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The Inexperienced Ghost

H. G. Wells

First published October 1903
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Notes

First published March 1902 as "The Story of the Inexperienced Ghost" in The Strand Magazine v23 #135, pp. 337-45; with 6 illustrations by {{a|W. S. Stacey}}, so credited in the volume index, and so signed almost legibly! (viewed at HathiTrust)

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Publications (93)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
October 1903 Cover Twelve Stories and a Dream Macmillan and Co. Collection 131
1924 Cover Tales of the Unexpected W. Collins Sons Collection 245
1927 Cover The Short Stories of H. G. Wells Ernest Benn Collection 997
1927 Cover The Short Stories of H. G. Wells Ernest Benn Collection 997
September 1927 Cover The Short Stories of H. G. Wells Ernest Benn Collection 997
October 1927 The Short Stories of H. G. Wells Ernest Benn Collection 997
1929 Cover The Short Stories of H. G. Wells Doubleday, Doran Collection
1929 The Famous Short Stories of H. G. Wells The Literary Guild Collection
August 1929 Cover Ghost Stories, August 1929 Constructive Pub. Corp. MAGAZINE 36
1930 The First Men in the Moon, The World Set Free and Short Stories Odhams Press Omnibus 317
1931 The Stolen Body and Other Tales of the Unexpected London Book Co. Collection |13
July 1931 Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror, Second Series Gollancz Anthology 1122
July 1932 Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror, Second Series Gollancz Anthology 1122
September 1934 Cover Tales of the Uncanny, September 1934 World's Work MAGAZINE 32
1936 Cover The Mammoth Book of Thrillers, Ghosts and Mysteries Odhams Press Anthology 594
1937 Cover The Famous Short Stories of H. G. Wells Doubleday, Doran Collection 881
January 1937 Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror, Second Series Gollancz Anthology 1122
1938 Cover The Famous Short Stories of H. G. Wells Garden City Publishing Co. Collection 881
1938 Cover The Famous Short Stories of H. G. Wells Doubleday, Doran Collection 881
September 1940 Cover Short Stories: First Series Thomas Nelson & Sons Collection 180
August 1941 Cover The Pocket Book of Mystery Stories Pocket Books Anthology
1943 The Inexperienced Ghost Todd Publishing Co. Chapbook
1944 The Inexperienced Ghost and the New Accelerator Vallancey Press Collection
1945 Best Ghost Stories Faber and Faber Anthology 198
1948 Short Stories Oxford Book Co. Anthology
1948 Cover The Short Stories of H. G. Wells Ernest Benn Collection 997
January 1948 Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror, Second Series Gollancz Anthology 1122
February 1949 Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror, Second Series Gollancz Anthology 1122
1953 Seven Stories Oxford University Press Collection
1954 Tales of the Unexpected Collins Collection
1957 Cover The Short Stories of H. G. Wells Ernest Benn Collection 997
February 1957 Cover Best Ghost Stories Faber and Faber Anthology 198
1959 Cover My Favorites in Suspense Random House Anthology 66
1960 Cover Best Ghost Stories Faber and Faber Anthology 198
1960 Cover The Short Stories of H. G. Wells Ernest Benn Collection
December 1960 Cover 14 of My Favorites in Suspense Dell Anthology 108
March 1961 Cover 14 of My Favorites in Suspense Dell Anthology 108
November 1961 Cover 14 of My Favorites in Suspense Dell Anthology 108
April 1963 Cover 14 of My Favorites in Suspense Dell Anthology 108
August 1963 Cover Magazine of Horror, August 1963 Health Knowledge, Inc. MAGAZINE 80
1964 The Valley of Spiders Fontana Collection 125
1964 Best Ghost Stories Faber and Faber Anthology 198
1965 The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells Ernest Benn Collection
1965 Cover Horror Omnibus W. H. Allen Anthology 194
