A bureaucrat with a 25 year career is the last worker in a now emptied office building, when another person moves into a nearby office; he never sees the new person directly, but through his frosted glass door he sees the man's shadow watching him constantly.
Borderline genre; first person narrator may not be objectively reliable.
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 1980 |
|
Shadows 3 | Doubleday | Anthology | 145 |
| March 1984 |
|
100 Great Fantasy Short Short Stories | Doubleday | Anthology | 23 |
| January 1985 |
|
Shadows 3 | Berkley Books | Anthology | 145 |
| August 1985 |
|
100 Great Fantasy Short Short Stories | Avon | Anthology | 29 |
| July 1986 |
|
Shadows 3 | Berkley Books | Anthology | 145 |
| 1987 |
|
100 Great Fantasy Short Short Stories | Avon | Anthology | 29 |
| September 1988 | 100 Great Fantasy Short Short Stories | Avon | Anthology | 29 | |
| October 1988 |
|
The Best of Shadows | Doubleday Foundation | Anthology | 83 |
| 1993 |
|
100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories | Barnes & Noble Books | Anthology | 24 |
| April 1994 | 100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories | Michael O'Mara Books | Anthology | 24 | |
| May 1994 |
|
Ombres sur la route | Denoël | Collection | 63 |
| 1995 |
|
100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories | Barnes & Noble Books | Anthology | 24 |
| 1997 |
|
100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories | Barnes & Noble Books | Anthology | 24 |
| May 2001 |
|
The Far Side of the Lake | Ash-Tree Press | Collection | 3 |
| 2003 |
|
100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories | Sterling Publishing | Anthology | 24 |
| 2004 |
|
100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories | Barnes & Noble Books | Anthology | 24 |
| June 2018 | Pseudopod, #601 | Escape Artists, Inc. | MAGAZINE |