MS. Found in a Bottle
| First published | January 1850 |
|---|---|
| Type | Short Fiction |
| Length | Short Story |
| Series | Tales of the Folio Club |
Synopsis
Available on page 326, <a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?GRSBCKYR1999">Bleiler (Gernsback)</a>. A man takes passage on a sailing vessel which encounters a terrible storm, and when it is rammed by a mysterious gigantic ship he boards it, to find that the crew seem to be ancient, enchanted, and haunted and pay him no attention whatsoever as they pursue their unknown goal.
Notes
Amazing Stories, March 1934. B (G) states first publication date as 10 October 1833 in Baltimore Sunday Visiter. $50.00 prize winner first story. Minimal S-F elements with the ending suggesting Hollow Earth concepts.
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Publications (181)
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page |
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| January 1850 | The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe | J. S. Redfield | Collection | 150 |
| 1853 | The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe | J. S. Redfield | Collection | 150 |
| 1856 | The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe | J. S. Redfield | Collection | 150 |
| 1880 | Select Works of Edgar Allan Poe, Poetical and Prose | W. J. Widdleton | Collection | 147 |
| 1893 | Poe's Tales and Other Prose Writings | F. M. Lupton | Collection | |
| 1897 | The Fall of the House of Usher; Ligeia; The Cask of Amontillado; The Assignation; MS. Found in a Bottle; The Black Cat; The Gold Bug | Doubleday & McClure | Collection | |
| 1901 | Edgar Allan Poe | Doubleday & McClure | Collection | |
| October 1901 | Tales | The Century Co. | Collection | 100 |
| 1902 | Tales of Edgar Allan Poe | G. P. Putnam's Sons | Collection | |9 |
| 1902 | The Gold-Bug and Other Tales | A. L. Burt Company | Collection | 160 |
| 1902 | Tales of Mystery and Imagination | Grant Richards | Collection | 51 |
| 1903 | Prose Tales of Mystery and Imagination | Grosset & Dunlap | Collection | |8 |
| October 1903 | The Best Tales of Edgar Allan Poe | A. C. McClurg & Co. | Collection | 6 |
| 1905 | The Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe, Volume 2 | Croscup & Holby | Collection | |
| 1908 | Tales of Mystery and Imagination | J. M. Dent & Sons | Collection | |
| 1909 | Selected Tales of Mystery | J. B. Lippincott | Collection | |12 |
| 1909 | Selected Tales of Mystery | Sidgwick & Jackson | Collection | 217 |
| 1910 | Tales of Mystery and Imagination | Thomas Nelson & Sons | Collection | |
| 1914 | Tales and Poems | Charles E. Merrill | Collection | 195 |
| 1915 | Fantastic Tales | Tauchnitz | Collection | |
| July 1918 | Famous Ghost Stories | Thomas Y. Crowell | Anthology | 213 |
| 1919 | Tales of Mystery and Imagination | George G. Harrap & Co. | Collection | |1 |
| 1920 | The Purloined Letter and Other Stories | Happy Hour Library | Collection | |
| 1922 | Poe | Doubleday, Page & Company | Collection | |
| 1922 | Select Tales | International Bibliothek | Collection | 169 |
| 1924 | The Purloined Letter and Other Tales | Holerth Press | Collection | |
| 1925 | Uncanny Tales | Haldeman-Julius | Collection | |
| 1927 | Tales of Edgar Allan Poe | Charles Scribner's Sons | Collection | |18 |
| 1927 | The Works of Edgar Allan Poe in One Volume: Poems, Tales, Essays, Criticisms with New Notes | Walter J. Black, Inc. | Collection | 567 |
| 1928 | Tales of Mystery and Imagination | Oxford University Press | Collection | 51 |
| 1930 | The Gold-Bug and Other Tales and Poems | The Macmillan Company | Collection | 82 |
| 1931 | The Best Known Works of Edgar Allan Poe in One Volume: Poems, Tales, Essays, Criticisms | Blue Ribbon Books | Collection | 567 |
| 1932 | The Masque of the Red Death and Other Tales | Halcyon Press (1930s) | Collection | |
| 1933 | Tales of Mystery and Imagination | Tudor Publishing Company | Collection | 9 |
| March 1934 | Amazing Stories, March 1934 | Teck Publications, Inc. | MAGAZINE | 127 |
| March 1934 | Amazing Stories, March 1934 | Teck Publications, Inc. (Canada) | MAGAZINE | 127 |
| 1935 | Tales of Mystery and Imagination | J. B. Lippincott | Collection | |
