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The Cosy Room

Arthur Machen

First published 1929
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Synopsis

A young man flees Ledham after committing murder and rents a small room in a small town. He keeps a low profile but his mind begins to play tricks on him.

Publications (18)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1929 Cover Shudders Charles Scribner's Sons Anthology
1929 Cover Shudders Hutchinson Anthology 99
1931 Shudders Hutchinson Anthology
1934 Cover A Century of Creepy Stories Hutchinson Anthology 81
March 1936 Cover The Cosy Room and Other Stories Rich & Cowan Collection |19
January 1943 Cover The World's Great Mystery Stories World Publishing Co. Anthology 111
1945 Cover Twenty-Two Strange Stories Art & Educational Publishers Anthology 5
1946 Cover Holy Terrors Penguin Books Collection 99
1971 A Century of Creepy Stories Books for Libraries Press Anthology 81
June 1976 Cover The First Book of Unknown Tales of Horror Sidgwick & Jackson Anthology 36
October 1976 Cover The First Book of Unknown Tales of Horror Mews Books Anthology 36
1994 Cover Creepy Stories: A Classic Collection Bracken Books Anthology 63
July 2004 Ritual and Other Stories (Expanded) Tartarus Press Collection
April 2005 Cover The Terror and Other Stories Chaosium Collection 145
January 2006 Ritual and Other Stories (Expanded) Tartarus Press Collection
February 2016 Cover The Cosy Room and Other Stories Tartarus Press Collection 118
2017 Cover Holy Terrors Tartarus Press Collection 1
April 2024 Cover Horror Stories Flame Tree Press Collection 200