"Inventor uses his pet mouse to demonstrate his better mousetrap to an insensitive prospect who insists on seeing the mouse actually die." (Wikipedia)
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 1951 |
|
Fancies and Goodnights | Doubleday | Collection | 263 |
| April 1953 |
|
Fancies and Goodnights | Bantam Books | Collection | 365 |
| December 1957 |
|
Fancies and Goodnights | Bantam Books | Collection | 271 |
| 1958 |
|
Pictures in the Fire | Rupert Hart-Davis | Collection | 122 |
| 1963 |
|
Fancies and Goodnights | Bantam Books | Collection | |
| 1965 |
|
Fancies and Goodnights (selections) | Time-Life Books | Collection | 283 |
| 1965 |
|
De Stalen Kat | De Arbeiderspers | Collection | 129 |
| 1969 |
|
Fancies and Goodnights | Bantam Books | Collection | 304 |
| November 1972 |
|
The John Collier Reader | Alfred A. Knopf | Collection | 426 |
| September 1975 |
|
The Best of John Collier | Pocket Books | Collection | |
| 1979 |
|
The Best Animal Stories of Science Fiction and Fantasy | Frederick Warne | Anthology | 11 |
| 1980 |
|
Fancies and Goodnights (selections) | Time-Life Books | Collection | 283 |
| March 1981 |
|
Fancies and Goodnights | Doubleday / SFBC | Collection | 287 |
| May 2003 |
|
Fancies and Goodnights | New York Review of Books | Collection | 304 |