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The Candle

Ray Bradbury

First published November 1942
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

A desperate man comes across an unusual candle that will allow him to end the life of the man with whom his wife is about to run off.

In his introduction to The Best of Henry Kuttner (1975), Bradbury stated that the last 300 words of this story were written by Kuttner.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
November 1942 Cover Weird Tales, November 1942 Weird Tales MAGAZINE 83
June 1976 Cover The First Book of Unknown Tales of Horror Sidgwick & Jackson Anthology 93
October 1976 Cover The First Book of Unknown Tales of Horror Mews Books Anthology 93
April 2011 Cover The Collected Stories of Ray Bradbury: A Critical Edition: Volume I: 1938-1943 Kent State University Press Collection 57
2019 Weird Tales (disc 5) Anthology 83|53608083