A young man who is an enthusiastic writer of poetry states that he can forge his own destiny; when he quarrels with his girlfriend and leaves home, the omniscient author decides to test this theory by following three paths he could take from there. Will they diverge, or will they converge on a fated end?
First published in Ainslee's, April 1903.
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
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| 1936 |
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The Mammoth Book of Thrillers, Ghosts and Mysteries | Odhams Press | Anthology | 254 |
| 1939 | The Story Survey | J. B. Lippincott | Anthology | 131 | |
| May 1943 | The Moonlight Traveler: Great Tales of Fantasy and Imagination | Doubleday, Doran | Anthology | 423 | |
| May 1943 | The Moonlight Traveler: Great Tales of Fantasy and Imagination | McClelland | Anthology | 423 | |
| 1945 |
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The Moonlight Traveler: Great Tales of Fantasy and Imagination | Garden City Publishing Co. | Anthology | 431 |
| 1949 | The Moonlight Traveller | The Bodley Head | Anthology | 423 | |
| 1950 | A Book of Queer Stories | University of London Press | Anthology | 71 | |
| August 1951 |
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World of Wonder | Twayne Publishers | Anthology | 45 |
| October 1951 |
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World of Wonder | Twayne Publishers | Anthology | 45 |
| 1952 | The Moonlight Traveller | The Bodley Head | Anthology | 423 | |
| September 1954 |
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Great Tales of Fantasy and Imagination | Cardinal / Pocket Books | Anthology | 431 |
| September 1954 |
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Great Tales of Fantasy and Imagination | Cardinal / Pocket Books | Anthology | 431 |
| 1956 |
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The Best of O. Henry: One Hundred of His Stories Chosen by Sapper | Hodder & Stoughton | Collection | 781 |
| November 1960 |
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The Moonlight Traveller | World / WDL Books | Anthology | 194 |
| July 1965 |
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Great Tales of Fantasy and Imagination | Washington Square Press | Anthology | 431 |
| 1969 | Tales of O. Henry | Doubleday | Collection | ||
| 1974 |
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Fantasy: The Literature of the Marvelous | McGraw-Hill | Anthology | 52 |
| April 1979 |
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Tales of O. Henry | International Collectors Library | Collection | 157 |
| 1991 |
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Great Tales of the Supernatural | Chancellor Press | Anthology | 236 |
| 1994 |
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Mysteries: A Classic Collection | Bracken Books | Anthology | |
| 2002 |
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Great Ghost Stories | Chancellor Press | Anthology | 236 |
| November 2023 |
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Roads of Destiny and Other Tales of Alternate Histories and Parallel Realms | The British Library | Anthology | 89 |