First published in the magazine The Wave, Jan 24, 1891.
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1891 |
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Tales of Soldiers and Civilians | E. L. G. Steele | Collection | 277 |
| 1892 | In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians | Chatto & Windus | Collection | 225 | |
| 1898 | In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians | G. P. Putnam's Sons | Collection | 314 | |
| 1910 | Can Such Things Be? | The Neale Publishing Company | Collection | 297 | |
| 1910 | In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians | Chatto & Windus | Collection | 225 | |
| 1918 | Can Such Things Be? | Boni & Liveright | Collection | 297 | |
| 1924 | Can Such Things Be? | Albert & Charles Boni | Collection | 297 | |
| 1930 | In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians | Chatto & Windus | Collection | 225 | |
| 1941 | In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians | Chatto & Windus | Collection | 225 | |
| 1970 |
|
The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce | Doubleday | Collection | 27 |
| 1974 |
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Un călăreț prin cer și alte povestiri | Cartea Românească | Collection | |
| 1974 |
|
Can Such Things Be? | Citadel Press | Collection | 147 |
| 1984 |
|
The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce | University of Nebraska Press | Collection | 27 |
| 1984 | The Best of Ambrose Bierce | Castle / Book Sales | Omnibus | 321 | |
| December 1987 |
|
The Devil's Advocate: An Ambrose Bierce Reader | Chronicle Books | Omnibus | 206 |
| 1988 |
|
The Collected Writings of Ambrose Bierce | Picador / Pan Books | Omnibus | 527 |
| June 1988 |
|
La valle degli spiriti | Fanucci Editore | Collection | 11 |
| April 1990 |
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Can Such Things Be? | Citadel Press | Collection | |
| October 1993 |
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The Hastur Cycle: 13 Tales that Created and Define Dread Hastur, the King in Yellow, Nighted Yuggoth, and Dire Carcosa | Chaosium | Anthology | 3 |
| January 1997 |
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Can Such Things Be? | Wordsworth Editions | Collection | |
| February 1997 |
|
The Hastur Cycle: Second Revised Edition | Chaosium | Anthology | 1 |
| January 2000 |
|
Le cycle d'Hastur | Oriflam | Anthology | 19 |
| August 2003 | Can Such Things Be? | Project Gutenberg | Collection | |22 | |
| 2005 |
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Valea bântuită | Editura Leda | Collection | |
| June 2006 |
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The Hastur Cycle: Second Revised Edition | Chaosium | Anthology | 1 |
| May 2012 |
|
Can Such Things Be? | LibriVox | Collection | |
| May 2012 |
|
Can Such Things Be? | Collection | |297 | |
| July 2012 |
|
Ambrose Bierce: Masters of the Weird Tale | Centipede Press | Collection | |
| June 2017 |
|
HorrorBabble's Classic Horror: Volume 1 | HorrorBabble | Anthology | |3 |
| June 2017 |
|
HorrorBabble's Classic Horror: Volume 1 | HorrorBabble | Anthology | |3 |
| October 2020 |
|
Lovecraft Mythos: New & Classic Collection | Flame Tree Press | Anthology | 12 |
| December 2023 |
|
The Call of the Old Ones: An Annotated Cthulhu Mythos Collection | HorrorBabble | Anthology | |31 |