A man has visions of being invited to board a hearse.
The "Who's Out There?" website states that the story listed here as "untitled [4]" in the Bennett Cerf collection "Try and Stop Me" is a version of this story.
"The Man on the Hearse" by Janet Deene also appears to be a direct or indirect adaptation of this story.
"The Hearse Driver" the first segment of the portmanteau film "Dead of Night" was based on this story.
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 1906 |
|
The Pall Mall Magazine, December 1906 | George Routledge & Sons | MAGAZINE | 721 |
| 1912 |
|
The Room in the Tower and Other Stories | Mills & Boon | Collection | 192 |
| 1914 |
|
The Room in the Tower and Other Stories | Mills & Boon | Collection | |
| 1929 | The Room in the Tower and Other Stories | Knopf (UK) | Collection | 192 | |
| 1966 |
|
Medley Macabre: An Anthology of Stories of the Supernatural, Being Ghosts, Psychical Phenomena, Uncanny Mysteries | Hammond, Hammond and Company | Anthology | 381 |
| 1970 |
|
The Restless Ghost: And Other Encounters and Experiences | Collins | Anthology | 81 |
| 1971 |
|
The Usurping Ghost: And Other Encounters and Experiences | E. P. Dutton | Anthology | 81 |
| 1972 |
|
Medley Macabre: An Anthology of Stories of the Supernatural, Being Ghosts, Psychical Phenomena, Uncanny Mysteries | Hammond, Hammond and Company | Anthology | 381 |
| 1972 |
|
The Restless Ghost: And Other Encounters and Experiences | Collins | Anthology | 81 |
| February 1972 |
|
The Fourth Armada Ghost Book | Armada | Anthology | 65 |
| February 1973 |
|
The Usurping Ghost: And Other Encounters and Experiences | E. P. Dutton | Anthology | 81 |
| 1979 |
|
65 Great Tales of the Supernatural | Octopus Books | Anthology | 53 |
| 1980 |
|
65 Great Tales of the Supernatural | Sundial | Anthology | 53 |
| May 1981 |
|
Dead of Night | William Kimber | Anthology | 11 |
| 1982 |
|
65 Great Tales of the Supernatural | Octopus Books / Marks and Spencer | Anthology | 53 |
| 1982 | 65 Great Tales of the Supernatural | Octopus Books | Anthology | 53 | |
| 1984 |
|
The Fourth Armada Ghost Book | Armada | Anthology | 65 |
| 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 | 11 |
| November 1986 |
|
The Tale of an Empty House and Other Ghost Stories | Black Swan | Collection | 70 |
| August 1989 |
|
Dead of Night | Dorset Press | Anthology | 11 |
| November 1992 |
|
The Collected Ghost Stories of E. F. Benson | Robinson | Collection | 98 |
| December 1992 | The Collected Ghost Stories of E. F. Benson | Carroll & Graf | Collection | 98 | |
| 1996 |
|
The Collected Ghost Stories of E. F. Benson | Carroll & Graf | Collection | 98 |
| September 1996 |
|
100 Tiny Tales of Terror | Barnes & Noble Books | Anthology | 36 |
| November 1996 |
|
The Collected Ghost Stories of E. F. Benson | Carroll & Graf | Collection | 98 |
| September 1998 |
|
The Terror by Night | Ash-Tree Press | Collection | 79 |
| 1999 |
|
The Collected Ghost Stories of E. F. Benson | Carroll & Graf | Collection | 98 |
| October 2006 |
|
Scary Stories | Chronicle Books | Anthology | 88 |
| February 2011 |
|
Short Ghost and Horror Story Collection 12 | LibriVox | Anthology | |19 |
| June 2012 |
|
Night Terrors: The Ghost Stories of E. F. Benson | Wordsworth Editions | Collection | 113 |
| September 2012 |
|
Collected Works of E. F. Benson | Benediction Classics | Omnibus | 338 |
| March 2013 |
|
The E. F. Benson Megapack | Wildside Press | Collection | |
| October 2016 |
|
Ghost Stories | Vintage (UK) | Collection | 113 |
| October 2016 |
|
Ghost Stories | Vintage Digital | Collection | |
| July 2017 |
|
Great Supernatural Stories: 101 Horrifying Tales | Fall River Press | Anthology | 106 |
| September 2019 |
|
Spectral Tales: Classic Ghost Stories | Warbler Classics | Anthology | 174 |
| August 2022 |
|
Haunted Tales: Classic Stories of Ghosts and the Supernatural | Pegasus Books | Anthology | |16 |
| August 2022 |
|
Haunted Tales: Classic Stories of Ghosts and the Supernatural | Pegasus Books | Anthology | |16 |
| December 2023 | The Room in the Tower and Other Stories | Project Gutenberg | Collection | |192 | |
| January 2024 |
|
The Room in the Tower and Other Stories | Faded Page | Collection | 192 |