The Mark of the Beast
| First published | September 1891 |
|---|---|
| Type | Short Fiction |
| Length | Short Story |
Synopsis
A drunken British officer in India insults Hanuman and is cursed as a result; his comrades must resort to terrible measures to lift the curse.
Notes
First published in the magazine The Pioneer, July 12 + 14, 1890.
External Links
Publications (97)
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
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| September 1891 | Life's Handicap: Being Stories of Mine Own People | Macmillan and Co. | Collection | 290 | |
| October 1891 | Life's Handicap: Being Stories of Mine Own People | Macmillan and Co. | Collection | 290 | |
| May 1892 | Life's Handicap: Being Stories of Mine Own People | Macmillan and Co. | Collection | 290 | |
| 1925 | Tales of Terror | Small, Maynard & Co. | Anthology | 95 | |
| 1929 |
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The Great Weird Stories | Duffield & Co. | Anthology | 158 |
| March 1942 |
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The Midnight Reader | Henry Holt & Co. | Anthology | 196 |
| October 1947 |
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The Pocket Book of Ghost Stories | Pocket Books | Anthology | 211 |
| August 1951 |
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World of Wonder | Twayne Publishers | Anthology | 300 |
| October 1951 |
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World of Wonder | Twayne Publishers | Anthology | 300 |
| 1957 |
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Best Horror Stories | Faber and Faber | Anthology | 135 |
| 1960 |
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The Midnight Reader (abridged) | World / WDL Books | Anthology | 97 |
| 1962 |
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Best Horror Stories | Faber and Faber | Anthology | 135 |
| 1962 |
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Great Ghost Stories | Washington Square Press | Anthology | 162 |
| July 1962 |
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Great Ghost Stories | Washington Square Press | Anthology | 162 |
| May 1963 |
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Rod Serling's Triple W: Witches, Warlocks and Werewolves | Bantam Books | Anthology | 122 |
| May 1964 |
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Magazine of Horror, May 1964 | Health Knowledge, Inc. | MAGAZINE | 75 |
| 1965 |
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Monsters Galore | Fawcett Gold Medal | Anthology | 165 |
| 1965 |
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Rod Serling's Triple W: Witches, Warlocks and Werewolves | Bantam Books | Anthology | 122 |
| 1965 |
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Phantoms and Fantasies: 20 Tales | Doubleday | Collection | 151 |
| February 1967 |
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Rod Serling's Triple W: Witches, Warlocks and Werewolves | Bantam Books | Anthology | 122 |
| November 1969 |
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Ghosts | Macmillan UK | Anthology | 85 |
| 1970 |
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Terror! | Blackie & Son | Anthology | 11 |
| July 1970 |
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Beware the Beasts | Macfadden-Bartell | Anthology | 59 |
| July 1970 |
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Beware the Beasts | Macfadden-Bartell | Anthology | 59 |
| March 1971 |
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Beware the Beasts | Macfadden-Bartell | Anthology | 59 |
| November 1971 |
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Oriental Tales of Terror | Fontana | Anthology | 20 |
| 1972 |
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The Other Sides of Reality: Myths, Visions, and Fantasies | Boyd & Fraser | Anthology | 119 |
| 1973 |
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The Supernatural in Fiction | McGraw-Hill | Anthology | 44 |
| November 1973 |
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Beware the Beasts | Manor Books | Anthology | 59 |
| 1974 |
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Nine Strange Stories | Scholastic Book Services | Anthology | 95 |
| September 1974 |
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Nine Strange Stories | Scholastic Book Services | Anthology | 95 |
| June 1975 |
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Tales of the Occult | Fawcett Crest | Anthology | 19 |
| 1979 |
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65 Great Tales of the Supernatural | Octopus Books | Anthology | 431 |
| March 1979 |
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Werewolf! | Arbor House | Anthology | 49 |
| June 1979 |
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Wolf's Complete Book of Terror | Clarkson N. Potter | Anthology | 243 |
| June 1979 |
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Wolf's Complete Book of Terror | Clarkson N. Potter | Anthology | 243 |
| November 1979 |
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Werewolf! | Arbor House / SFBC | Anthology | |
| 1980 |
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Famous Tales of Terror | Watermill Press | Anthology | 33 |
| 1980 |
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65 Great Tales of the Supernatural | Sundial | Anthology | 431 |
| March 1980 |
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Werewolf! | Perennial Library / Harper & Row | Anthology | 49 |
| 1982 |
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65 Great Tales of the Supernatural | Octopus Books / Marks and Spencer | Anthology | 431 |
| 1982 | 65 Great Tales of the Supernatural | Octopus Books | Anthology | 431 | |
| January 1987 |
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The Complete Supernatural Stories of Rudyard Kipling | W. H. Allen | Collection | 175 |
| November 1987 |
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Best Short Stories of Rudyard Kipling | Signet Classic / New American Library | Collection | 129 |
| 1990 |
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Ghosts | M Books | Anthology | 85 |
| July 1990 |
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Ghost and Horror Stories | Tynron Press | Anthology | 128 |
| 1992 |
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Great Vampires & Other Horrors | Chancellor Press | Anthology | 404 |
| July 1993 |
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Strange Dreams | Bantam Spectra | Anthology | 100 |
| August 1993 |
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Strange Dreams | HarperCollins (UK) | Anthology | 100 |
| November 1993 |
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H. P. Lovecraft's Book of Horror | Barnes & Noble Books | Anthology | 306 |
