A strangler is prowling London's foggy streets striking at random; he is undetected even though watching policemen are seemingly everywhere.
First published in the magazine The Story-Teller, February 1929.
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
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| 1931 |
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The Pleasantries of Old Quong | Constable & Co. Ltd. | Collection | 203 |
| March 1931 |
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A Tea-Shop in Limehouse | Little, Brown | Collection | 193 |
| 1950 | The Best Stories of Thomas Burke | Phoenix House | Collection | 164 | |
| 1953 |
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The Harlot Killer | Dell | Anthology | 118 |
| 1959 | Griezelverhalen | Het Spectrum | Anthology | 163 | |
| 1968 |
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Thrillers and More Thrillers | Random House | Anthology | 174 |
| October 1973 |
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Thrillers and More Thrillers | Windward / Random House | Anthology | 174 |
| 1976 |
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Cries of Terror | Arrow Books | Anthology | 9 |
| September 1979 |
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Lurking Shadows | W. H. Allen | Anthology | 53 |
| May 1981 |
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Dead of Night | William Kimber | Anthology | 80 |
| November 1982 |
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Great Short Tales of Mystery and Terror | Reader's Digest Association | Anthology | 313 |
| 1984 |
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Murder Most Foul | Octopus Books | Anthology | 209 |
| January 1984 |
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Dead of Night: Horror Stories from Radio, Television and Films | Stein and Day | Anthology | |
| August 1985 |
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Hitchcock in Prime Time | Avon | Anthology | 88 |
| February 1986 |
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Dead of Night | Stein and Day | Anthology | 80 |
| 1987 |
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Murder Most Foul | Gallery Books / W. H. Smith | Anthology | 209 |
| 1988 | Murder Most Foul | Gallery Books / W. H. Smith | Anthology | 209 | |
| August 1989 |
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Dead of Night | Dorset Press | Anthology | 80 |
| February 1999 |
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Il diabolico gioco e altri racconti | Garden Editoriale | Anthology | 139 |
| March 2001 |
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The Golden Gong and Other Night-Pieces | Ash-Tree Press | Collection | 50 |
| 2004 | Gigamesh, 38 | Gigamesh | MAGAZINE | 62 | |
| October 2012 |
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Cries of Terror | Bloomsbury Reader | Anthology | |
| October 2016 |
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The Big Book of Jack the Ripper | Vintage Crime / Black Lizard / Vintage Books | Anthology | |
| October 2017 |
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The Big Book of Rogues and Villains | Vintage Crime / Black Lizard / Vintage Books | Anthology | 453 |