Stephen is obsessed with hunting the elusive chamois; his wife, the narrator of the story, reluctantly accompanies him on a trip into the mountains of Greece. While they are camping out, guided by an unpleasant goatherd, the meaning of the hunt becomes clearer, and their shaky marriage begins to knit back together.
First published in the collection The Breaking Point, 1959, and in Ladies' Home Journal, September 1959.
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | The Breaking Point: Eight Stories | Gollancz | Collection | ||
| 1970 |
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The Blue Lenses and Other Stories | Penguin Books | Collection | 241 |
| 1976 |
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Echoes from the Macabre | Gollancz | Collection | 213 |
| October 1976 |
|
Stories of the Macabre | William Kimber | Anthology | 119 |
| 1977 |
|
Echoes from the Macabre | Doubleday | Collection | 195 |
| January 1978 |
|
Echoes from the Macabre | International Collectors Library | Collection | 197 |
| April 1978 |
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Echoes from the Macabre | Avon | Collection | 195 |