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The Tree of Life

Paul Ernst

First published September 1930
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

A man watching over the body of his neighbor's recently deceased wife in winter witnesses a rat bring in a green leaf, which apparently has the power to revive another rat which was dead.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
September 1930 Cover Weird Tales, September 1930 Popular Fiction Publishing Co. MAGAZINE 402
July 1954 Cover Weird Tales, July 1954 Short Stories, Inc. MAGAZINE 86
December 1994 Cover 100 Wild Little Weird Tales Barnes & Noble Books Anthology 517
1997 Cover 100 Wild Little Weird Tales Barnes & Noble Books Anthology 517
2005 Cover 100 Wild Little Weird Tales Barnes & Noble Books Anthology 517
2012 Cover Weird Tales Pulp Classics on DVD Anthology 86|67086
2019 Weird Tales (disc 2) Anthology 402|21603402