Synopsis
A man murders the owner of an antique store in order to rob it, whereupon the Devil arrives to discuss his lifelong moral decline; but rather than continue upon the same path, instead he repents.
Notes
First published in The Broken Shaft: Unwin's Christmas Annual (ed. Sir Henry Norman, Published by Fisher Unwin), for the year 1886, according to Contento.
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Publications (152)
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
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| 1885 | Unwin's Annual for 1886 | T. Fisher Unwin | MAGAZINE | 27 | |
| 1886 | The Broken Shaft: Tales in Mid-Ocean | T. Fisher Unwin | Anthology | ||
| 1887 |
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The Merry Men and Other Tales and Fables | Chatto & Windus | Collection | |
| 1895 | The Merry Men and Other Tales and Fables / Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Charles Scribner's Sons | Omnibus | 104 | |
| 1899 | Famous Weird Tales | Isaac H. Blanchard | Anthology | 115 | |
| 1899 | Famous Weird Tales | International Book & Publishing Co. | Anthology | ||
| 1902 |
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Classic Library of Famous Literature: Vol. 5, Weird Tales | The Bodleian Society | Anthology | 115 |
| 1903 |
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Thrawn Janet; Markheim: Two Tales | Thomas Bird Mosher | Collection | |
| 1906 | Thrawn Janet; Markheim: Two Tales | Thomas Bird Mosher | Collection | ||
| 1909 | Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde / The Merry Men and Other Tales and Fables | Current Literature Pub. Co | Omnibus | ||
| 1911 |
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The Merry Men and Other Tales and Fables / Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Charles Scribner's Sons | Omnibus | |4 |
| 1915 |
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Short Stories for High Schools | Charles Scribner's Sons | Anthology | 431 |
| 1923 | The Short Stories of Robert Louis Stevenson | Charles Scribner's Sons | Collection | |9 | |
| 1924 |
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Will o' the Mill and Markheim | Haldeman-Julius | Collection | |
| 1925 |
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde / The Merry Men and Other Tales | J. M. Dent & E. P. Dutton | Omnibus | |
| 1925 | Markheim | Holerth Press | Collection | ||
| 1927 | The Merry Men and Other Tales and Fables / Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Charles Scribner's Sons | Omnibus | ||
| April 1927 |
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Weird Tales, April 1927 | Popular Fiction Publishing Co. | MAGAZINE | 556 |
| 1928 | The Stories of Robert Louis Stevenson | Gollancz | Collection | 821 | |
| 1932 | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde; The Merry Men & Other Tales | E. P. Dutton | Omnibus | |5 | |
| June 1932 | The Stories of Robert Louis Stevenson | Gollancz | Collection | 821 | |
| 1933 | Great Stories of All Nations: One Hundred Sixty Complete Stories from the Literatures of All Periods and Countries | Tudor Publishing Company | Anthology | 369 | |
| 1934 |
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The Mystery Book | Odhams Press | Anthology | 568 |
| 1936 | Markheim and Will o' the Mill | Kenyûsha | Collection | ||
| 1937 | Folio Club Presents RLS: Three Stories by Robert Louis Stevenson | Eldon Press | Collection | |3 | |
| 1937 |
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The Haunted Omnibus | Farrar & Rinehart | Anthology | 281 |
| 1937 | The Haunted Omnibus | Oxford | Anthology | 281 | |
| 1937 |
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The Haunted Omnibus | Cassell | Anthology | 281 |
| 1939 | Great Ghost Stories of the World: The Haunted Omnibus | Garden City Publishing Co. | Anthology | 281 | |
| 1939 |
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Tellers of Tales: 100 Short Stories from the United States, England, France, Russia and Germany | Doubleday, Doran | Anthology | 245 |
| 1941 |
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories | Pocket Books | Collection | 81 |
| 1941 |
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Great Ghost Stories of the World | Blue Ribbon Books | Anthology | 281 |
| 1941 |
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Great Ghost Stories of the World | Blue Ribbon Books | Anthology | 281 |
| 1945 |
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories | Editions for the Armed Services | Collection | |
| 1945 |
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Tales of the Supernatural | Pan Books | Anthology | 111 |
| 1945 |
