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Chinoiserie

Helen McCloy

First published July 1946
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette

Notes

A mystery story set in 19th-century Peking. Borderline speculative--one character believes that the spirit of the ancient painter Wang Wei intervened in events, offended by one of his paintings being misappropriated, and the story leaves it ambiguous whether this is true.

Publications (9)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
July 1946 Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, July 1946 MAGAZINE
July 1965 Argosy, July 1965 Fleetway Publications MAGAZINE 92
1969 A Month of Mystery Random House / BCE Anthology 354
1969 A Month of Mystery Random House Anthology 377
1970 A Month of Mystery Max Reinhardt Anthology 383
1973 A Month of Mystery: Book Two Pan Books Anthology 183
1982 Alfred Hitchcock's Fear Davis Publications Anthology 21
1982 Alfred Hitchcock's Your Share of Fear The Dial Press Anthology 21
1983 Alfred Hitchcock's Your Share of Fear The Dial Press / SFBC Anthology 21