First published in "Harper's" in May 1884.
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1896 | Tales of Fantasy and Fact | Harper & Brothers | Collection | 93 | |
| 1919 |
|
The Best Ghost Stories | Boni & Liveright | Anthology | 141 |
| 1920 | Masterpieces of Mystery in Four Volumes: Mystic-Humorous Stories | Doubleday, Page & Company | Anthology | 238 | |
| 1921 | Humorous Ghost Stories | G. P. Putnam's Sons | Anthology | 129 | |
| 1922 | Five Great Ghost Stories | Haldeman-Julius | Anthology | |3 | |
| 1928 |
|
American Ghost Stories | Houghton Mifflin | Anthology | 100 |
| 1944 | Famous Ghost Stories | Modern Library | Anthology | 131 | |
| May 1953 |
|
Los Cuentos Fantásticos, No. 44 | Enigma (México) | MAGAZINE | 32 |
| 1956 |
|
Famous Ghost Stories | Modern Library | Anthology | 131 |
| 1962 |
|
Famous Ghost Stories | Vintage Books | Anthology | |
| September 1994 |
|
The Screaming Skull and Other Great American Ghost Stories | Tor | Anthology | 170 |
| March 2006 | The Best Ghost Stories | Project Gutenberg | Anthology | 141 | |
| November 2006 |
|
Masterpieces of Mystery: Mystic-Humorous Stories | Wildside Press | Anthology | 178 |
| December 2007 | Tales of Fantasy and Fact | Project Gutenberg | Collection | 93 | |
| October 2008 | Humorous Ghost Stories | Project Gutenberg | Anthology | |129 | |
| May 2009 |
|
Funny Bones: An Anthology of Humorous Ghost Stories | Leonaur Ltd | Anthology | |7 |
| May 2009 |
|
Funny Bones: An Anthology of Humorous Ghost Stories | Leonaur Ltd | Anthology | 78 |
| December 2012 |
|
The Best Ghost Stories | CreateSpace | Anthology | |
| January 2013 |
|
The Second Ghost Story Megapack: 25 Classic Ghost Stories | Wildside Press | Anthology | 112 |
| October 2013 |
|
Humorous Ghost Stories | LibriVox | Anthology | |7 |
| July 2014 | The Best Ghost Stories | Liongate Press | Anthology | ||
| July 2014 |
|
The Best Ghost Stories | Didactic Press | Anthology | |
| July 2015 |
|
Masterpieces of Mystery: Mystic-Humorous Stories | CreateSpace | Anthology | |
| July 2015 |
|
The Best Ghost Stories | CreateSpace | Anthology | 175 |
| 2018 |
|
Echoing Ghost Stories: Literary Reflections of Oral Tradition | Brom Bones Books | Anthology | 89 |
| September 2019 |
|
Spectral Tales: Classic Ghost Stories | Warbler Classics | Anthology | 51 |
| February 2021 |
|
Humorous Ghost Stories | Spoken Realms | Anthology | |7 |
| October 2021 |
|
The Wimbourne Book of Victorian Ghost Stories: Volume 10 | Wimbourne Books | Anthology | 154 |
| 2023 |
|
Mass. Hallucinations | Sam Teddy Publishing | Anthology | 153 |