← Back

Manacled

Stephen Crane

First published August 1900
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

A play uses real manacles as props. When a fire breaks out in the theater, the entire cast runs off in panic leaving the chained-up actor behind.

A non-supernatural horror story.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
August 1900 Argosy (UK), August 1900 MAGAZINE
November 1975 Cover The Fantastic Pulps Gollancz Anthology 19
1976 Cover The Fantastic Pulps St. Martin's Press Anthology 19
October 1976 Cover The Fantastic Pulps Vintage Books Anthology 19
June 1979 Cover Wolf's Complete Book of Terror Clarkson N. Potter Anthology 253
June 1979 Cover Wolf's Complete Book of Terror Clarkson N. Potter Anthology 253
September 1997 American Gothic Barnes & Noble Books Anthology 259