 |
|
H. P. Lovecraft's Book of Horror | Barnes & Noble Books | Anthology | 318 |
| 1994 |
|
Der Mann, der zu weit ging | Suhrkamp | Collection | 134 |
| April 1994 |
|
H. P. Lovecraft's Book of Horror | Robinson | Anthology | 318 |
| 1996 |
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The Collected Ghost Stories of E. F. Benson | Carroll & Graf | Collection | 227 |
| November 1996 |
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The Collected Ghost Stories of E. F. Benson | Carroll & Graf | Collection | 227 |
| October 1997 |
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Blood Thirst: 100 Years of Vampire Fiction | Oxford University Press | Anthology | 273 |
| 1999 |
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The Collected Ghost Stories of E. F. Benson | Carroll & Graf | Collection | 227 |
| September 1999 |
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Blood Thirst: 100 Years of Vampire Fiction | Oxford University Press | Anthology | 273 |
| July 2001 |
|
Mrs. Amworth | Ash-Tree Press | Collection | 80 |
| March 2004 |
|
The World's Greatest Horror Stories | Barnes & Noble Books | Anthology | 318 |
| 2008 |
|
H. P. Lovecraft's Book of Horror | Fall River Press | Anthology | 377 |
| 2010 |
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Monstrum: Classic Tales of Legendary, Beastly, and Ghastly Creatures | Coachwhip Publications | Anthology | 303 |
| June 2012 |
|
Night Terrors: The Ghost Stories of E. F. Benson | Wordsworth Editions | Collection | 259 |
| September 2012 |
|
Collected Works of E. F. Benson | Benediction Classics | Omnibus | 442 |
| March 2013 |
|
The E. F. Benson Megapack | Wildside Press | Collection | |
| October 2016 |
|
Ghost Stories | Vintage (UK) | Collection | 125 |
| October 2016 |
|
Ghost Stories | Vintage Digital | Collection | |
| June 2020 |
|
Draculea: Figli delle tenebre | ABEditore | Anthology | 231 |
| February 2021 |
|
Visible and Invisible | Wildside Press | Collection | 62 |
| November 2021 |
|
Visible and Invisible | Good Press | Collection | |5 |
| July 2022 |
|
Weird Horror Short Stories | Flame Tree Press | Anthology | 22 |
| June 2025 |
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Phantoms of Kernow: Classic Tales of Haunted Cornwall | The British Library | Anthology | 191 |