| 1935 | Tales of Mystery and Imagination | George G. Harrap & Co. | Collection | |
| 1937 | Selected English Short Stories: XIX and XX Centuries: (Third Series) | Oxford University Press | Anthology | 67 |
| 1938 | The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe | Modern Library | Collection | 118 |
| February 1938 | Famous Psychic and Ghost Stories | Blue Ribbon Books | Omnibus | |1213 |
| January 1940 | The Great Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe | Pocket Books | Collection | 102 |
| 1941 | Tales of Mystery & Imagination | The Limited Editions Club | Collection | |8 |
| 1941 | Tales of Mystery and Imagination | Heritage Press | Collection | 98 |
| August 1941 | The Great Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe | Pocket Books | Collection | 102 |
| 1944 | Tales of Edgar Allan Poe | Random House | Collection | |7 |
| 1945 | The Portable Edgar Allan Poe | The Viking Press | Collection | |9 |
| 1948 | Tales of Effect: A Selection of the Best Short Stories of Edgar Allan Poe | Art & Educational Publishers | Collection | |5 |
| 1949 | The Centenary Poe: Tales, Poems, Criticism, Marginalia, and Eureka | John Lane, The Bodley Head | Collection | |2 |
| December 1949 | Great Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe | Pocket Books | Collection | 102 |
| 1950 | The Indispensable Edgar Allan Poe | Book Society | Collection | |9 |
| 1951 | Selected Poetry and Prose of Edgar Allan Poe | Modern Library | Collection | 64 |
| 1952 | Great Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe | Cardinal / Pocket Books | Collection | 264 |
| 1952 | Selected Short Stories | Fine Editions Press | Collection | |2 |
| 1952 | Tales | Dodd, Mead & Co. | Collection | 324 |
| 1956 | Selected Tales | Penguin Books (US) | Collection | 23 |
| 1956 | Selected Tales | Penguin Books (US) | Collection | 23 |
| 1956 | Great Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe | Pocket Books | Collection | 264 |
| 1957 | The Portable Edgar Allan Poe | The Viking Press | Collection | |9 |
| 1958 | Tales of Mystery & Imagination | Heritage Press | Collection | 98 |
| 1960 | The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales | Signet Classic / New American Library | Collection | 21 |
| 1961 | Descent Into the Maelström | Digit Books | Collection | |
| 1961 | Stories: Twenty-Eight Thrilling Tales | Platt & Munk | Collection | 244 |
| 1961 | Stories: Twenty-Seven Thrilling Tales | Platt & Munk | Collection | 244 |
| August 1961 | Eight Tales of Terror | Scholastic Book Services | Collection | 36 |
| November 1961 | Eight Tales of Terror | Scholastic | Collection | 36 |
| 1962 | Tales of Mystery and Imagination | J. M. Dent & E. P. Dutton | Collection | 258 |
| 1963 | Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe | The Macmillan Company | Collection | 63 |
| 1963 | Tales of Mystery and Imagination | J. M. Dent & Sons | Collection | 258 |
| 1964 | Tales of Edgar Allan Poe | Parents' Magazine's Cultural Institute | Collection | |4 |
| August 1964 | Great Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe | Washington Square Press | Collection | 264 |
| January 1965 | Great Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe | Washington Square Press | Collection | 264 |
| May 1965 | 18 Best Stories by Edgar Allan Poe | Dell Laurel | Collection | 73 |
| 1966 | Complete Stories of Edgar Allan Poe | International Collectors Library | Collection | 148 |
| 1966 | Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe | Doubleday | Collection | 148 |
| 1967 | The Fall of the House of Usher and Four Other Tales | Franklin Watts | Collection | |
| April 1968 | Eight Tales of Terror | Scholastic | Collection | 36 |
| 1969 | Weird Terror Tales, Winter 1969/70 | Health Knowledge, Inc. | MAGAZINE | 45 |
| 1969 | The Tell-Tale Heart and Other Stories | Scholastic Book Services | Collection | 77 |
| 1969 | Selected Tales | Heron Books | Collection | |5 |
| 1970 | Great Short Works of Edgar Allan Poe | Perennial Classic / Harper & Row | Collection | 125 |
| August 1970 | Great Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe | Washington Square Press | Collection | 264 |
| February 1971 | 18 Best Stories by Edgar Allan Poe | Dell Laurel-Leaf | Collection | 73 |