| March 1994 |
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Strange Dreams | HarperCollins (UK) | Anthology | 142 |
| April 1994 |
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H. P. Lovecraft's Book of Horror | Robinson | Anthology | 306 |
| August 1994 |
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Strange Dreams | Bantam Spectra / SFBC | Anthology | 100 |
| November 1994 |
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Wolf's Complete Book of Terror | Newmarket Press | Anthology | 212 |
| November 1998 |
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SFX Presents Classic Vampire Tales | SFX | Anthology | 99 |
| November 2000 |
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The Mark of the Beast and Other Horror Tales | Dover Publications | Collection | 70 |
| 2002 |
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Great Vampire Stories | Chancellor Press | Anthology | 404 |
| October 2002 |
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The Literary Werewolf | Syracuse University Press | Anthology | 139 |
| 2003 |
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Classic Horror Stories: Sixteen Legendary Stories of the Supernatural | Lyons Press | Anthology | 165 |
| March 2003 |
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The Penguin Book of Indian Ghost Stories | Penguin Books | Anthology | |
| 2004 |
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The Wordsworth Book of Horror Stories | Wordsworth Editions | Anthology | 741 |
| March 2004 |
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The World's Greatest Horror Stories | Barnes & Noble Books | Anthology | 306 |
| May 2004 | Life's Handicap, Being Stories of Mine Own People | Project Gutenberg | Collection | |290 | |
| June 2005 |
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Late Victorian Gothic Tales | Oxford University Press | Anthology | 84 |
| 2006 |
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Strange Tales | Wordsworth Editions | Collection | 3 |
| February 2007 |
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The Mark of the Beast and Other Fantastical Tales | Gollancz / Orion | Collection | 224 |
| February 2007 |
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Horror Story Collection 1 | LibriVox | Anthology | |6 |
| August 2007 | Jim Baen's Universe, August 2007 | Baen Books | MAGAZINE | 9 | |
| 2008 |
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H. P. Lovecraft's Book of Horror | Fall River Press | Anthology | 362 |
| January 2008 |
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Rudyard Kipling's Tales of Horror & Fantasy | Pegasus Books | Collection | |224 |
| January 2008 |
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Great Horror Stories: Tales by Stoker, Poe, Lovecraft and Others | Dover Publications | Anthology | |
| January 2008 |
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Great Horror Stories: Tales by Stoker, Poe, Lovecraft and Others | Dover Publications | Anthology | 1 |
| November 2008 |
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Rudyard Kipling's Tales of Horror & Fantasy | Pegasus Books | Collection | |224 |
| February 2009 |
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Late Victorian Gothic Tales | Oxford University Press | Anthology | 84 |
| April 2009 |
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Rudyard Kipling's Tales of Horror & Fantasy | Pegasus Books / SFBC | Collection | |
| December 2009 |
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Visions Volume 2 | Strider Nolan Publishing | Anthology | |
| 2010 |
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Rudyard Kipling's Tales of Horror & Fantasy | Fall River Press | Collection | 224 |
| October 2010 |
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Wulf: Tales of Wolves and Werewolves | Coachwhip Publications | Anthology | |
| November 2010 |
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The Mark of the Beast and Other Fantastical Tales | Gollancz / Orion | Collection | |
| September 2011 |
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Vampires, Zombies, Werewolves and Ghosts: 23 Classic Stories of the Supernatural | Signet Classics | Anthology | 217 |
| January 2012 |
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The Ghost of Fear and Others | Dark Renaissance Books | Anthology | |
| May 2012 |
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Strange Tales | Wordsworth Editions | Collection | |2 |
| October 2012 |
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Terrifying Transformations: An Anthology of Victorian Werewolf Fiction, 1838-1896 | Valancourt Books | Anthology | |
| 2013 |
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World's 25 Most Popular Ghost Stories (of the 19th Century) | Sam Teddy Publishing | Anthology | |15 |
| 2013 |
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Tooth and Claw: Classic Tales of Vampires and Werewolves | Sam Teddy Publishing | Anthology | 182 |
| January 2013 |
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The Mark of the Beast | Dover Publications | Chapbook | |
| March 2013 |
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The Werewolf Megapack | Wildside Press | Anthology | |7 |
| July 2013 |
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The Mark of the Beast | Cryptofiction Classics | Chapbook | |
| May 2014 |
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Rudyard Kipling's Tales of Horror & Fantasy | Pegasus Books | Collection | |224 |
| October 2014 |
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Horror Stories: Classic Tales from Hoffmann to Hodgson | Oxford University Press | Anthology | 208 |
| December 2014 |
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The Mark of the Beast | Cryptofiction Classics | Chapbook | |
| February 2015 |
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The Literary Werewolf | Syracuse University Press | Anthology | |139 |
| October 2016 |
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Rod Serling's Triple W: Witches, Warlocks and Werewolves | Pickle Partners Publishing | Anthology | |
| November 2016 |
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The Ghost of Fear and Others | Dark Regions Press | Anthology | |
| October 2017 |
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Supernatural Sherlocks: Stories from the Golden Age of the Occult Detective | No Exit Press | Anthology | 14 |
| December 2017 |
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Black Book of the Werewolf | Red Room Press / Comet Press | Anthology | 76 |
| September 2023 |
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Dead Drunk: Tales of Intoxication and Demon Drinks | British Library Publishing | Anthology | 247 |