First published in The Wave, August 29, 1891.
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1893 | Can Such Things Be? | Cassell Publishing Company | Collection | ||
| 1903 | Can Such Things Be? | The Neale Publishing Company | Collection | 263 | |
| 1910 | Can Such Things Be? | The Neale Publishing Company | Collection | 185 | |
| 1918 | Can Such Things Be? | Boni & Liveright | Collection | 185 | |
| 1924 | Can Such Things Be? | Albert & Charles Boni | Collection | 185 | |
| 1925 | Ten Tales | The First Edition Club | Collection | 27 | |
| September 1965 |
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Der Gnadenstoß: Geschichten des Grauens | Rowohlt | Collection | 76 |
| 1970 |
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The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce | Doubleday | Collection | 184 |
| 1974 |
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Un călăreț prin cer și alte povestiri | Cartea Românească | Collection | |
| 1974 |
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Can Such Things Be? | Citadel Press | Collection | 95 |
| 1984 |
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The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce | University of Nebraska Press | Collection | 184 |
| 1984 | The Best of Ambrose Bierce | Castle / Book Sales | Omnibus | 269 | |
| 1988 |
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The Collected Writings of Ambrose Bierce | Picador / Pan Books | Omnibus | 469 |
| March 1988 |
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I racconti dell'orrore | Fanucci Editore | Collection | 78 |
| April 1990 |
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Can Such Things Be? | Citadel Press | Collection | |
| January 1997 |
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Can Such Things Be? | Wordsworth Editions | Collection | |
| August 1998 |
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Scary! Stories That Will Make You Scream! | Souvenir Press | Anthology | 139 |
| 1999 |
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Scary! Stories That Will Make You Scream! | Barnes & Noble Books | Anthology | 139 |
| 1999 |
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Nuit blanche | Hachette | Anthology | |11 |
| August 2003 | Can Such Things Be? | Project Gutenberg | Collection | |13 | |
| 2005 |
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Valea bântuită | Editura Leda | Collection | |
| October 2008 |
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The Spook House: Terrifying Tales of the Macabre | Penguin Books | Collection | 130 |
| 2009 |
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Bierce After Dark: 30 Strange Tales by Ambrose Bierce | Coachwhip Publications | Collection | 82 |
| August 2011 |
|
Can Such Things Be? | Blackstone Audio | Collection | |263 |
| May 2012 |
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Can Such Things Be? | LibriVox | Collection | |
| May 2012 |
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Can Such Things Be? | Collection | |185 | |
| July 2012 |
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Ambrose Bierce: Masters of the Weird Tale | Centipede Press | Collection |