Synopsis
A gent whose business requires him to sail the Atlantic regularly, recounts the shocking incident that caused him thereafter to avoid a ship that he used to particularly like. A dead mad man persists in occupying the upper berth in his cabin, opening the porthole, slamming doors and generally stinking up the place.
Notes
Originally published in The Broken Shaft: Unwin's Annual for 1886, edited by Sir Henry Norman, London: Fisher Unwin, 1885.
Publications (133)
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
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| 1885 | Unwin's Annual for 1886 | T. Fisher Unwin | MAGAZINE | 11 | |
| 1886 | The Broken Shaft: Tales in Mid-Ocean | T. Fisher Unwin | Anthology | ||
| 1894 |
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The Upper Berth | G. P. Putnam's Sons | Collection | 3 |
| 1894 | The Upper Berth | T. Fisher Unwin | Collection | ||
| 1901 | The Play-Actress and The Upper Berth | G. P. Putnam's Sons | Anthology | 167 | |
| 1905 | Short Story Classics (American) | P. F. Collier & Son | Anthology | 911 | |
| 1911 | Uncanny Tales | T. Fisher Unwin | Collection | 199 | |
| March 1911 | Wandering Ghosts | The Macmillan Company | Collection | 195 | |
| 1917 | Uncanny Tales | T. Fisher Unwin | Collection | ||
| 1922 |
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Famous Mystery Stories | Thomas Y. Crowell | Anthology | 139 |
| June 1926 |
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Weird Tales, June 1926 | Popular Fiction Publishing Co. | MAGAZINE | 786 |
| 1927 |
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More Ghosts and Marvels: A Selection of Uncanny Tales from Walter Scott to Michael Arlen | Oxford University Press | Anthology | 252 |
| 1927 | American Mystery Stories | Oxford University Press, USA | Anthology | 109 | |
| 1928 |
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American Ghost Stories | Houghton Mifflin | Anthology | 192 |
| August 1930 |
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Ghost Stories, August 1930 | Good Story Magazine Co. | MAGAZINE | 48 |
| October 1930 |
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Great Ghost Stories | Herbert Jenkins | Anthology | 284 |
| 1931 | The Supernatural Omnibus | Doubleday, Doran | Anthology | 60 | |
| January 1931 | Great Ghost Stories | Herbert Jenkins | Anthology | 284 | |
| 1934 |
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The Mystery Book | Odhams Press | Anthology | 634 |
| 1935 |
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A Century of Thrillers: Second Series | Daily Express Publications | Anthology | 555 |
| 1937 |
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The Second Century of Creepy Stories | Hutchinson | Anthology | 627 |
| 1937 |
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Century of Thrillers | President Press | Anthology | 157|2157 |
| 1938 |
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Famous Mystery and Detective Stories | Blue Ribbon Books | Omnibus | |139 |
| March 1942 |
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The Midnight Reader | Henry Holt & Co. | Anthology | 282 |
| 1944 |
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Another Seven Strange Stories | Art & Educational Publishers | Anthology | 40 |
| 1945 |
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Twenty-Two Strange Stories | Art & Educational Publishers | Anthology | 202 |
| 1946 |
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Strange and Fantastic Stories: Fifty Tales of Terror, Horror and Fantasy | Whittlesey House | Anthology | 191 |
| 1946 |
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Bar the Doors: Terror Stories | Dell | Anthology | 69 |
| October 1947 |
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The Pocket Book of Ghost Stories | Pocket Books | Anthology | 308 |
| 1959 |
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An Omnibus of American Mysteries | Juniper Press | Anthology | 305 |
| January 1959 |
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The Supernatural in the English Short Story | Bernard Hanison | Anthology | 273 |
| 1960 |
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The Midnight Reader (abridged) | World / WDL Books | Anthology | 181 |
| 1961 |
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Tales of Terror | Horwitz | Anthology | 46 |
| 1961 |
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Horror Stories | Paul Elek | Anthology | 64 |
| 1962 |
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Great Ghost Stories | Washington Square Press | Anthology | 243 |
| 1962 |
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Alfred Hitchcock's Ghostly Gallery | Random House | Anthology | 64 |
| January 1962 |
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Bar the Doors | Dell | Anthology | 83 |
| July 1962 |
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Great Ghost Stories | Washington Square Press | Anthology | 243 |
| February 1963 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Bar the Doors | Dell | Anthology | 83 | |
| September 1964 |
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Macabre Stories | Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers | Anthology | 101 |
| 1965 |
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The Arrow Book of Horror Stories | Arrow Books | Anthology | |
| 1965 |
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A Chamber of Horrors | Little, Brown | Anthology | 239 |
| October 1965 |
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A Chamber of Horrors | Studio Vista | Anthology | 239 |
| 1966 |
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Tales to Tremble By | Whitman Publishing Company | Anthology | 113 |
| January 1966 | Bar the Doors | Dell | Anthology | 83 | |
| 1967 |
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A Chamber of Horrors | Fontana | Anthology | |
