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De Mortuis

John Collier

First published July 1942
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Synopsis

Dr Rankin is laying down cement in his basement. His friends drop in unexpectedly, and soon begin to suspect that he has just buried his wife.

Publications (26)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
July 1942 The New Yorker, July 18, 1942 MAGAZINE
1943 The Touch of Nutmeg and More Unlikely Stories The Press of the Readers Club Collection 11
1945 Green Thoughts and Other Strange Tales Editions for the Armed Services Collection
November 1951 Fancies and Goodnights Doubleday Collection 8
April 1953 Fancies and Goodnights Bantam Books Collection 10
December 1957 Fancies and Goodnights Bantam Books Collection 8
1958 Pictures in the Fire Rupert Hart-Davis Collection 158
1963 Fancies and Goodnights Bantam Books Collection
1964 And Graves Give Up Their Dead Corgi Books Anthology 145
1965 Of Demons and Darkness Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers Collection
1965 Fancies and Goodnights (selections) Time-Life Books Collection 11
1966 13 Ways to Dispose of a Body Dodd, Mead & Co. Anthology 75
1969 Fancies and Goodnights Bantam Books Collection 9
July 1974 Happy Endings Bobbs-Merrill Company Anthology 91
1977 The Tenth Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories Fontana Anthology 65
October 1979 The Master's Choice Random House Anthology 109
1980 Fancies and Goodnights (selections) Time-Life Books Collection 11
March 1981 Fancies and Goodnights Doubleday / SFBC Collection 9
May 1981 Dead of Night William Kimber Anthology 196
September 1981 65 Great Tales of Horror Octopus Books Anthology 131
1982 65 Great Tales of Horror Octopus Books Anthology 131
January 1984 Dead of Night: Horror Stories from Radio, Television and Films Stein and Day Anthology
February 1986 Dead of Night Stein and Day Anthology 196
August 1989 Dead of Night Dorset Press Anthology 196
October 1990 Short Sharp Shocks Weidenfeld & Nicolson Anthology 60
May 2003 Fancies and Goodnights New York Review of Books Collection 9