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A Ghost Story

Mark Twain

First published 1928
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Synopsis

A man rents an apartment in a deserted building, and experiences an impressively scary haunting; which turns out to be the ghost of the Cardiff Giant, so the two have a friendly chat.

Notes

First published in Mark Twain's sketches, new and old, 1875. Locus-1 states that it was first published in Werner's Readings and Recitations, 1888, but it's apparently an error.

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Publications (45)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1928 Cover American Ghost Stories Houghton Mifflin Anthology 71
1932 Thirteen Ghostly Yarns Roland Swain Anthology 29
1942 Thirteen Ghostly Yarns (revised) Macrae Smith Company Anthology
1971 Cover Ghosts! An Anthology of Spectral Stories Blackie Anthology 300
May 1971 Cover Witches, Wraiths & Warlocks: Supernatural Tales of the American Renaissance Fawcett Premier Anthology 244
March 1973 Cover Witches, Wraiths & Warlocks: Supernatural Tales of the American Renaissance Fawcett Premier Anthology 244
1979 Cover 65 Great Tales of the Supernatural Octopus Books Anthology 618
1980 Cover 65 Great Tales of the Supernatural Sundial Anthology 618
1982 Cover Tales from Beyond the Grave Octopus Books Anthology 259
1982 Cover 65 Great Tales of the Supernatural Octopus Books / Marks and Spencer Anthology 618
1982 65 Great Tales of the Supernatural Octopus Books Anthology 618
1985 Cover Great Ghost Stories Little Simon Anthology 11
1985 Cover Great Ghost Stories Julian Messner Anthology 11
October 1988 Cover Witches, Wraiths and Warlocks: Supernatural Tales of the American Renaissance Fawcett Premier / Ballantine Anthology 247
1989 Cover Tales from Beyond the Grave Gallery Books / W. H. Smith Anthology 259
July 1990 Cover The Mammoth Book of Ghost Stories Robinson Anthology 546
August 1990 Cover The Mammoth Book of Ghost Stories Carroll & Graf Anthology 546
1992 Cover Great Vampires & Other Horrors Chancellor Press Anthology 503
1993 Cover 100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories Barnes & Noble Books Anthology 179
April 1994 100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories Michael O'Mara Books Anthology 179
September 1994 Cover The Screaming Skull and Other Great American Ghost Stories Tor Anthology 58
1995 Cover 100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories Barnes & Noble Books Anthology 179
November 1996 Cover Phantastic Book of Ghost Stories Barnes & Noble Books Anthology
1997 Cover 100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories Barnes & Noble Books Anthology 179
1999 Cover Masters of the Macabre Book-of-the-Month Club Anthology 60
September 2000 Cover One Dark Night: 13 Masterpieces of the Macabre Ballantine Books Anthology 41
October 2001 Cover The Little Big Book of Chills & Thrills Welcome Books Anthology 230
2002 Cover Great Vampire Stories Chancellor Press Anthology 503
September 2002 Cover The American Fantasy Tradition Tor Anthology 260
September 2002 Cover Phantastic Book of Ghost Stories MetroBooks Anthology 546
2003 Cover 100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories Sterling Publishing Anthology 179
September 2003 Cover The American Fantasy Tradition Tor Anthology 260
2004 Cover 100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories Barnes & Noble Books Anthology 179
September 2004 Cover More Ghost Stories Kingfisher (US) Anthology 32
October 2006 Cover Ghost Story Collection 2 LibriVox Anthology |5
August 2010 Cover Short Ghost and Horror Story Collection 10 LibriVox Anthology |17
August 2010 Cover Chills and Thrills: The Ultimate Anthology of the Mystical, Magical, Eerie, & Uncanny Welcome Books Anthology 132
March 2011 Cover The Ghost Story Megapack: 25 Classic Tales by Masters Wildside Press Anthology
April 2012 Cover Night Terrors Anthology Kayelle Press Anthology 43
October 2012 Tor.com, October 25, 2012 Tor MAGAZINE
June 2017 Cover HorrorBabble's Classic Horror: Volume 1 HorrorBabble Anthology |10
June 2017 Cover HorrorBabble's Classic Horror: Volume 1 HorrorBabble Anthology |10
January 2019 Cover Haunted House Short Stories Flame Tree Publishing Anthology
April 2019 Cover Ghost Stories: Classic Tales of Horror and Suspense Pegasus Books Anthology 201
April 2019 Cover Ghost Stories: Classic Tales of Horror and Suspense Pegasus Books Anthology