| March 1971 | Tales of Mystery and Imagination | J. M. Dent | Collection | 258 |
| June 1971 | Tales of Terror and Fantasy: Ten Stories from Tales of Mystery and Imagination | J. M. Dent | Collection | 55 |
| 1972 | Short Stories of Edgar Allan Poe: Vol. X | CMS | Collection | |2 |
| April 1972 | Eight Tales of Terror | Scholastic | Collection | 36 |
| 1973 | Tales of Terror and Fantasy: Ten Stories from Tales of Mystery and Imagination | J. M. Dent | Collection | 55 |
| May 1973 | Tales of Terror and Fantasy: Ten Stories from Tales of Mystery and Imagination | J. M. Dent | Collection | 55 |
| 1974 | Uncanny | Blackie & Son | Anthology | 1 |
| October 1974 | Eight Tales of Terror | Scholastic Book Services | Collection | 36 |
| 1975 | The Haunted Sea: Supernatural Stories | William Kimber | Anthology | 120 |
| 1975 | Tales of Mystery & Imagination | The Easton Press | Collection | 98 |
| 1975 | The Flying Dutchman and Other Ghost Ship Tales | Caedmon | Anthology | |4 |
| March 1975 | The Tell-Tale Heart and Other Stories | Scholastic Book Services | Collection | 77 |
| August 1975 | The Ancient Mysteries Reader | Doubleday | Anthology | 5 |
| September 1975 | The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe | Vintage Books | Collection | 118 |
| 1976 | The Science Fiction of Edgar Allan Poe | Penguin Books | Collection | 1 |
| 1976 | The Ancient Mysteries Reader | Gollancz | Anthology | 5 |
| 1976 | The Illustrated Edgar Allan Poe by Satty | Warner Books | Collection | 2 |
| 1976 | The Illustrated Edgar Allan Poe by Satty | Clarkson N. Potter | Collection | 2 |
| 1976 | Tales of Mystery and Imagination | Weathervane Books | Collection | 190 |
| 1977 | The Science Fiction of Edgar Allan Poe | Penguin Books | Collection | 1 |
| July 1977 | Tales of Mystery and Imagination | J. M. Dent | Collection | 258 |
| 1978 | The Ancient Mysteries Reader Book 1 | Sphere | Anthology | 17 |
| 1978 | Eight Tales of Terror | Scholastic Book Services | Collection | 35 |
| 1979 | Tales of Edgar Allan Poe | The Franklin Library | Collection | 17 |
| 1979 | Forty-Two Tales | Octopus Books | Collection | 9 |
| August 1980 | 50 Great American Short Stories | Bantam Books | Anthology | 18 |
| 1981 | The Annotated Tales of Edgar Allan Poe | Doubleday | Collection | |
| 1982 | The Science Fiction of Edgar Allan Poe | Penguin Books | Collection | 1 |
| 1983 | 18 Best Stories by Edgar Allan Poe | Dell | Collection | 73 |
| 1983 | Edgar Allan Poe | Chatham River Press | Collection | 1 |
| August 1984 | Edgar Allan Poe: Poetry and Tales | The Library of America | Collection | 189 |
| 1985 | Works of Edgar Allan Poe | Gramercy Books | Omnibus | 1 |
| 1985 | Tales of Mystery and Imagination | Chancellor Press | Collection | 51 |
| January 1985 | Mysterious Sea Stories | W. H. Allen | Anthology | 5 |
| July 1985 | Mysterious Sea Stories | Salem House | Anthology | 5 |
| 1986 | Tales of Mystery and Imagination | Octopus Books | Collection | |
| 1986 | The Science Fiction of Edgar Allan Poe | Dove Audio | Collection | |4 |
| 1986 | The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Stories | Marshall Cavendish | Collection | 83 |
| January 1986 | Mysterious Sea Stories | Star | Anthology | 5 |
| July 1986 | The Fall of the House of Usher | Target / W. H. Allen | Collection | 61 |
| 1987 | Tales of Mystery and Imagination | The Franklin Library | Collection | 17 |
| February 1987 | The Fall of the House of Usher | Star / W. H. Allen | Collection | 61 |
| September 1987 | Mysterious Sea Stories | Dell | Anthology | 5 |
| June 1989 | Tales of Horror & Imagination | Purnell | Collection | 114 |
| October 1990 | Tales of Mystery and Terror | Puffin / Penguin Books (UK) | Collection | 40 |
| 1991 | Eight Tales of Terror | Scholastic | Collection | 35 |
| 1991 | Spooky Sea Stories | Yankee Books | Anthology | 15 |
| March 1991 | Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe | Doubleday | Collection | 148 |
| August 1991 | Selected Tales | Vintage Books / The Library of America | Collection | |
| September 1991 | Tales of Edgar Allan Poe | Books of Wonder / William Morrow | Collection | 153 |
| 1992 | The Collected Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe | Modern Library | Collection | 118 |
