The Ghost of a Hand
| First published | 1931 |
|---|---|
| Type | Short Fiction |
| Length | Short Story |
A couple and child move into a house only to find it haunted by a ghost whose hand is the only part seen.
Chapter IX in The House by the Church-Yard: A Souvenir of Chapelizod (Part 2 of 17) page 529.
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1931 | The Supernatural Omnibus | Doubleday, Doran | Anthology | 3 | |
| June 1931 |
|
The Supernatural Omnibus: Being a Collection of Stories of Apparitions, Witchcraft, Werewolves, Diabolism, Necromancy, Satanism, Divination, Sorcery, Goetry, Voodoo, Possession, Occult Doom and Destiny | Gollancz | Anthology | 39 |
| 1945 | Best Ghost Stories | Faber and Faber | Anthology | 9 | |
| 1949 |
|
The Supernatural Omnibus: Being a Collection of Stories of Apparitions, Witchcraft, Werewolves, Diabolism, Necromancy, Satanism, Divination, Sorcery, Goetry, Voodoo, Possession, Occult Doom and Destiny | Gollancz | Anthology | 39 |
| April 1952 | The Supernatural Omnibus: Being a Collection of Stories of Apparitions, Witchcraft, Werewolves, Diabolism, Necromancy, Satanism, Divination, Sorcery, Goety, Voodoo, Possession, Occult Doom and Destiny | Gollancz | Anthology | 39 | |
| 1956 |
|
The Book of Famous Irish Ghost Stories | Mercier Press | Anthology | 33 |
| February 1957 |
|
Best Ghost Stories | Faber and Faber | Anthology | 9 |
| July 1958 |
|
Fantastique, soixante récits de terreur | Club français du livre | Collection | 95 |
| 1960 |
|
Best Ghost Stories | Faber and Faber | Anthology | 9 |
| 1962 |
|
Nightmare Stories | Horwitz | Anthology | 25 |
| October 1962 |
|
Tales of the Uncanny | Panther | Anthology | |
| 1964 | Best Ghost Stories | Faber and Faber | Anthology | 9 | |
| 1966 |
|
Anthologie du fantastique: Tome I : Angleterre Irlande Amérique du Nord Allemagne Flandres | Gallimard | Anthology | 269 |
| 1967 |
|
The Supernatural Omnibus I | Panther | Anthology | |
| 1970 |
|
Vampire Lovers and Other Stories | Fontana | Collection | 110 |
| 1974 |
|
L'Angleterre fantastique de Defoe à Wells | Marabout | Anthology | 225 |
| 1974 |
|
The Supernatural Omnibus: Being a Collection of Stories of Apparitions, Witchcraft, Werewolves, Diabolism, Necromancy, Satanism, Divination, Sorcery, Goetry, Voodoo, Possession, Occult Doom and Destiny | Causeway Books | Anthology | 39 |
| December 1976 |
|
The Supernatural Omnibus: Volume 1: Hauntings and Horror | Penguin Books | Anthology | 41 |
| 1977 |
|
Anthologie du fantastique: Tome I : Angleterre Irlande Amérique du Nord Allemagne Flandres | Gallimard | Anthology | 269 |
| 1979 | Fantastic Worlds: Myths, Tales, and Stories | Oxford University Press | Anthology | 266 | |
| May 1979 |
|
Fantastic Worlds: Myths, Tales, and Stories | Oxford University Press | Anthology | 266 |
| 1982 |
|
The Supernatural Omnibus | Gollancz | Anthology | 39 |
| October 1983 |
|
Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories | Jonathan Cape | Anthology | 154 |
| October 1983 |
|
Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | Anthology | 154 |
| 1984 |
|
The Penguin Supernatural Omnibus: Being a Collection of Stories of Apparitions, Witchcraft, Werewolves, Diabolism, Necromancy, Satanism, Divination, Sorcery, Goety, Voodoo, Possession, Occult Doom and Destiny | Penguin Books | Anthology | 35 |
| November 1984 |
|
Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | Anthology | 154 |
| 1985 |
|
Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories | Penguin Books | Anthology | 162 |
| May 1987 |
|
Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories | ISIS Large Print Books | Anthology | 195 |
| 1988 |
|
Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | Anthology | 154 |
| May 1988 |
|
Occulta. L'omnibus del soprannaturale | Mondadori | Anthology | 35 |
| 1989 |
|
Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | Anthology | 154 |
| July 1990 |
|
Ghost and Horror Stories | Tynron Press | Anthology | 498 |
| 1992 |
|
Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories | The Noonday Press | Anthology | 154 |
| 1994 |
|
The Supernatural Omnibus | Bracken Books | Anthology | 39 |
| 1996 |
|
Classic Victorian & Edwardian Ghost Stories | Wordsworth Editions | Anthology | 122 |
| September 1996 | Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories | The Noonday Press | Anthology | ||
| 2004 |
|
The Wordsworth Book of Horror Stories | Wordsworth Editions | Anthology | 797 |
| June 2005 |
|
Ghost Stories | Miles Kelly Publishing | Anthology | 168 |
| August 2006 |
|
Histoires de fantômes | Gründ | Anthology | 168 |
| September 2010 |
|
Horrific Fables | Horrific Books | Anthology | 69 |
| May 2011 |
|
Irish Ghost Stories | Wordsworth Editions | Anthology | |
| June 2011 |
|
Horrific Fables | Horrific Books | Anthology | 69 |
| February 2012 |
|
Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories | Penguin Books | Anthology | |
| July 2014 |
|
The Supernatural Omnibus | Muschamp Press | Anthology | |39 |
| October 2017 |
|
Classic Ghost Stories | Vintage (UK) | Anthology | 315 |
| February 2025 |
|
Horror Stories | Flame Tree Press | Collection | 56 |