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 |