| July 1992 | Edgar Allan Poe: A Collection of Stories | Tor | Collection | 11 |
| August 1993 | Ghostly Tales and Eerie Poems of Edgar Allan Poe | Grosset & Dunlap | Collection | 1 |
| 1994 | Great Tales of Terror | Watermill Press | Collection | 113 |
| 1994 | Tales of Mystery and Terror | Puffin / Penguin Books (UK) | Collection | 44 |
| 1994 | Edgar Allan Poe: Poetry and Tales | The Library of America | Collection | 189 |
| March 1994 | Young Blood | Zebra Books / Kensington Publishing Corp. | Anthology | 11 |
| April 1994 | Edgar Allan Poe: A Collection of Stories | Tor | Collection | |
| April 1994 | Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket and Related Tales | Oxford University Press | Collection | 179 |
| August 1994 | Selected Tales | Penguin Books | Collection | 23 |
| 1995 | Tales of Mystery and Imagination | Wordsworth Editions | Collection | 40 |
| 1996 | The Oxford Book of Adventure Stories | Oxford University Press | Anthology | 1 |
| April 1998 | The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales | Signet Classic / New American Library | Collection | 15 |
| April 1998 | Selected Tales | Oxford University Press | Collection | 3 |
| April 2000 | The Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Volume 1 (Raven Edition) | Project Gutenberg | Collection | |
| October 2002 | The Colour Out of Space | New York Review of Books | Anthology | 3 |
| September 2003 | The Raven and Other Writings | Aladdin | Collection | |2 |
| September 2003 | Tales of Mystery and Imagination | Collector's Library | Collection | 69 |
| 2004 | The Fall Of The House Of Usher And Other Stories | Planet Three | Collection | |6 |
| 2005 | Selected Works | Edimat Books | Collection | 63 |
| August 2005 | Edgar Allan Poe Collection: Adventure Classics | HarperFestival | Collection | |
| 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 | 79 |
| 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 | 79 |
| March 2008 | Tales of Mystery and Imagination | Wordsworth Editions | Collection | 39 |
| April 2008 | Selected Tales | Oxford University Press | Collection | 3 |
| July 2008 | Tales of Mystery & Imagination | Chartwell Books | Collection | 13 |
| September 2008 | Tales of Mystery and Imagination | Calla Editions | Collection | 9 |
| May 2009 | The Best of Edgar Allan Poe: All of His Macabre Tales Complete and Unabridged | Prion Books | Collection | 64 |
| October 2009 | Tales of Mystery and Imagination | Collector's Library | Collection | 69 |
| October 2009 | Tales of Mystery & Imagination | Bloomsbury | Collection | 47 |
| November 2009 | Edgar Allan Poe: Complete Tales & Poems | Castle Books | Collection | 49 |
| April 2010 | Masters of Adventure, #1 | Dark Worlds Club | FANZINE | 4 |
| May 2010 | The Best of Edgar Allan Poe: All of His Macabre Tales Complete and Unabridged | Prion Books | Collection | 64 |
| June 2010 | The Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Volume 1 (Raven Edition) | Bottom of the Hill Publishing | Collection | |
| October 2011 | The Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Volume 1 (Raven Edition) | LibriVox | Collection | |
| February 2012 | The Raven and Other Writings | Aladdin | Collection | |02 |
| July 2012 | 18 Best Stories by Edgar Allan Poe | Dell | Collection | |7 |
| September 2014 | Tales of Mystery & Imagination | Arcturus Publishing | Collection | 13 |
| December 2014 | Horror on the High Seas | Shadow Publishing | Anthology | 23 |
| October 2015 | Shadows of Carcosa: Tales of Cosmic Horror | New York Review of Books | Anthology | 3 |
| August 2017 | Edgar Allan Poe Short Stories | Flame Tree Publishing | Collection | 236 |
| September 2017 | Tales of Mystery and Imagination | Alfred A. Knopf | Collection | 238 |
| September 2017 | Tales of Mystery and Imagination | Alfred A. Knopf | Collection | 238 |
| December 2018 | Edgar Allan Poe Short Stories | Flame Tree Publishing | Collection | |236 |
| November 2019 | Tales of Mystery & Imagination | Arcturus Publishing | Collection | 13 |
| March 2020 | Science Fiction of Antebellum America: An Anthology | C. W. Gross | Anthology | |247 |
| January 2023 | Hidden Realms Short Stories | Flame Tree Press | Anthology | 313 |