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The Retrospective

Ramsey Campbell

First published October 2002
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

First published online in The Spook, February 2002. [info from The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2002] Campbell mentions that "My tale "The Retrospective" is in DARK TERRORS 6. Alas, the final phrase has been omitted. The complete version will be in TOLD BY THE DEAD" at https://knibbworld.com/campbell/news.html; comparing those books verifies that the last 3 words "brought the dark" were missing. There doesn't seem to be any mention on the news page about the original publication of this story even though several other stories and essays are mentioned as having been published in The Spook.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
October 2002 Cover Dark Terrors 6: The Gollancz Book of Horror Gollancz Anthology 3
October 2002 Cover Dark Terrors 6: The Gollancz Book of Horror Gollancz Anthology 3
June 2003 Cover Told by the Dead PS Publishing Collection 253
June 2003 Cover Told by the Dead PS Publishing Collection 253
July 2004 Cover Dark Terrors 6: The Gollancz Book of Horror Gollancz Anthology 3
July 2004 Cover Dark Terrors 6: The Gollancz Book of Horror Gollancz Anthology 3
March 2006 Cover Derrière le masque... Dreampress.com Collection 89
September 2012 Cover Told by the Dead Drugstore Indian Press Collection
October 2015 Cover Darker Terrors Spectral Press Anthology |140
October 2017 Cover Darker Terrors Festa Anthology 306
August 2019 Cover Told by the Dead Drugstore Indian Press Collection 213|253
April 2020 Cover The Retrospective & Other Phantasmagorical Stories PS Publishing Collection 285
August 2020 Cover Ramsey Campbell Centipede Press Collection 885