The Middle Toe of the Right Foot

First published	1891
Type	Short Fiction
Length	Short Story

Years after committing familicide because of revulsion over his wife's missing toe, a man returns to town but is locked overnight in the house where the crime happened by his wife's relatives; when they return he is dead of fright, and footsteps in the dust show the missing toe.

First published in the San Francisco Examiner Aug 17, 1890.

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Date	Publication	Publisher	Type	Page
1891	Tales of Soldiers and Civilians	E. L. G. Steele	Collection	259
1892	In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians	Chatto & Windus	Collection	211
1898	In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians	G. P. Putnam's Sons	Collection	283
1910	Can Such Things Be?	The Neale Publishing Company	Collection	235
1910	In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians	Chatto & Windus	Collection	211
1918	Can Such Things Be?	Boni & Liveright	Collection	235
1921	Famous Modern Ghost Stories	G. P. Putnam's Sons	Anthology	277
1924	Can Such Things Be?	Albert & Charles Boni	Collection	235
1926	Tales of Haunted Houses	Haldeman-Julius	Collection	\|1
1926	Ghosts, Grim and Gentle: A Collection of Moving Ghost Stories	Dodd, Mead & Co.	Anthology	273
1930	In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians	Chatto & Windus	Collection	211
1933	The Ghost Story Omnibus	Dodd, Mead & Co.	Omnibus
1935	A Century of Thrillers: Second Series	Daily Express Publications	Anthology	503
1935	50 Years of Ghost Stories	Hutchinson	Anthology	319
1936	A Century of Ghost Stories	Hutchinson	Anthology	319
1939	Ghost Stories	J. M. Dent & Sons	Anthology	123
1939	Narraciones Terroríficas, No 6	Editorial Molino	MAGAZINE	30
1941	In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians	Chatto & Windus	Collection	211
1943	Tales of Soldiers and Civilians	Heritage Press	Collection	214
1946	Strange and Fantastic Stories: Fifty Tales of Terror, Horror and Fantasy	Whittlesey House	Anthology	83
1946	Strange Stories: The Last Seven	Art & Educational Publishers	Anthology	74
March 1957	Stories for the Dead of Night	Dell	Anthology	262
1962	The Frankenstein Reader	Ballantine Books	Anthology	7
1962	Tales of Horror	Horwitz	Anthology	40
1963	Ghost Stories	J. M. Dent & Sons	Anthology	123
1964	Ghost and Horror Stories of Ambrose Bierce	Dover Publications	Collection
1965	Black Tales	Corgi	Anthology	93
December 1965	The Hell of Mirrors	Four Square Books	Anthology	83
1966	Tales to Tremble By	Whitman Publishing Company	Anthology	27
1967	Dat vervloekte ding en andere griezelverhalen	Meulenhoff	Collection	74
April 1967	Stories for the Dead of Night	Dell Laurel-Leaf	Anthology	219
1969	Das Spukhaus	Insel	Collection	88
1970	The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce	Doubleday	Collection	160
1970	Let's Talk of Graves: Tales from 'A Century of Ghost Stories'	Hutchinson	Anthology	85
June 1970	Let's Talk of Graves: Tales from 'A Century of Ghost Stories'	Arrow Books	Anthology	85
1971	Tales of Soldiers and Civilians	The Easton Press	Collection	214
April 1971	Eine Braut fürs Jenseits	Heyne	Anthology	22
1972	Eine Braut fürs Jenseits	Heyne	Anthology	22
July 1972	Ghost Stories	J. M. Dent & Sons	Anthology	123
October 1972	Nightfrights: An Anthology of Macabre Tales That Have Terrified Three Generations	Gollancz	Anthology	138
1973	Nightfrights: Occult Stories for All Ages	Taplinger	Anthology	138
1973	Povestiri stranii: pagini antologice din literatura Anglo-saxonă	Editura Dacia	Anthology
1973	Eine Braut fürs Jenseits	Heyne	Anthology	22
September 1973	Nightfrights: An Anthology of Macabre Tales That Have Terrified Three Generations	Gollancz	Anthology	138
1974	Can Such Things Be?	Citadel Press	Collection	118
1974	Ambrose Bierce: Master of the Macabre	Listening Library	Collection	\|2
June 1974	Racconti neri	Garzanti	Collection	41
August 1974	The Hell of Mirrors	Sidgwick & Jackson	Anthology	107
1975	Nightfrights: An Anthology of Macabre Tales That Have Terrified Three Generations	Peacock Books / Penguin	Anthology	161
June 1976	Everyman's Book of Classic Horror Stories	J. M. Dent	Anthology	107
October 1976	The Ghostmasters: Weird Stories by Famous Writers	Scholastic Book Services	Anthology	33
1977	Dat vervloekte ding en andere griezelverhalen	Het Spectrum	Collection	74
January 1977	Das Spukhaus	Suhrkamp	Collection	85
February 1978	Demons Within & Other Disturbing Tales	Taplinger	Anthology	69
November 1978	Histoires de fantômes	Presses Pocket	Anthology	273
1979	65 Great Tales of the Supernatural	Octopus Books	Anthology	60
1979	Les grands maîtres de la littérature fantastique: Tome II	Éditions Vernoy	Anthology	217
March 1979	Histoires de fantômes	France Loisirs	Anthology	273
1980	65 Great Tales of the Supernatural	Sundial	Anthology	60
May 1981	Dead of Night	William Kimber	Anthology	41
