A young man wanders into a bottle shop where he purchases a bottle containing a genie. The genie grants him his wish of a palace and many beautiful women, but the man eventually grows bored, and seeks the greatest of female beauties.
First published in Esquire, 1 October 1939.
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
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| January 1941 |
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Presenting Moonshine | The Viking Press | Collection | 217 |
| January 1941 | Presenting Moonshine | Macmillan of Canada | Collection | ||
| January 1941 |
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Presenting Moonshine | Macmillan and Co. | Collection | |
| July 1945 |
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Speak of the Devil | Doubleday, Doran | Anthology | 252 |
| 1946 |
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Avon Ghost Reader | Avon Book Co. | Anthology | 227 |
| November 1951 |
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Fancies and Goodnights | Doubleday | Collection | 1 |
| 1953 |
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The Week-End Book of Ghost Stories | Ives Washburn | Anthology | 29 |
| April 1953 |
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Fancies and Goodnights | Bantam Books | Collection | 1 |
| 1957 | Presenting Moonshine | Rupert Hart-Davis | Collection | 143 | |
| December 1957 |
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Fancies and Goodnights | Bantam Books | Collection | 1 |
| May 1961 | 31 Stories | Prentice-Hall | Anthology | ||
| 1963 |
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Fancies and Goodnights | Bantam Books | Collection | |
| 1965 |
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Of Demons and Darkness | Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers | Collection | |
| 1965 |
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Fancies and Goodnights (selections) | Time-Life Books | Collection | 1 |
| 1969 |
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Fancies and Goodnights | Bantam Books | Collection | 1 |
| 1969 |
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De Dame op de Schimmel | De Arbeiderspers | Collection | 7 |
| November 1972 |
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The John Collier Reader | Alfred A. Knopf | Collection | 185 |
| September 1975 |
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The Best of John Collier | Pocket Books | Collection | |
| 1980 |
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Fancies and Goodnights (selections) | Time-Life Books | Collection | 1 |
| March 1981 |
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Fancies and Goodnights | Doubleday / SFBC | Collection | 1 |
| September 1983 |
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Magic for Sale | Ace Science Fiction Books | Anthology | 15 |
| September 1989 |
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新編 魔法のお店 | 筑摩書房 | Anthology | 359 |
| April 1991 |
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Smart Dragons, Foolish Elves | Ace Books | Anthology | 205 |
| May 1991 |
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Smart Dragons, Foolish Elves | Ace Books / SFBC | Anthology | 168 |
| May 2003 |
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Fancies and Goodnights | New York Review of Books | Collection | 1 |