In a retelling of the Danish legend "The Sunken Mansion," the narrator dreams himself a medieval priest summoned to give the last rites to a mortally injured baron (only to find himself subject to a blasphemous prank).
First published in the Oxford and Cambridge Magazine, September 1856. In the magazine, this story has the note "See Thorpe's 'Northern Mythology,' vol. ii. p. 214."
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
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| 1902 | The Story of the Unknown Church, and Other Tales | Thomas B. Mosher | Collection | ||
| 1903 | The Hollow Land and Other Contributions to the Oxford and Cambridge Magazine | Longmans, Green and Co. | Collection | 141 | |
| 1904 | The Story of the Unknown Church, and Lindenborg Pool | J. Thomson | Collection | ||
| 1906 | The World of Romance, Being Contributions to the Oxford and Cambridge Magazine, 1856 | J. Thomson | Collection | ||
| 1907 | The Early Romances of William Morris in Prose and Verse | J. M. Dent & Sons | Collection | 150 | |
| 1913 | Prose and Poetry (1856-1870) | Oxford University Press | Collection | 117 | |
| November 1929 |
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Weird Tales, November 1929 | Popular Fiction Publishing Co. | MAGAZINE | 711|711.2 |
| March 1976 |
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Golden Wings and Other Stories | Newcastle Publishing | Collection | 10 |
| May 1976 |
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Void #4 | Void Publications | MAGAZINE | 23 |
| 1980 | Golden Wings and Other Stories | Borgo Press | Collection | 10 | |
| May 1988 |
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Masterpieces of Fantasy and Enchantment | Nelson Doubleday / SFBC | Anthology | 532 |
| December 1988 |
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Masterpieces of Fantasy and Enchantment | St. Martin's Press | Anthology | 532 |
| February 1996 |
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Masterpieces of Fantasy and Enchantment | GuildAmerica Books / SFBC | Anthology | 532 |
| March 2006 | The World of Romance, Being Contributions to the Oxford and Cambridge Magazine, 1856 | Project Gutenberg | Collection | ||
| June 2010 |
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The Hollow Land and Other Contributions to the Oxford and Cambridge Magazine | Forgotten Books | Collection | 141 |
| 2019 | Weird Tales (disc 2) | Anthology | 711|21405711.2 |