| 1967 |
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A Chamber of Horrors | Fontana | Anthology | |
| 1968 |
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Alfred Hitchcock's Ghostly Gallery | Puffin | Anthology | 91 |
| December 1970 | A Chamber of Horrors | Fontana | Anthology | 230 | |
| 1972 |
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Alfred Hitchcock's Bar the Doors | Mayflower | Anthology | 75 |
| 1973 |
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Weirdies: A Horrifying Concatenation of the Super-sur-real or Almost or Not-quite Real | Franklin Watts | Anthology | 167 |
| 1975 |
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Weirdies Weirdies Weirdies: A Horrifying Concatenation of the Super-sur-real or Almost or Not-quite Real | Franklin Watts | Anthology | 167 |
| February 1975 |
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Classic Ghost Stories by Charles Dickens and Others | Dover Publications | Anthology | 272 |
| 1976 |
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Dying of Fright: Masterpieces of the Macabre | Charles Scribner's Sons | Anthology | 46 |
| 1977 |
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Alfred Hitchcock's Bar the Doors | Mayflower | Anthology | 75 |
| 1979 |
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65 Great Tales of the Supernatural | Octopus Books | Anthology | 196 |
| 1980 |
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Strange Stories of the Supernatural | Watermill Press | Anthology | 20 |
| 1980 |
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65 Great Tales of the Supernatural | Sundial | Anthology | 196 |
| 1982 |
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65 Great Tales of the Supernatural | Octopus Books / Marks and Spencer | Anthology | 196 |
| 1982 | 65 Great Tales of the Supernatural | Octopus Books | Anthology | 196 | |
| October 1983 |
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Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories | Jonathan Cape | Anthology | 214 |
| October 1983 |
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Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | Anthology | 214 |
| 1984 |
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Alfred Hitchcock's Ghostly Gallery | Random House | Anthology | 83 |
| November 1984 |
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Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | Anthology | 214 |
| 1985 |
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Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories | Penguin Books | Anthology | 227 |
| December 1985 |
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Dark Banquet: A Feast of Twelve Great Ghost Stories | St. Martin's Press | Anthology | 26 |
| October 1986 |
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The Oxford Book of English Ghost Stories | Oxford University Press | Anthology | 69 |
| May 1987 |
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Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories | ISIS Large Print Books | Anthology | 285 |
| May 1987 |
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The Oxford Book of English Ghost Stories | Oxford University Press | Anthology | 69 |
| July 1987 |
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Tales of the Dark | St. Martin's Press | Anthology | 91 |
| 1988 |
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Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | Anthology | 214 |
| May 1988 |
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Great Ghost Stories in Large Print | G. K. Hall & Co. | Anthology | 299 |
| 1989 |
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Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | Anthology | 214 |
| July 1989 |
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East Coast Ghosts | The Middle Atlantic Press | Anthology | 111 |
| October 1989 |
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The Oxford Book of English Ghost Stories | Oxford University Press | Anthology | 69 |
| 1992 |
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Great Vampires & Other Horrors | Chancellor Press | Anthology | 251 |
| 1992 |
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Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories | The Noonday Press | Anthology | 214 |
| November 1993 |
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H. P. Lovecraft's Book of Horror | Barnes & Noble Books | Anthology | 211 |
| 1994 |
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Strange Stories of the Supernatural | Watermill Press | Anthology | 20 |
| April 1994 |
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H. P. Lovecraft's Book of Horror | Robinson | Anthology | 211 |
| May 1994 |
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Sea-Cursed: Thirty Terrifying Tales of the Deep | Barnes & Noble Books | Anthology | 34 |
| October 1994 |
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Thrillers: A Classic Collection | Bracken Books | Anthology | 390 |
| October 1995 |
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The Oxford Book of English Ghost Stories | Oxford University Press | Anthology | 69 |
| 1996 |
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Thrillers: A Classic Collection | Leopard | Anthology | 390 |
| September 1996 | Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories | The Noonday Press | Anthology | ||
| December 1996 |
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For the Blood Is the Life and Other Stories | White Wolf Publishing | Collection | 191 |
| 1998 |
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Alfred Hitchcock's Ghostly Gallery | Barnes & Noble Books | Anthology | 64 |
| October 1998 | Classic Chilling Tales 3 | Naxos Audiobooks | Anthology | ||
| 1999 |
