{{Tr|Willa Muir and Edwin Muir}} for "The Penal Colony: Stories and Short Pieces", Schocken Books, 1948. An earlier translation by Eugene Jolas, 1941, seems rarely used. Unless stated otherwise, we assume all English translations of this story are by the Muirs.
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 |
|
The Penal Colony: Stories and Short Pieces | Schocken Books | Collection | |37 |
| 1949 |
|
The Penal Colony: Stories and Short Pieces | Schocken Books | Collection | |37 |
| 1952 |
|
Selected Stories of Franz Kafka | Modern Library | Collection | 90 |
| 1952 |
|
Selected Short Stories of Franz Kafka | Modern Library | Collection | 90 |
| September 1952 |
|
Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow | Bantam Books | Anthology | 267 |
| May 1960 | Great German Short Stories | Dell | Anthology | 179 | |
| 1961 |
|
The Penal Colony: Stories and Short Pieces | Schocken Books | Collection | 191|37 |
| December 1961 |
|
Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow | Bantam Books | Anthology | 225 |
| January 1962 | Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow | Bantam Books | Anthology | ||
| March 1967 |
|
Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow | Bantam Books | Anthology | 225 |
| January 1968 | Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow | Bantam Books | Anthology | 225 | |
| September 1968 | Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow | Bantam Books | Anthology | 225 | |
| November 1968 |
|
Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow | Bantam Books | Anthology | 225 |
| 1969 |
|
The Penal Colony: Stories and Short Pieces | Schocken Books | Collection | 191|37 |
| August 1970 |
|
Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow | Bantam Books | Anthology | 225 |
| 1971 |
|
The Cracked Looking Glass: Stories of Other Realities | Macmillan | Anthology | 202 |
| 1971 |
|
The Complete Stories | Schocken Books | Collection | 140 |
| 1971 |
|
The Penal Colony: Stories and Short Pieces | Schocken Books | Collection | 191|37 |
| August 1972 |
|
Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow | Bantam Books | Anthology | 225 |
| 1974 | Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow | Bantam Books | Anthology | 225 | |
| September 1976 |
|
Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow | Bantam Books | Anthology | 225 |
| August 1977 |
|
Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow | Bantam Books | Anthology | 225 |
| 1983 |
|
The Complete Stories | Schocken Books | Collection | 140 |
| 1984 |
|
The Penguin Book of Horror Stories | Penguin Books | Anthology | 254 |
| 1985 |
|
The Penguin Book of Horror Stories | Penguin Books | Anthology | 254 |
| October 1985 | The Penguin Book of Horror Stories | Viking UK | Anthology | ||
| 1986 |
|
The World of the Short Story: A Twentieth Century Collection | Houghton Mifflin | Anthology | 50 |
| October 1987 |
|
The Penguin Book of Horror Stories | Penguin Books | Anthology | 254 |
| 1989 |
|
The Houghton Mifflin Anthology of Short Fiction | Houghton Mifflin | Anthology | 712 |
| March 1989 | The Houghton Mifflin Anthology of Short Fiction | Houghton Mifflin | Anthology | 712 | |
| 1991 |
|
The Penguin Book of Horror Stories | Bloomsbury | Anthology | |
| 1993 |
|
Selected Short Stories of Franz Kafka | Modern Library | Collection | 95 |
| July 1993 |
|
Strange Dreams | Bantam Spectra | Anthology | 454 |
| August 1993 |
|
Strange Dreams | HarperCollins (UK) | Anthology | 454 |
| September 1993 |
|
Collected Stories | Alfred A. Knopf | Collection | |23 |
| March 1994 |
|
Strange Dreams | HarperCollins (UK) | Anthology | 602 |
| August 1994 |
|
Strange Dreams | Bantam Spectra / SFBC | Anthology | 454 |
| October 1995 |
|
The Complete Stories | Schocken Books | Collection | 140 |
| December 1996 |
|
Literacy, Technology, and Society: Confronting the Issues | Prentice-Hall | Anthology | 557 |
| January 2000 |
|
The Metamorphosis and Other Stories | Dover Publications | Collection | |
| 2005 |
|
The Complete Short Stories | Vintage (UK) | Collection | 140 |
| 2012 |
|
The Monster-Maker and Other Science Fiction Classics | Fall River Press | Anthology | 355 |
| October 2012 |
|
The Complete Stories | Schocken Books | Collection | |8 |
| 2013 |
|
McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, Winter 2013 | McSweeney's Books | MAGAZINE | 339 |
| January 2015 |
|
Collected Stories | Everyman's Library | Collection | |23 |
| April 2015 |
|
The Metamorphosis and Other Stories | Broadview Press | Collection | |
| July 2016 |
|
Murder Mayhem Short Stories | Flame Tree Publishing | Anthology | 283 |
| November 2016 |
|
Murder Mayhem Short Stories | Flame Tree Publishing | Anthology | |283 |