First published in the San Francisco Examiner, September 16, 1888.
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1925 | Ten Tales | The First Edition Club | Collection | 65 | |
| 1927 | My Favorite Murder and Other Stories | Haldeman-Julius | Collection | |1 | |
| April 1946 |
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And the Darkness Falls | World Publishing Co. | Anthology | 109 |
| 1955 |
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The Monk and the Hangman's Daughter and Other Stories | Avon | Collection | |7 |
| 1963 |
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Mein Lieblingsmord | Insel | Collection | |
| September 1965 |
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Der Gnadenstoß: Geschichten des Grauens | Rowohlt | Collection | 100 |
| 1969 |
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Les chefs-d'œuvre de la méchanceté | Planète | Anthology | |
| 1970 |
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The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce | Doubleday | Collection | 453 |
| March 1971 |
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Bizarre Fantasy Tales, March 1971 | Health Knowledge, Inc. | MAGAZINE | 76 |
| November 1971 |
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The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce, Volume II: The World of War and the World of Tall Tales | Ballantine Books | Collection | 244 |
| 1972 |
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Das Ungeheuer von Green-Castle | Luther | Novel | |2 |
| June 1974 |
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Racconti neri | Garzanti | Collection | 123 |
| November 1974 |
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Victorian Tales of Terror | W. H. Allen | Anthology | 136 |
| 1975 |
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Living in Fear: A History of Horror in the Mass Media | Charles Scribner's Sons | Nonfiction | 67 |
| March 1975 |
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Victorian Tales of Terror | Taplinger | Anthology | 136 |
| 1976 |
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Gahan Wilson's Favorite Tales of Horror | Tempo Books / Grosset & Dunlap | Anthology | 131 |
| 1976 | Gahan Wilson's Favorite Tales of Horror | Grosset & Dunlap | Anthology | 131 | |
| November 1976 |
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Victorian Tales of Terror | Coronet | Anthology | 136 |
| 1984 |
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The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce | University of Nebraska Press | Collection | 453 |
| 1984 | The Best of Ambrose Bierce | Castle / Book Sales | Omnibus | 467 | |
| December 1987 |
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The Devil's Advocate: An Ambrose Bierce Reader | Chronicle Books | Omnibus | 210 |
| 1988 |
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The Collected Writings of Ambrose Bierce | Picador / Pan Books | Omnibus | 793 |
| December 1998 |
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Great Weird Tales | Dover Publications | Anthology | 55 |
| January 2010 |
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Horror Masters Vol. 12 | River Styx Publishing | Anthology | |
| July 2012 |
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Ambrose Bierce: Masters of the Weird Tale | Centipede Press | Collection | |
| October 2019 |
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Victorian Tales of Terror | Kingsbrook Publishing | Anthology | 187 |