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Another American Tragedy

John Collier

First published June 1940
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Synopsis

"A man mutilates himself in order to murder an aged rich relative and impersonate him, to change the will in his own favor - only to discover he isn't the only one who wants the old man dead."(Wikipedia)

Publications (26)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
June 1940 The New Yorker, June 1, 1940 MAGAZINE
January 1941 Presenting Moonshine The Viking Press Collection 207
January 1941 Presenting Moonshine Macmillan of Canada Collection
January 1941 Presenting Moonshine Macmillan and Co. Collection
1943 The Touch of Nutmeg and More Unlikely Stories The Press of the Readers Club Collection 145
1945 Green Thoughts and Other Strange Tales Editions for the Armed Services Collection
April 1946 And the Darkness Falls World Publishing Co. Anthology 307
November 1951 Fancies and Goodnights Doubleday Collection 162
April 1953 Fancies and Goodnights Bantam Books Collection 224
1957 Presenting Moonshine Rupert Hart-Davis Collection 136
December 1957 Fancies and Goodnights Bantam Books Collection 166
1959 Tall Short Stories Simon & Schuster Anthology 170
1959 Tall Stories Faber and Faber Anthology
1960 Tall Short Stories Ace Star Anthology 153
1963 Fancies and Goodnights Bantam Books Collection
1965 Of Demons and Darkness Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers Collection
1965 Fancies and Goodnights (selections) Time-Life Books Collection 172
1969 Fancies and Goodnights Bantam Books Collection 188
March 1971 Modern Satiric Stories: The Impropriety Principle Scott, Foresman and Company Anthology 178
November 1972 The John Collier Reader Alfred A. Knopf Collection 327
September 1975 The Best of John Collier Pocket Books Collection
October 1975 Quickie Thrillers: 25 Mini-Mysteries Washington Square Press / Pocket Books Anthology 92
January 1976 Quickie Thrillers: 25 Mini-Mysteries Pocket Books Anthology 92
1980 Fancies and Goodnights (selections) Time-Life Books Collection 172
March 1981 Fancies and Goodnights Doubleday / SFBC Collection 177
May 2003 Fancies and Goodnights New York Review of Books Collection 188