February 1965 Cover The Inexperienced Ghost and Nine Other Stories Bantam Books Collection 11
August 1965 The Valley of Spiders Fontana Collection 125
1966 Cover Horror Omnibus Panther Anthology
July 1966 The Inexperienced Ghost and Nine Other Stories Bantam Books Collection 11
September 1966 Cover The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells Ernest Benn Collection 899
October 1966 Cover Thin Air: An Anthology of Ghost Stories Blackie Anthology 175
1967 Cover Ghosts, Spooks and Spectres Hamish Hamilton Anthology
1967 Cover Ghosts, Spooks and Spectres David White Company Anthology 151
1967 Thin Air: An Anthology of Ghost Stories Blackie Anthology 175
1970 Cover A Gathering of Ghosts Funk & Wagnalls Anthology 35
1971 Ghosts, Spooks and Spectres Puffin Anthology
1972 Ghosts, Spooks and Spectres Puffin Anthology
January 1972 Cover Thin Air Blackie Anthology 175
September 1972 Cover The Valley of Spiders Fontana Collection 125
1973 Cover Ghosts, Spooks and Spectres Puffin Anthology 153
1974 Cover The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells Ernest Benn Collection 899
1974 Cover A Little Night Reading: Twenty Tales of Horror and the Supernatural Roger Schlesinger Anthology 293
September 1975 Cover A Little Night Reading Orbit / Futura Anthology 293
1976 Cover Ghosts and Ghastlies Franklin Watts Anthology 132
June 1976 Cover 14 of My Favorites in Suspense Dell Anthology 108
1978 Cover Ten Ghost Stories Hodder & Stoughton Anthology 43
1978 Supernatural John Murray Anthology 85
1982 Cover Tales from Beyond the Grave Octopus Books Anthology 154
May 1983 Cover Nightcaps and Nightmares William Kimber Anthology 113
October 1984 Cover The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories Penguin Books Anthology 311
1985 Cover The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories Penguin Books Anthology 311
December 1985 Cover Dark Banquet: A Feast of Twelve Great Ghost Stories St. Martin's Press Anthology 184
1987 The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells St. Martin's Press Collection 899
October 1987 Cover The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories Penguin Books Anthology 311
1989 Cover Tales from Beyond the Grave Gallery Books / W. H. Smith Anthology 154
1991 Cover The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories Bloomsbury Anthology
1991 Cover Great Tales of the Supernatural Chancellor Press Anthology 576
May 1998 Cover The Inexperienced Ghost and The Temptation of Harringay Books of Wonder Collection
August 1998 Cover The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells J. M. Dent Collection 467
2002 Cover Great Ghost Stories Chancellor Press Anthology 576
August 2005 Cover The Mammoth Book of Haunted House Stories (Revised + expanded) Robinson Anthology 641
August 2005 Cover The Mammoth Book of Haunted House Stories (Revised + expanded) Carroll & Graf Anthology 641
December 2006 Cover The Man Who Could Work Miracles Tartarus Press Collection
September 2007 Cover The Mammoth Book of Modern Ghost Stories Carroll & Graf Anthology 341
September 2007 Cover The Mammoth Book of Modern Ghost Stories Robinson Anthology 341
2009 Cover A Dream of Armageddon: The Complete Supernatural Tales Fall River Press Collection 226
January 2009 Cover A Dream of Armageddon Cybraria Collection
May 2010 Cover A Dream of Armageddon Kessinger Collection
April 2011 Cover Complete Short Story Omnibus Gollancz Collection 509
July 2011 Cover The Mammoth Book of Haunted House Stories Robinson Anthology
August 2013 Cover Twelve Stories and a Dream Bottom of the Hill Publishing Collection
September 2021 Tales of the Unexpected Project Gutenberg Collection |245
August 2022 Cover Haunted Tales: Classic Stories of Ghosts and the Supernatural Pegasus Books Anthology |13
August 2022 Cover Haunted Tales: Classic Stories of Ghosts and the Supernatural Pegasus Books Anthology |13