Keeping His Promise

First published	1906
Type	Short Fiction
Length	Short Story

While studying for an exam late one night, a student receives a visit from an old friend. He is surprised to see that the friend, who hails from a wealthy family, appears ragged and starved, and does not say a word as he eats the proffered food and stumbles into bed. In the morning the student can hear his friend's deep breathing, but cannot find the man's body anywhere.

Date	Publication	Publisher	Type	Page
1906	The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories	Eveleigh Nash	Collection
1915	The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories	Eveleigh Nash	Collection	91
1915	The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories	Donald C. Vaughan	Collection	91
1917	The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories	Alfred A. Knopf	Collection
1930	The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories	Eveleigh Nash & Grayson	Collection
April 1931	They Walk Again: An Anthology of Ghost Stories	Faber and Faber	Anthology	33
September 1932	The Ghost Book; or, They Walk Again	Faber and Faber	Anthology	33
October 1934	The Ghost Book; or, They Walk Again	Faber and Faber	Anthology	33
1936	The Mammoth Book of Thrillers, Ghosts and Mysteries	Odhams Press	Anthology	76
1937	The Second Century of Creepy Stories	Hutchinson	Anthology	439
October 1937	The Ghost Book; or, They Walk Again	Faber and Faber	Anthology	33
1938	The Tales of Algernon Blackwood	Martin Secker	Collection	92
1938	The Tales of Algernon Blackwood	The Richards Press	Collection
1939	The Tales of Algernon Blackwood	E. P. Dutton	Collection
July 1942	They Walk Again: An Anthology of Ghost Stories	E. P. Dutton	Anthology	33
May 1943	Selected Tales of Algernon Blackwood; Stories of the Supernatural and the Uncanny	Penguin Books	Collection
1946	Strange Stories: The Last Seven	Art & Educational Publishers	Anthology	20
1947	The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories	The Richards Press	Collection
1948	Selected Tales of Algernon Blackwood; Stories of the Supernatural and the Uncanny	Penguin Books	Collection	51
1956	The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories	The Richards Press	Collection
1957	Griezelverhalen	Bruna	Anthology	150
1961	Griezelverhalen	Bruna	Anthology	150
July 1962	Tales of the Supernatural	Panther	Anthology	57
1964	The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories	John Baker	Collection
1964	Fantômes à lire	Presses de la Cité	Anthology	5
1968	Ancient Sorceries and Other Stories	Penguin Books	Collection	43
1969	The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories	John Baker	Collection	91
1970	Besuch von Drüben	Insel	Collection	67
1973	The Ninth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories	Fontana	Anthology	52
1973	Some Things Strange and Sinister	Walter J. Black, Inc.	Anthology	26
April 1973	Some Things Strange and Sinister	Harper & Row	Anthology
1974	Best Ghost Stories of Algernon Blackwood	Dover Publications	Collection	300
June 1974	Ancient Sorceries and Other Stories	Penguin Books	Collection
August 1974	Some Things Strange and Sinister	Avon	Anthology	36
1976	Some Things Strange and Sinister	Coronet	Anthology
October 1976	Classic Tales of Horror	Constable & Co. Ltd.	Anthology	235
1977	Besuch von Drüben	Suhrkamp	Collection	65
1978	Terrors, Torments and Traumas	Thomas Nelson	Anthology	26
1978	Terrors, Traumas and Torments	J. M. Dent & Sons	Anthology	26
February 1978	Great Tales of the Supernatural	J. M. Dent & E. P. Dutton	Anthology	172
June 1978	The Ninth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories	Fontana	Anthology	52
1979	65 Great Tales of the Supernatural	Octopus Books	Anthology	79
1979	Besuch von Drüben	Suhrkamp	Collection	65
1980	Points of View Book 1	Ward, Lock	Anthology	96
1980	Van Edgar Allan Poe tot Roald Dahl: De vijftig beste griezel-verhalen	Publiboek / Baart	Anthology	201
1980	65 Great Tales of the Supernatural	Sundial	Anthology	79
1982	Some Things Strange and Sinister	Avon Flare	Anthology	36
1982	65 Great Tales of the Supernatural	Octopus Books / Marks and Spencer	Anthology	79
1982	Besuch von Drüben	Suhrkamp	Collection	\|65
1982	Gästen från graven	B. Wahlström	Anthology
1982	65 Great Tales of the Supernatural	Octopus Books	Anthology	79
1983	Ghost Stories	Hamish Hamilton	Anthology	17
1986	Besuch von Drüben	Suhrkamp	Collection	\|65
July 1986	Il vecchio delle visioni	Fanucci Editore	Collection	155
1991	Great Tales of the Supernatural	Chancellor Press	Anthology	72
1992	Great Vampires & Other Horrors	Chancellor Press	Anthology	166
May 1992	Great Tales of the Supernatural	J. M. Dent	Anthology	172
April 1993	Great Ghost Stories	Troll Associates	Anthology	1
August 1993	Masterpieces of Terror and the Unknown	GuildAmerica Books / SFBC	Anthology	77
1994	Mysteries: A Classic Collection	Bracken Books	Anthology
June 1994	Masterpieces of Terror and the Unknown	St. Martin's Press	Anthology	77
1997	Besuch von Drüben	Suhrkamp	Collection	\|65
1999	Phantastische Bibliothek: Die andere Zukunft	Suhrkamp	Omnibus	\|2.4
2002	Great Vampire Stories	Chancellor Press	Anthology	166
2002	Great Ghost Stories	Chancellor Press	Anthology	72
May 2002	Best Ghost Stories of Algernon Blackwood	House of Stratus	Collection	343
December 2004	The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories	Project Gutenberg	Collection	91
March 2005	The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories	Prime Classics Library / Wildside Press	Collection	58
November 2005	The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories	Wildside Press	Collection	58
November 2009	The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories	BiblioLife	Collection
February 2010	The Empty House And Other Ghost Stories	Book Jungle	Collection
March 2012	Best Ghost Stories of Algernon Blackwood	Dover Publications	Collection
December 2012	The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories	Library of Alexandria	Collection
January 2013	The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories	CreateSpace	Collection
January 2013	Short Ghost and Horror Story Collection 19	LibriVox	Anthology	\|5
July 2013	The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories	CreateSpace	Collection
March 2014	The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories / The Listener and Other Stories	Stark House Press	Omnibus	55
2016	The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories	Jovian Press	Collection
October 2019	The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories / The Listener and Other Stories	Stark House Press	Omnibus	55
August 2023	Horror Stories	Flame Tree Press	Collection	361
October 2024	Besuch aus der Schattenwelt: Unheimliche Geschichten	Insel	Anthology	79

Keeping His Promise

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