Synopsis
Cornelius Puce, the visiting American, makes a bet with the Englishmen Quiller and Kerr-Anderson to spend the night in the haunted house. His experiences are frightening indeed. Another twist in the tale comes when he meets the Englishmen again eleven years later.
Notes
First publishing in The Tatler Christmas 1924
Publications (49)
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
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| 1925 |
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May Fair: Being an Entertainment Purporting to Reveal to Gentlefolk the Real State of Affairs Existing in the Very Heart of London During the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Years of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Fifth: Together with Suitable Reflections on the Last Follies, Misadventures and Galanteries of These Charming People | George H. Doran | Collection | 224 |
| 1925 | May Fair: Being an Entertainment Purporting to Reveal to Gentlefolk the Real State of Affairs Existing in the Very Heart of London During the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Years of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Fifth: Together with Suitable Reflections on the Last Follies, Misadventures and Galanteries of These Charming People | George H. Doran | Collection | ||
| 1925 |
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May Fair: The Ace of Cads and Other Stories | Grosset & Dunlap | Collection | |
| May 1925 |
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May Fair: Being an Entertainment Purporting to Reveal to Gentlefolk the Real State of Affairs Existing in the Very Heart of London During the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Years of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Fifth: Together with Suitable Reflections on the Last Follies, Misadventures, and Galanteries of These Charming People | Collins | Collection | 192 |
| June 1925 | May Fair: Being an Entertainment Purporting to Reveal to Gentlefolk the Real State of Affairs Existing in the Very Heart of London During the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Years of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Fifth: Together with Suitable Reflections on the Last Follies, Misadventures, and Galanteries of These Charming People | Collins | Collection | 192 | |
| 1927 |
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Ghost Stories | W. Collins Sons | Collection | 36 |
| September 1928 | Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror | Gollancz | Anthology | 1063 | |
| 1929 |
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The Omnibus of Crime | Harcourt, Brace & Company | Anthology | 1013 |
| April 1929 | Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror | Gollancz | Anthology | 1063 | |
| August 1929 |
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The Omnibus of Crime | Payson & Clarke | Anthology | 1013 |
| May 1930 | Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror | Gollancz | Anthology | 1063 | |
| September 1930 | Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror | Gollancz | Anthology | 1063 | |
| 1931 | May Fair | Collins | Collection | ||
| August 1931 | Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror | Gollancz | Anthology | 1063 | |
| June 1932 | Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror | Gollancz | Anthology | 1063 | |
| January 1933 | Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror | Gollancz | Anthology | 1063 | |
| December 1933 | Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror | Gollancz | Anthology | 1063 | |
| 1934 |
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A Century of Thrillers: From Poe to Arlen | Daily Express Publications | Anthology | 183 |
| 1934 |
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A Century of Thrillers: From Poe to Arlen | Daily Express Publications | Anthology | 183 |
| 1937 |
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The Haunted Omnibus | Farrar & Rinehart | Anthology | 465 |
| 1937 | The Haunted Omnibus | Oxford | Anthology | 465 | |
| 1937 |
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The Haunted Omnibus | Cassell | Anthology | 465 |
| 1937 |
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Century of Thrillers | President Press | Anthology | 127|2127 |
| 1937 | The Omnibus of Crime | Garden City Publishing Co. | Anthology | 1013 | |
| 1939 | Great Ghost Stories of the World: The Haunted Omnibus | Garden City Publishing Co. | Anthology | 465 | |
| 1941 |
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Great Ghost Stories of the World | Blue Ribbon Books | Anthology | 465 |
| 1941 |
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Great Ghost Stories of the World | Blue Ribbon Books | Anthology | 465 |
| 1944 |
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Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural | Modern Library | Anthology | 212 |
| 1947 | Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural | Hammond, Hammond & Co. | Anthology | 180 | |
| 1947 |
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Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural | Modern Library | Anthology | 212 |
| 1950 |
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Ghostly Tales to Be Told | Dodd, Mead & Co. | Anthology | 164 |
| 1957 | Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural | Hammond, Hammond & Co. | Anthology | 180 | |
| 1963 |
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Human and Inhuman Stories | Macfadden-Bartell | Anthology | 7 |
| December 1965 |
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The First Panther Book of Horror | Panther | Anthology | 182 |
| 1967 |
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Human and Inhuman Stories | Macfadden-Bartell | Anthology | 7 |
| 1968 |
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The Panther Book of Horror | Panther | Anthology | 182 |
| 1971 |
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Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural | Hammond, Hammond & Co. | Anthology | 180 |
| 1972 |
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Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural | Hammond, Hammond & Co. | Anthology | 180 |
| February 1974 |
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Human and Inhuman Stories | Manor Books | Anthology | 7 |
| December 1976 | Ghost Stories | Arno Press | Collection | 36 | |
| 1977 |
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Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural | Book Club Associates | Anthology | 180 |
| 1977 |
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Human and Inhuman Stories | Manor Books | Anthology | 7 |
| 1982 | Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural | Hutchinson | Anthology | 180 | |
| 1994 | Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural | Modern Library | Anthology | 204 | |
| October 1994 |
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Tales of Terror and the Supernatural | Bracken Books | Anthology | 97 |
| October 1994 |
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Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural | Modern Library | Anthology | 204 |
| 1996 |
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Tales of Terror and the Supernatural: A Classic Collection | Leopard | Anthology | 97 |
| 2002 | Ghost Stories | Ayer Company Publishers | Collection | 36 | |
| October 2020 |
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The Valancourt Book of Horror Stories: Volume Four | Valancourt Books | Anthology |