Synopsis
Eric has just moved with his wife to an isolated village. He visits his neighbor, an old man whose hobby is collecting things belonging to dead people, and hears about how close the village inhabitants are with each other, about their eccentricities such as Captain Felton's womanizing, and a series of anecdotes that hint at violence.
Notes
Non-speculative murder story.
Publications (21)
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1938 | The New Yorker, September 17, 1938 | MAGAZINE | ||
| 1943 | The Touch of Nutmeg and More Unlikely Stories | The Press of the Readers Club | Collection | 27 |
| 1945 | Green Thoughts and Other Strange Tales | Editions for the Armed Services | Collection | |
| 1948 | Fear and Trembling: Shivery Stories | Dell | Anthology | 58 |
| November 1951 | Fancies and Goodnights | Doubleday | Collection | 220 |
| April 1953 | Fancies and Goodnights | Bantam Books | Collection | 306 |
| December 1957 | Fancies and Goodnights | Bantam Books | Collection | 227 |
| 1958 | Pictures in the Fire | Rupert Hart-Davis | Collection | 31 |
| February 1961 | In the Dead of Night | Anthony Gibbs & Phillips | Anthology | 84 |
| August 1961 | In the Dead of Night | The Canterbury Press | Anthology | 84 |
| April 1962 | In the Dead of Night | Panther | Anthology | 68 |
| 1963 | Fancies and Goodnights | Bantam Books | Collection | |
| June 1963 | In the Dead of Night | Panther | Anthology | 68 |
| October 1963 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Fear and Trembling | Dell | Anthology | 61 |
| 1965 | Of Demons and Darkness | Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers | Collection | |
| 1965 | Fancies and Goodnights (selections) | Time-Life Books | Collection | 242 |
| 1968 | In the Dead of Night | Panther | Anthology | |
| 1969 | Fancies and Goodnights | Bantam Books | Collection | 255 |
| 1980 | Fancies and Goodnights (selections) | Time-Life Books | Collection | 242 |
| March 1981 | Fancies and Goodnights | Doubleday / SFBC | Collection | 241 |
| May 2003 | Fancies and Goodnights | New York Review of Books | Collection | 255 |