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The Phantom Bus

W. Elwyn Backus

First published September 1930
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

After his fiance is killed in a bus crash, a man begins to see a black bus, and to dream of boarding it.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
September 1930 Cover Weird Tales, September 1930 Popular Fiction Publishing Co. MAGAZINE 407
September 1931 Cover Creeps by Night: Chills and Thrills John Day Anthology 441
July 1932 Cover Modern Tales of Horror Gollancz Anthology 363
January 1944 Cover Creeps by Night: Chills and Thrills Forum Books / World Publishing Co. Anthology 441
1947 Cover Terror at Night Avon Book Co. Anthology 105
1961 Cover The Red Brain and Other Thrillers Belmont Books Anthology 135
September 1965 Cover The Red Brain and Other Thrillers Four Square Books Anthology 152
September 1990 Cover Vivono di notte. 18 racconti dell'orrore Mondadori Anthology 305
December 1994 Cover 100 Wild Little Weird Tales Barnes & Noble Books Anthology 422
1997 Cover 100 Wild Little Weird Tales Barnes & Noble Books Anthology 422
2005 Cover 100 Wild Little Weird Tales Barnes & Noble Books Anthology 422
April 2005 Cover Urania #1497 Supplement Mondadori MAGAZINE 237
2019 Weird Tales (disc 2) Anthology 407|21603407
April 2025 Cover The Phantom Bus and Others Sarnath Press Collection 288
September 2025 Cover Penumbra: A Journal of Weird Fiction and Criticism, Autumn 2025 Hippocampus Press MAGAZINE