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Button, Button

Richard Matheson

First published June 1970
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Notes

A 1986 episode of the television series The Twilight Zone and a 2009 feature film, The Box, were both based on this short story.

Publications (23)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
June 1970 Playboy, June 1970 MAGAZINE 131
1971 Transit of Earth Playboy Press Anthology 25
1975 2001 and Beyond: Science Fiction Stories Longman Anthology 67
September 1989 Richard Matheson: Collected Stories Dream/Press Collection 843
September 1989 Richard Matheson: Collected Stories Dream/Press Collection 843
September 1989 Richard Matheson: Collected Stories Dream/Press Collection 843
December 1991 New Stories from The Twilight Zone Avon Books Anthology 227
August 1992 New Stories from the Twilight Zone Warner Books UK Anthology 227
1993 New Stories from the Twilight Zone Warner Books UK Anthology 321
April 1995 The Incredible Shrinking Man Tor Omnibus 313
July 1997 The New Twilight Zone MJF Books Anthology 227
February 2001 The Incredible Shrinking Man Tor Omnibus 299
February 2002 Stranger: Dark Tales of Eerie Encounters Harper Perennial Anthology 272
March 2002 Stranger: Dark Tales of Eerie Encounters Harper Perennial / SFBC Anthology 272
2005 Richard Matheson: Collected Stories Volume Three Edge Books Collection 281
2008 The Incredible Shrinking Man Tor Omnibus 313
April 2008 Button, Button: Uncanny Stories Tor Collection 15
April 2008 Button, Button: Uncanny Stories Tor Collection |15
September 2009 Button, Button: Uncanny Stories Tor Collection 15
October 2009 The Box: Uncanny Stories Tor Collection 3
April 2010 The Box: Uncanny Stories Tor Collection
October 2017 The Best of Richard Matheson Penguin Books (US) Collection 129
October 2017 The Best of Richard Matheson Penguin Books Collection