May 1981	The Arbor House Treasury of Horror and the Supernatural	Priam Books / Arbor House	Anthology	168
May 1981	The Arbor House Treasury of Horror and the Supernatural	Arbor House	Anthology	168
1982	65 Great Tales of the Supernatural	Octopus Books / Marks and Spencer	Anthology	60
1982	65 Great Tales of the Supernatural	Octopus Books	Anthology	60
1984	The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce	University of Nebraska Press	Collection	160
1984	The Best of Ambrose Bierce	Castle / Book Sales	Omnibus	292
January 1984	Dead of Night: Horror Stories from Radio, Television and Films	Stein and Day	Anthology
1985	Great Tales of Horror & the Supernatural	Galahad Books	Anthology	168
1985	Great Tales of Horror & the Supernatural	Castle Books	Anthology	168
1985	Unheimliches	Heyne	Anthology	199
February 1986	Dead of Night	Stein and Day	Anthology	41
1987	Night Cry, Summer 1987	TZ Publications, Inc.	MAGAZINE	83
October 1987	Le mort et son veilleur	Néo	Collection	69
1988	The Collected Writings of Ambrose Bierce	Picador / Pan Books	Omnibus	498
1988	Unheimliches	Heyne	Anthology	199
March 1988	I racconti dell'orrore	Fanucci Editore	Collection	43
June 1988	Great Tales of Horror & the Supernatural	Galahad Books	Anthology	168
August 1989	Dead of Night	Dorset Press	Anthology	41
April 1990	Can Such Things Be?	Citadel Press	Collection
October 1991	Classic Tales of Horror and the Supernatural	Quill / William Morrow	Anthology	168
November 1991	The Giant Book of Horror Stories	Magpie Books	Anthology	168
1992	Great Vampires & Other Horrors	Chancellor Press	Anthology	159
1993	100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories	Barnes & Noble Books	Anthology	305
1993	Das vierte Buch des Horrors	Heyne	Anthology	85
April 1993	Great Ghost Stories	Troll Associates	Anthology	65
September 1993	The Mists from Beyond	Roc	Anthology	23
1994	Great Tales of Horror & the Supernatural	Galahad Books	Anthology	168
April 1994	100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories	Michael O'Mara Books	Anthology	305
October 1994	Thrillers: A Classic Collection	Bracken Books	Anthology	372
1995	100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories	Barnes & Noble Books	Anthology	305
September 1995	The Mists from Beyond	Roc	Anthology	25
1996	Thrillers: A Classic Collection	Leopard	Anthology	372
August 1996	La grande anthologie du fantastique : 2	Omnibus (France)	Anthology	844
1997	100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories	Barnes & Noble Books	Anthology	305
January 1997	Can Such Things Be?	Wordsworth Editions	Collection
April 1998	Classic Ghost Stories II	Roxbury Park / Lowell House	Anthology	75
1999	Classic Scary Stories	Lowell House	Anthology	193
September 1999	The Open Door and Other Ghost Stories	Phoenix	Anthology	43
2001	Nasty Endings 2	Oxford University Press	Anthology	17
2002	Great Vampire Stories	Chancellor Press	Anthology	159
2003	Classic Horror Stories: Sixteen Legendary Stories of the Supernatural	Lyons Press	Anthology	305
2003	100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories	Sterling Publishing	Anthology	305
August 2003	Can Such Things Be?	Project Gutenberg	Collection	\|17
2004	100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories	Barnes & Noble Books	Anthology	305
2005	Valea bântuită	Editura Leda	Collection
February 2005	Famous Modern Ghost Stories	Project Gutenberg	Anthology	\|8
August 2006	H. P. Lovecraft's Book of the Supernatural: 20 Classics of the Macabre, Chosen by the Master of Horror Himself	Pegasus Books	Anthology
September 2006	H. P. Lovecraft's Book of the Supernatural: 20 Classics of the Macabre, Chosen by the Master of Horror Himself	Pegasus Books	Anthology	111
June 2007	H. P. Lovecraft's Book of the Supernatural: 19 Classics of the Macabre, Chosen by the Master of Horror Himself	Fall River Press	Anthology	111
October 2008	The Spook House: Terrifying Tales of the Macabre	Penguin Books	Collection	86
2009	Bierce After Dark: 30 Strange Tales by Ambrose Bierce	Coachwhip Publications	Collection	69
October 2010	Masters of Horror & the Supernatural: The Great Tales	Bristol Park Books	Anthology
April 2011	Short Ghost and Horror Story Collection 13	LibriVox	Anthology	\|9
September 2011	Short Ghost and Horror Story Collection 14	LibriVox	Anthology	\|1
May 2012	Can Such Things Be?	LibriVox	Collection
May 2012	Can Such Things Be?		Collection	\|235
July 2012	Ambrose Bierce: Masters of the Weird Tale	Centipede Press	Collection
2013	World's 25 Most Popular Ghost Stories (of the 19th Century)	Sam Teddy Publishing	Anthology	\|2
April 2013	The Third Ghost Story Megapack: 26 Classic Ghost Stories	Wildside Press	Anthology	141
January 2021	Famous Modern Ghost Stories	Open Road Integrated Media	Anthology	\|8
April 2023	The Ways of Ghosts: And Other Dark Tales	British Library Publishing	Collection	111

The Middle Toe of the Right Foot

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