Synopsis
A servant tells how he strove to drive away his fellow servants so that he would gain from a legacy. One of the servants commits suicide but returns in the form of a scarecrow. -- from <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="http://tartaruspress.com/d8.htm">The Guide to Supernatural Fiction</a>
Notes
First published in the London Mercury, July 1929. Revised when reprinted in Best Stories of Walter de la Mare; this version appears in Short Stories 1895-1926.
Publications (17)
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1929 |
|
Shudders | Charles Scribner's Sons | Anthology | |
| 1929 |
|
Shudders | Hutchinson | Anthology | 67 |
| September 1930 |
|
On the Edge | Faber and Faber | Collection | 85 |
| 1931 | Shudders | Hutchinson | Anthology | ||
| 1934 |
|
A Century of Creepy Stories | Hutchinson | Anthology | 213 |
| 1942 |
|
Best Stories of Walter de la Mare | Faber and Faber | Collection | 109 |
| 1945 | Best Ghost Stories | Faber and Faber | Anthology | 261 | |
| February 1957 |
|
Best Ghost Stories | Faber and Faber | Anthology | 261 |
| February 1957 |
|
Best Stories of Walter de la Mare | Faber and Faber | Collection | 109 |
| 1960 |
|
Best Ghost Stories | Faber and Faber | Anthology | 261 |
| 1964 | Best Ghost Stories | Faber and Faber | Anthology | 261 | |
| 1971 | A Century of Creepy Stories | Books for Libraries Press | Anthology | 213 | |
| July 2001 |
|
Short Stories 1927-1956 | Giles de la Mare Publishers | Collection | 53 |
| June 2007 |
|
Strangers and Pilgrims | Tartarus Press | Collection | 355 |
| July 2012 |
|
Short Stories 1927-1956 | Giles de la Mare Publishers | Collection | |
| April 2017 |
|
Out of the Deep and Other Supernatural Tales | British Library Publishing | Collection | 267 |
| 2022 |
|
Strangers and Pilgrims | Tartarus Press | Collection | 355 |