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Twenty-Two Strange Stories | Art & Educational Publishers | Anthology | 92 |
| 1947 | Selected Writings of Robert Louis Stevenson | Random House | Omnibus | |11 | |
| 1947 |
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The Golden Argosy: A Collection of the Most Celebrated Short Stories in the English Language | The Dial Press | Anthology | 541 |
| August 1947 |
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Tales of the Supernatural | Pan Books | Anthology | 103 |
| August 1950 | Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and Other Stories | Coward-McCann | Collection | |12 | |
| 1951 | The Great Short Stories of Robert Louis Stevenson | Pocket Books | Collection | ||
| 1951 |
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Tales of the Supernatural | Pan Books | Anthology | 103 |
| 1951 |
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Great Short Stories of Robert Louis Stevenson | Pocket Books | Collection | |
| 1951 |
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Great Short Stories of Robert Louis Stevenson | Pocket Books | Collection | |
| 1951 | Great Short Stories of Robert Louis Stevenson | Pocket Books | Collection | ||
| 1954 |
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The Great Short Stories of Robert Louis Stevenson | Pocket Books | Collection | |
| 1955 |
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The Golden Argosy: A Collection of the Most Celebrated Short Stories in the English Language | The Dial Press | Anthology | 541 |
| July 1955 |
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Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, July 1955 | Mercury Publications | MAGAZINE | 45 |
| 1956 |
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Sleep No More! Famous Ghost and Horror Stories | Vanguard Recording Society | Anthology | |3 |
| January 1959 |
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The Supernatural in the English Short Story | Bernard Hanison | Anthology | 235 |
| 1960 |
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Great Ghost Stories | Weidenfeld & Nicolson | Anthology | 87 |
| 1960 |
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Great Ghost Stories | Hill and Wang | Anthology | 87 |
| 1961 | The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Famous Tales | Dodd, Mead & Co. | Collection | 150 | |
| 1961 |
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The Great Short Stories of Robert Louis Stevenson | Washington Square Press | Collection | 148 |
| 1962 |
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Digit Books | Collection | |
| September 1962 |
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Ghosts and Things | Berkley Medallion | Anthology | 37 |
| October 1962 |
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Great Ghost Stories | Panther | Anthology | |
| 1963 |
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories of the Supernatural | Scholastic Book Services | Collection | |
| 1963 |
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Spooks in Your Cupboard | Seven Seas Publishers | Anthology | 175 |
| 1963 | Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and Other Stories | G. P. Putnam's Sons | Collection | ||
| December 1963 |
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories | Scholastic Book Services | Collection | 158 |
| December 1963 |
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories of the Supernatural | Scholastic Book Services | Collection | 158 |
| 1964 | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and The Suicide Club | Arco Publishing | Omnibus | ||
| December 1964 | Great Ghost Stories | Panther | Anthology | 53 | |
| December 1964 | Great Ghost Stories | Panther | Anthology | 53 | |
| 1965 |
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Great Tales of Mystery and Adventure | Platt & Munk | Collection | 135 |
| 1965 | Turning Point: Fourteen Great Tales of Daring and Decision | Dell Laurel-Leaf | Anthology | |7 | |
| 1965 |
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A Treasury of Great Ghost Stories | Popular Library | Anthology | 112 |
| October 1966 |
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories | Scholastic Book Services | Collection | 158 |
| 1968 | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde / The Merry Men and Other Tales | J. M. Dent | Omnibus | ||
| 1968 | The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories | Minster Classics | Collection | 109 | |
| 1968 | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde / Island Night's Entertainments / The Merry Men and Other Stories | Heron Books | Omnibus | ||
| 1968 |
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories | