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The Signalman

Charles Dickens

First published May 1929
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Synopsis

A man makes the acquaintance of a railway signalman who is having disturbing visions.

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Publications (99)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
May 1929 Ghost Stories, May 1929 Constructive Pub. Corp. MAGAZINE 27
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 190
December 1937 Fireside Ghost Stories, (#1) World's Work MAGAZINE 68
1939 Ghost Stories J. M. Dent & Sons Anthology 39
1945 Famous Tales of Terror and the Supernatural Gulliver Books Anthology 84
1945 Tales of Mystery Gulliver Books Anthology 31
July 1945 "Come Not, Lucifer!" John Westhouse Anthology 95
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 190
October 1950 Told in the Dark Pan Books Anthology 181
1952 Told in the Dark Pan Books Anthology 164
1959 The Haunted Looking Glass Epstein & Carroll Anthology 45
1960 Great Ghost Stories Weidenfeld & Nicolson Anthology 224
1960 Great Ghost Stories Hill and Wang Anthology 224
1961 Tales of Terror Horwitz Anthology 145
October 1962 Great Ghost Stories Panther Anthology
1963 Ghost Stories J. M. Dent & Sons Anthology 39
September 1963 The Haunters and the Haunted & Other Ghost Stories Corgi Anthology 42
December 1964 Great Ghost Stories Panther Anthology 133
December 1964 Great Ghost Stories Panther Anthology 133
1965 A Treasury of Great Ghost Stories Popular Library Anthology 127
1969 Best Railway Stories Faber and Faber Anthology 15
July 1972 Ghost Stories J. M. Dent & Sons Anthology 39
1973 The Ghost Ship and Other Ghostly Stories Interlyth Anthology 72
1974 A Little Night Reading: Twenty Tales of Horror and the Supernatural Roger Schlesinger Anthology 49
1974 Great Tales of Horror and Suspense Galahad Books Anthology 160
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 190
September 1975 A Little Night Reading Orbit / Futura Anthology 49
December 1976 Reign of Terror: The 1st Corgi Book of Great Victorian Horror Stories Corgi Books Anthology 173
1977 Thirteen Famous Ghost Stories J. M. Dent Anthology 64
1977 Thirteen Famous Ghost Stories J. M. Dent Anthology 64
May 1977 Midnight Specials: An Anthology for Train Buffs and Suspense Aficionados Bobbs-Merrill Company Anthology 3
December 1977 Reign of Terror: Great Victorian Horror Stories Severn House Anthology 173
April 1978 Midnight Specials: An Anthology for Train Buffs and Suspense Aficionados Avon Anthology 3
April 1978 Story Into Film: Three Tales of the Supernatural Go from Page to Screen Dell Anthology
May 1979 The Phantom Coach: Thirteen Journeys Into the Unknown William Kimber Anthology 39
1980 Midnight Fright Watermill Press Anthology 1
1980 Reign of Terror: Great Victorian Horror Stories Barnes & Noble Books Anthology 173
June 1981 The Evil Image: Two Centuries of Gothic Short Fiction and Poetry NAL Meridian Anthology 218
1982 The Complete Ghost Stories of Charles Dickens Michael Joseph Collection 299
July 1982 Macabre Railway Stories W. H. Allen Anthology 13
1983 Macabre Railway Stories Star Anthology 13
1983 Black Water: The Anthology of Fantastic Literature Picador Anthology 206
November 1983 The Complete Ghost Stories of Charles Dickens Washington Square Press Collection 356
1984 Edward Gorey's Haunted Looking Glass Avenel Books Anthology 45
1984 The Signalman & Other Ghost Stories Alan Sutton Collection |1
April 1984 Black Water: The Book of Fantastic Literature Clarkson N. Potter Anthology 206
December 1985 Dark Banquet: A Feast of Twelve Great Ghost Stories St. Martin's Press Anthology 1
September 1986 Charles Keeping's Book of Classic Ghost Stories Blackie Anthology 121
October 1986 Charles Keeping's Book of Classic Ghost Stories Peter Bedrick Books Anthology 121
June 1987 Ghost Stories Exeter Books Anthology 138
July 1987 Tales of the Dark St. Martin's Press Anthology 19
October 1987 The Dark Descent Tor Anthology 680
February 1988 The Signalman and Other Ghost Stories Academy Chicago Collection
May 1988 Great Ghost Stories in Large Print G. K. Hall & Co. Anthology 236
August 1988 The Dark Descent Tor / BOMC Anthology 680
1991 Ghost Stories of Charles Dickens: Volume 1 Dove Audio Collection |4
September 1991 A Fabulous Formless Darkness HarperCollins (UK) Anthology 67
September 1991 A Fabulous Formless Darkness HarperCollins (UK) Anthology 67
1992 A Fabulous Formless Darkness Grafton Anthology 119
1992 Great Vampires & Other Horrors Chancellor Press Anthology 267
January 1992 A Fabulous Formless Darkness Tor Anthology 92
October 1993 Tales of Horror and Mystery Dean & Son Anthology 217
November 1993 H. P. Lovecraft's Book of Horror Barnes & Noble Books Anthology 66
1994 Midnight Fright: A Collection of Ghost Stories Watermill Press Anthology 1
April 1994 H. P. Lovecraft's Book of Horror Robinson Anthology 66
February 1996 The Signalman and Other Ghost Stories Alan Sutton Collection
1997 Fantastic Tales: Visionary and Everyday Pantheon Books Anthology 331
February 1997 The Dark Descent Tor Anthology 680
1998 The Raven and the Monkey's Paw: Classics of Horror and Suspense from the Modern Library Modern Library Anthology 167
September 1998 The Signalman Books of Wonder Collection 1
October 1998 A Christmas Carol and Other Haunting Tales Doubleday / SFBC Collection 141
March 2001 The Haunted Looking Glass New York Review of Books Anthology
July 2001 Ghost Stories New Millennium Audio Collection |4
2002 Great Vampire Stories Chancellor Press Anthology 267
2004 The Wordsworth Book of Horror Stories Wordsworth Editions Anthology 108
March 2004 The World's Greatest Horror Stories Barnes & Noble Books Anthology 66
April 2005 The Signalman and The Ghost at the Trial Macmillan Education Collection
December 2007 Ghost Story Collection 4 LibriVox Anthology |8
2008 H. P. Lovecraft's Book of Horror Fall River Press Anthology 78
2009 Fantastic Tales: Visionary and Everyday Penguin Books Anthology |331
May 2009 Fantastic Tales: Visionary and Everyday Penguin Books Anthology 331
September 2009 Ghost Stories Collector's Library / CRW Publishing Collection 303
September 2010 Best Ghost Stories Collector's Library / CRW Publishing Anthology 36
October 2010 A Boxful of Ghosts Collector's Library / CRW Publishing Omnibus
October 2012 Short Ghost and Horror Story Collection 18 LibriVox Anthology |2
2013 World's 25 Most Popular Ghost Stories (of the 19th Century) Sam Teddy Publishing Anthology |6
February 2014 Pseudopod, #375 Escape Artists, Inc. MAGAZINE
2015 The Signalman Biblioasis Chapbook
March 2015 Fantastic Tales: Visionary and Everyday Mariner Books Anthology 331
September 2015 The Signalman Profile Books Chapbook 1
March 2016 To Be Read at Dusk Penguin Books Collection |2
March 2016 To Be Read at Dusk Penguin Books Collection |2
September 2016 Ghost Stories Macmillan UK Collection 303
December 2016 Ghost Stories of Charles Dickens: Volume 1 Phoenix Books Collection |4
July 2017 Ghostly Tales Chronicle Books Anthology 57
October 2017 Classic Ghost Stories Vintage (UK) Anthology 1
July 2021 Fright Train Twisted Publishing / Haverhill House Anthology |3
July 2021 Fright Train Twisted Publishing / Haverhill House Anthology |3
July 2021 Fright Train Twisted Publishing / Haverhill House Anthology |3