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The Devil's Debt

James Platt

First published 1894
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story


"The Devil's Debt" (in quotation marks) In the 1894 collection Tales of the Supernatural, page 159 (viewed at HathiTrust), the story heading is (quote):   "The Devil's Debt." The other story headings are only dotted, not quoted, and none of the six titles is dotted or quoted in the Contents list. One WorldCat library record of the centennial edition lists this story title alone in quotation marks, {{OCLC|770630169}}.

In 1896 this story was printed and bound, if not published, as "The Devil's Debt" (probably in quotation marks) by "J. Platt" or "J. Platt[...]", {{BL|002932996}}.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1894 Tales of the Supernatural: Six Romantic Stories Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Collection 159
1974 Cover The First Mayflower Book of Black Magic Stories Mayflower Anthology 172
November 1977 Cover Great Black Magic Stories Taplinger Anthology 172
December 1994 Cover Tales of the Supernatural Ghost Story Press Collection 109
October 1997 Cover 100 Fiendish Little Frightmares Barnes & Noble Books Anthology 125
October 2010 Cover Shadows Gothic and Grotesque Coachwhip Publications Omnibus |2.6
November 2022 Tales of the Supernatural: Six Romantic Stories Project Gutenberg Collection |159