The narrator feels compelled to follow an old man into his home where he finds that the old man is dead. He destroys a vicious will that he finds. -- from <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="http://tartaruspress.com/d8.htm">The Guide to Supernatural Fiction</a>
First published in the Listener, 1 April 1954.
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 |
|
A Beginning and Other Stories | Faber and Faber | Collection | 217 |
| November 1955 |
|
A Beginning and Other Stories | Faber and Faber | Collection | 217 |
| 1956 |
|
Ghost Stories | The Folio Society | Collection | 171 |
| 1967 |
|
The House of the Nightmare: And Other Eerie Tales | The Bodley Head | Anthology | 128 |
| 1968 |
|
The House of the Nightmare and Other Eerie Tales | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | Anthology | 128 |
| December 1970 |
|
The House of the Nightmare: And Other Eerie Tales | Puffin / Penguin Books (UK) | Anthology | 110 |
| 1974 |
|
The House of the Nightmare & Other Eerie Tales | Heinemann Educational Books | Anthology | 125 |
| 1975 | The House of the Nightmare: And Other Eerie Tales | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | Anthology | 128 | |
| 1978 | Supernatural | John Murray | Anthology | 43 | |
| 1980 |
|
Ghost Stories | Octopus Books | Anthology | 219 |
| 1981 |
|
Ghost Stories | Octopus Books | Anthology | 219 |
| 1982 |
|
The Eighteenth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories | Fontana | Anthology | 123 |
| 1983 |
|
Lost Souls: A Collection of English Ghost Stories | Ohio University Press | Anthology | 366 |
| 1983 |
|
Lost Souls: A Collection of English Ghost Stories | Ohio University Press | Anthology | |
| October 1986 |
|
The Oxford Book of English Ghost Stories | Oxford University Press | Anthology | 465 |
| 1987 | Horror Stories | Hamlyn | Anthology | 117 | |
| May 1987 |
|
The Oxford Book of English Ghost Stories | Oxford University Press | Anthology | 465 |
| October 1989 |
|
The Oxford Book of English Ghost Stories | Oxford University Press | Anthology | 465 |
| October 1993 |
|
Tales of Horror and Mystery | Dean & Son | Anthology | 119 |
| October 1995 |
|
The Oxford Book of English Ghost Stories | Oxford University Press | Anthology | 465 |
| July 2001 |
|
Short Stories 1927-1956 | Giles de la Mare Publishers | Collection | 464 |
| June 2007 |
|
Strangers and Pilgrims | Tartarus Press | Collection | 502 |
| July 2012 |
|
Short Stories 1927-1956 | Giles de la Mare Publishers | Collection | |
| March 2013 | Pseudopod, #315 | Escape Artists, Inc. | MAGAZINE | ||
| 2022 |
|
Strangers and Pilgrims | Tartarus Press | Collection | 502 |