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Uncanny Tales | Tartarus Press | Collection | |
| June 1999 |
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Nightshade: 20th Century Ghost Stories | Carroll & Graf | Anthology | 77 |
| September 1999 |
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The Open Door and Other Ghost Stories | Phoenix | Anthology | 221 |
| September 2000 |
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Nightshade: 20th Century Ghost Stories | Carroll & Graf | Anthology | 77 |
| April 2001 |
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Meddling with Ghosts: Stories in the Tradition of M. R. James | The British Library | Anthology | 36 |
| October 2001 |
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Nightshade: 20th Century Ghost Stories | Robinson | Anthology | |8 |
| 2002 |
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Great Vampire Stories | Chancellor Press | Anthology | 251 |
| October 2002 |
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The Complete Wandering Ghosts | Wildside Press | Collection | |
| March 2004 |
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The World's Greatest Horror Stories | Barnes & Noble Books | Anthology | 211 |
| August 2004 |
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The Complete Wandering Ghosts | Wildside Press | Collection | |
| September 2004 |
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The Complete Wandering Ghosts | Wildside Press | Collection | |
| December 2004 |
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Weird Tales, December 2004 | DNA Publications / Wildside Press / Terminus | MAGAZINE | 48 |
| August 2007 | The Upper Berth | Project Gutenberg | Collection | ||
| December 2007 |
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The Moonlit Road and Other Stories | Naxos Audiobooks | Anthology | |
| 2008 |
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H. P. Lovecraft's Book of Horror | Fall River Press | Anthology | 250 |
| August 2008 |
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Great American Ghost Stories: Chilling Tales by Poe, Bierce, Hawthorne and Others | Dover Publications | Anthology | 121 |
| February 2009 |
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Uncanny Tales | Tartarus Press | Collection | 98 |
| March 2009 |
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Wandering Ghosts | Aegypan | Collection | |195 |
| August 2009 |
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Weird Tales, December 2004 | Wildside Press | Anthology | 48 |
| October 2009 |
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Weird Tales: The Unique Magazine | Audio Realms | Anthology | 65 |
| 2010 |
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Monstrum: Classic Tales of Legendary, Beastly, and Ghastly Creatures | Coachwhip Publications | Anthology | 29 |
| February 2010 |
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For the Blood Is the Life and Other Stories | Dodo Press | Collection | |5 |
| 2011 |
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The Body-Snatcher and Other Classic Ghost Stories | Fall River Press | Anthology | 125 |
| September 2011 |
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Zombies! Zombies! Zombies! | Vintage Crime / Black Lizard / Vintage Books | Anthology | 416 |
| January 2012 |
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Zombies: A Compendium of the Living Dead | Corvus | Anthology | 416 |
| February 2012 |
|
Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories | Penguin Books | Anthology | |
| August 2012 | Wandering Ghosts | Project Gutenberg | Collection | |195 | |
| 2013 |
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World's 25 Most Popular Ghost Stories (of the 19th Century) | Sam Teddy Publishing | Anthology | |5 |
| April 2013 |
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The Third Ghost Story Megapack: 26 Classic Ghost Stories | Wildside Press | Anthology | 497 |
| July 2013 |
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Short Ghost and Horror Story Collection 21 | LibriVox | Anthology | |4 |
| January 2016 |
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The Second Haunts & Horrors Megapack | Wildside Press | Anthology | |
| May 2016 |
|
Uncanny Tales | Tartarus Press | Collection | |5 |
| September 2016 |
|
Classic Tales of Horror | Arcturus Publishing | Anthology | |17 |
| August 2017 |
|
Supernatural Horror Short Stories | Flame Tree Publishing | Anthology | 75 |
| October 2017 |
|
Classic Tales of Horror | Arcturus Publishing | Anthology | |
| December 2018 |
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Supernatural Horror Short Stories | Flame Tree Publishing | Anthology | |
| 2019 |
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Weird Tales | Pulp Classics on DVD | Anthology | 786|10706786 |
| August 2019 |
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Echoes | Saga Press | Anthology | |
| August 2019 |
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Echoes | Saga Press | Anthology | 376 |
| August 2019 |
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Echoes | Saga Press | Anthology | |
| November 2019 |
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Ghost Stories for Christmas | Shadowridge Press | Anthology | 53 |
| December 2019 |
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Zombies! Zombies! Zombies! | HighBridge Audio | Anthology | |38 |
| March 2021 |
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Zombies! Zombies! Zombies! | Highbridge Audio and Blackstone Publishing | Anthology | |38 |
| March 2021 |
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Zombies! Zombies! Zombies! | Highbridge Audio and Blackstone Publishing | Anthology | |38 |
| April 2021 |
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The Wimbourne Book of Victorian Ghost Stories: Volume 9 | Wimbourne Books | Anthology | 295 |