The main character of this story is Mary Postgate, a drab middle-aged lady's companion. In 1915, the nephew of her employer, a young man she's devoted to, enlists in the Air Corps and is killed, and she witnesses a child killed by bombing. Then an injured German pilot is downed and falls into her hands...
A non-speculative horror story.
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1915 | Nash's and Pall Mall Magazine, September 1915 | The National Magazine Co. | MAGAZINE | 2 | |
| April 1917 |
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A Diversity of Creatures | Macmillan and Co. | Collection | 419 |
| April 1917 | A Diversity of Creatures | Doubleday, Page & Company | Collection | 421 | |
| October 1969 | Great English Short Stories | Dell Laurel | Anthology | 184 | |
| 1973 |
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Best Murder Stories 2 | Faber and Faber | Anthology | 11 |
| 1978 |
|
Getting Even: Gripping Tales of Revenge | Bobbs-Merrill Company | Anthology | 37 |
| 1980 |
|
Stories from Rudyard Kipling | The Franklin Library | Collection | 381 |
| 1984 |
|
Chamber of Horrors | Octopus Books | Anthology | 252 |
| 1985 |
|
Chamber of Horrors | Octopus Books | Anthology | 252 |
| 1987 |
|
Chamber of Horrors | Gallery Books / W. H. Smith | Anthology | 252 |
| 1987 |
|
A Diversity of Creatures | Penguin Books | Collection | |
| November 1987 |
|
Best Short Stories of Rudyard Kipling | Signet Classic / New American Library | Collection | 336 |
| August 2004 | A Diversity of Creatures | Project Gutenberg | Collection | |14 | |
| 2006 |
|
Strange Tales | Wordsworth Editions | Collection | 178 |
| February 2007 |
|
The Mark of the Beast and Other Fantastical Tales | Gollancz / Orion | Collection | 621 |
| September 2007 |
|
A Diversity of Creatures | Wildside Press | Collection | |
| January 2008 |
|
Rudyard Kipling's Tales of Horror & Fantasy | Pegasus Books | Collection | |621 |
| November 2008 |
|
Rudyard Kipling's Tales of Horror & Fantasy | Pegasus Books | Collection | |621 |
| April 2009 |
|
Rudyard Kipling's Tales of Horror & Fantasy | Pegasus Books / SFBC | Collection | |
| 2010 |
|
Rudyard Kipling's Tales of Horror & Fantasy | Fall River Press | Collection | 621 |
| November 2010 |
|
The Mark of the Beast and Other Fantastical Tales | Gollancz / Orion | Collection | |
| May 2012 |
|
Strange Tales | Wordsworth Editions | Collection | |13 |
| May 2014 |
|
Rudyard Kipling's Tales of Horror & Fantasy | Pegasus Books | Collection | |621 |