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The Cobweb

Saki

First published 1914
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

The old woman Martha proclaims that death is coming. Emma hopes that Martha will be the one to die, but no.

Not quite genre; no real evidence of supernatural prediction rather than coincidence. Gothic atmosphere.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1914 Cover Beasts and Super-Beasts John Lane Company Collection 63
1914 Cover Beasts and Super-Beasts John Lane, The Bodley Head Collection 63
1914 Cover Beasts and Super-Beasts Bell & Cockburn Collection 63
December 1970 Cover Mind in Chains Panther Anthology 9
1974 Cover Mind in Chains Panther Anthology 9
June 1974 Cover 7 x Schüttelfrost Pabel Anthology 10
June 1975 Cover Tales of the Occult Fawcett Crest Anthology 397
1976 Cover The Complete Works of Saki Doubleday Omnibus 266
1982 The Complete Saki Penguin Books Omnibus 266
1983 Cover The Best of Saki Picador Collection 151
1993 Cover 100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories Barnes & Noble Books Anthology 79
1993 Cover The Complete Stories of Saki Wordsworth Editions Omnibus 190
April 1994 100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories Michael O'Mara Books Anthology 79
1995 Cover 100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories Barnes & Noble Books Anthology 79
May 1995 Beasts and Super-Beasts Project Gutenberg Collection
1997 Cover 100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories Barnes & Noble Books Anthology 79
May 1998 Cover The Complete Saki Penguin Books Omnibus 266
1999 Cover Masters of the Macabre Book-of-the-Month Club Anthology 11
October 2000 Cover Saki: The Complete Short Stories Penguin Books Collection 266
2003 Cover 100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories Sterling Publishing Anthology 79
2004 Cover 100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories Barnes & Noble Books Anthology 79
January 2013 Cover Short Ghost and Horror Story Collection 19 LibriVox Anthology |19