Synopsis
"Alan Austen seeks a love potion to cause the girl of his dreams, who is presently completely indifferent to his advances, to want him passionately, completely. The love potion is extraordinarily inexpensive—one dollar. The 'salesman' suggests that after the love potion has taken hold, she will become possessive, and, after many years, Alan will be willing to pay big bucks—$5,000 for a teaspoonful—of the salesman's 'glove cleaner.' Alan delightedly takes his love potion and the salesman bids him 'au revoir,' meaning, 'I will see you again.'" (RayS)
Publications (37)
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 1940 | The New Yorker, December 28, 1940 | MAGAZINE | ||
| January 1941 | Presenting Moonshine | The Viking Press | Collection | 323 |
| January 1941 | Presenting Moonshine | Macmillan of Canada | Collection | |
| January 1941 | Presenting Moonshine | Macmillan and Co. | Collection | |
| 1943 | The Touch of Nutmeg and More Unlikely Stories | The Press of the Readers Club | Collection | 91 |
| 1944 | Pause to Wonder | Julian Messner | Anthology | 305 |
| 1945 | Green Thoughts and Other Strange Tales | Editions for the Armed Services | Collection | |
| April 1946 | And the Darkness Falls | World Publishing Co. | Anthology | 446 |
| June 1948 | The Unexpected | Bantam Books | Anthology | 270 |
| November 1951 | Fancies and Goodnights | Doubleday | Collection | 362 |
| August 1952 | 50 Great Short Stories | Bantam Books | Anthology | |20 |
| April 1953 | Fancies and Goodnights | Bantam Books | Collection | 503 |
| 1957 | Presenting Moonshine | Rupert Hart-Davis | Collection | 190 |
| March 1957 | Stories for the Dead of Night | Dell | Anthology | 53 |
| December 1957 | Fancies and Goodnights | Bantam Books | Collection | 372 |
| 1963 | Fancies and Goodnights | Bantam Books | Collection | |
| March 1963 | Stories Selected from the Unexpected | Bantam Books | Anthology | 181 |
| 1965 | Fancies and Goodnights (selections) | Time-Life Books | Collection | 325 |
| April 1967 | Stories for the Dead of Night | Dell Laurel-Leaf | Anthology | 45 |
| 1969 | Fancies and Goodnights | Bantam Books | Collection | 403 |
| November 1972 | The John Collier Reader | Alfred A. Knopf | Collection | 508 |
| 1974 | Fantasy: Shapes of Things Unknown | Scott, Foresman and Company | Anthology | 313 |
| September 1975 | The Best of John Collier | Pocket Books | Collection | |
| 1976 | Tales of Mystery and the Unknown | Globe Book Company | Anthology | 97 |
| 1976 | Fantasy: Shapes of Things Unknown | Scott, Foresman and Company | Anthology | 313 |
| 1977 | Tales of Mystery and Suspense | Allyn & Bacon | Anthology | 257 |
| August 1978 | 50 Great Short Stories | Bantam Books | Anthology | 461 |
| 1980 | Fancies and Goodnights (selections) | Time-Life Books | Collection | 325 |
| 1981 | Twisters | Fontana | Anthology | 71 |
| March 1981 | Fancies and Goodnights | Doubleday / SFBC | Collection | 394 |
| 1983 | Tales of Mystery and Suspense | Allyn & Bacon | Anthology | 257 |
| August 1983 | 75 Short Masterpieces: Stories from the World's Literature | Bantam Books | Anthology | 46 |
| May 1993 | The Oxford Book of Modern Fairy Tales | Oxford University Press | Anthology | 318 |
| June 1993 | The Oxford Book of Modern Fairy Tales | Oxford University Press | Anthology | 318 |
| August 1994 | The Oxford Book of Modern Fairy Tales | Oxford University Press | Anthology | 318 |
| October 1994 | The Oxford Book of Modern Fairy Tales | Oxford University Press | Anthology | 318 |
| May 2003 | Fancies and Goodnights | New York Review of Books | Collection | 415 |