Notes
First published: Phil May's Annual, December 1895
Publications (59)
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1895 | Phil May's Winter Annual, 1895 | The Office, Bouverie House | MAGAZINE | 45 |
| 1897 | Thirty Strange Stories | Edward Arnold | Collection | 66 |
| March 1897 | The Plattner Story and Others | Methuen | Collection | 29 |
| 1898 | Thirty Strange Stories | Harper & Brothers | Collection | 66 |
| July 1900 | The Plattner Story and Others | Tauchnitz | Collection | 36 |
| 1924 | Tales of Life and Adventure | W. Collins Sons | Collection | 7 |
| 1927 | The Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Ernest Benn | Collection | 391 |
| 1927 | The Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Ernest Benn | Collection | 391 |
| September 1927 | The Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Ernest Benn | Collection | 391 |
| October 1927 | The Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Ernest Benn | Collection | 391 |
| 1929 | The Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Doubleday, Doran | Collection | |
| 1929 | The Famous Short Stories of H. G. Wells | The Literary Guild | Collection | |
| April 1929 | The Argosy, April 1929 | The Amalgamated Press | MAGAZINE | 96 |
| 1937 | The Famous Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Doubleday, Doran | Collection | 338 |
| 1937 | The Favorite Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Doubleday, Doran | Collection | 338 |
| 1938 | The Famous Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Garden City Publishing Co. | Collection | 338 |
| 1938 | The Famous Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Doubleday, Doran | Collection | 338 |
| 1940 | Short Stories: Second Series | Thomas Nelson & Sons | Collection | |12 |
| September 1946 | The Time Machine: An Invention and Other Stories | Penguin Books | Collection | 163 |
| 1948 | The Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Ernest Benn | Collection | 391 |
| 1952 | 28 Science Fiction Stories of H. G. Wells | Dover Publications | Collection | 462 |
| 1954 | Tales of Life and Adventure | Collins | Collection | |
| 1957 | The Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Ernest Benn | Collection | 391 |
| September 1958 | Selected Short Stories | Penguin Books | Collection | 212 |
| 1960 | 28 Science Fiction Stories of H. G. Wells | Dover Publications | Collection | 462 |
| 1960 | The Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Ernest Benn | Collection | 346 |
| 1962 | Selected Short Stories | Penguin Books | Collection | 212 |
| 1963 | Best Stories of H. G. Wells | Ballantine Books | Collection | 36 |
| June 1963 | Best Stories of H. G. Wells | Ballantine Books | Collection | 36 |
| 1964 | 28 Science Fiction Stories of H. G. Wells | Dover Publications | Collection | 462 |
| 1964 | Selected Short Stories | Penguin Books | Collection | 212 |
| 1965 | The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Ernest Benn | Collection | |
| 1965 | Tales of Life and Adventure | Collins | Collection | 24 |
| 1966 | 28 Science Fiction Stories of H. G. Wells | Dover Publications | Collection | 462 |
| September 1966 | The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Ernest Benn | Collection | 346 |
| 1968 | Selected Short Stories | Penguin Books | Collection | 212 |
| 1973 | Selected Short Stories | Penguin Books | Collection | 212 |
| 1974 | Thirty Strange Stories | Causeway Books | Collection | 66 |
| 1974 | The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Ernest Benn | Collection | 346 |
| 1975 | Skyriders: Man's Conquest of the Air | Blackie | Anthology | 77 |
| 1977 | Selected Short Stories | Penguin Books | Collection | 212 |
| 1979 | Selected Short Stories | Penguin Books (US) | Collection | 212 |
| 1981 | Selected Short Stories | Penguin Books (US) | Collection | 212 |
| May 1986 | Mysterious Air Stories | W. H. Allen | Anthology | 55 |
| 1987 | The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells | St. Martin's Press | Collection | 346 |
| 1988 | Selected Short Stories | Penguin Books | Collection | 212 |
| 1990 | Short Stories | The Folio Society | Collection | |15 |
| March 1998 | Thirty Strange Stories | Carroll & Graf | Collection | 51 |
| August 1998 | The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells | J. M. Dent | Collection | 116 |
| 2000 | That Untravelled World | Institute for the Study of English in Africa | Anthology | |1 |
| July 2004 | Selected Stories of H. G. Wells | Modern Library | Collection | 115 |
| May 2007 | The Country of the Blind and Other Selected Stories | Penguin Books | Collection | |6 |
| December 2007 | The Country of the Blind and Other Selected Stories | Penguin Books | Collection | 54 |
| April 2011 | Complete Short Story Omnibus | Gollancz | Collection | 124 |
| April 2013 | The Plattner Story and Others | Forgotten Books | Collection | |
| June 2013 | The Plattner Story and Others | Project Gutenberg | Collection | |29 |
| January 2017 | The Crystal Egg and Other Stories | Wordsworth Editions | Collection | 313 |
| June 2019 | Thirty Strange Stories | Project Gutenberg | Collection | |66 |
| March 2024 | Tales of Life and Adventure | Faded Page | Collection | |3 |