Witch's Money

First published	May 1939
Type	Short Fiction
Length	Short Story

Synopsis

In a small village in the Pyrenees, an artist buys a house with a check for 30,000 francs. However, the locals do not understand the banking system, and believe that the artist is a madman playing them for fools.

Notes

Not a speculative story; the corrupting power of money in this story is metaphorical.

Publications (21)

Date	Publication	Publisher	Type	Page
May 1939	The New Yorker, May 6, 1939		MAGAZINE
December 1940	Witch's Money	The Viking Press	Chapbook
January 1941	Presenting Moonshine	The Viking Press	Collection	17
January 1941	Presenting Moonshine	Macmillan of Canada	Collection
January 1941	Presenting Moonshine	Macmillan and Co.	Collection
November 1951	Fancies and Goodnights	Doubleday	Collection	24
April 1953	Fancies and Goodnights	Bantam Books	Collection	33
1954	Short Story Masterpieces	Dell	Anthology
1957	Presenting Moonshine	Rupert Hart-Davis	Collection	21
December 1957	Fancies and Goodnights	Bantam Books	Collection	25
1963	Fancies and Goodnights	Bantam Books	Collection
October 1963	Stories My Mother Never Told Me	Random House	Anthology	62
1965	Of Demons and Darkness	Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers	Collection
March 1965	Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories My Mother Never Told Me	Dell	Anthology	53
1966	Stories My Mother Never Told Me, Part I	Pan Books	Anthology
1969	Fancies and Goodnights	Bantam Books	Collection	28
November 1972	The John Collier Reader	Alfred A. Knopf	Collection	203
October 1973	Short Story Masterpieces	Dell Laurel	Anthology	75
September 1975	The Best of John Collier	Pocket Books	Collection
1976	Alfred Hitchcock Presents Stories My Mother Never Told Me	Dell	Anthology	53
May 2003	Fancies and Goodnights	New York Review of Books	Collection	28