One very hot day, an artist randomly draws a man in the dock at trial. He soon comes across the living counterpart of that unknown face, who's a gravestone carver who had the random impulse to carve a stone with an unfamiliar name and today's date of death--the name being the artist's.
The full text of this story is available online. Multiple audio files of the story are available from the Wikipedia link.
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910 |
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Midnight House and Other Tales | J. M. Dent | Collection | 65 |
| 1944 | Famous Ghost Stories | Modern Library | Anthology | 276 | |
| 1946 |
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Midnight Tales | J. M. Dent | Collection | 133 |
| 1947 |
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The Beast with Five Fingers: Twenty Tales of the Uncanny | E. P. Dutton | Collection | 181 |
| 1948 | Short Stories | Oxford Book Co. | Anthology | ||
| 1953 |
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The Week-End Book of Ghost Stories | Ives Washburn | Anthology | 81 |
| 1956 |
|
Famous Ghost Stories | Modern Library | Anthology | 276 |
| 1962 |
|
The Beast with Five Fingers and Other Midnight Tales | Aldine | Collection | |
| 1962 |
|
Famous Ghost Stories | Vintage Books | Anthology | |
| June 1971 |
|
The Other Side of the Clock | Pinnacle Books | Anthology | 143 |
| 1976 | Midnight House and Other Tales | Arno Press | Collection | ||
| September 1996 |
|
100 Tiny Tales of Terror | Barnes & Noble Books | Anthology | 11 |
| June 2009 |
|
The Double Eye | Tartarus Press | Collection | 19 |
| 2010 |
|
The Screaming Skull and Other Classic Horror Stories | Fall River Press | Anthology | 308 |
| September 2012 |
|
The Big Book of Ghost Stories | Vintage Crime / Black Lizard / Vintage Books | Anthology | 16 |
| December 2012 |
|
The Big Book of Ghost Stories | Vintage Crime / Black Lizard / Vintage Books | Anthology | |16 |
| December 2016 |
|
Great Horror Stories: 101 Chilling Tales | Fall River Press | Anthology | 26 |
| February 2020 |
|
HorrorBabble's Ultimate Weird Tales Collection, Volume III | HorrorBabble | Anthology | |17 |
| June 2020 |
|
The Big Book of Ghost Stories | Highbridge / Recorded Books | Anthology | |16 |
| 2021 |
|
The Rivals of H. G. Wells, Vol. I (Short Stories and Novelettes) | Sam Teddy Publishing | Anthology | 270 |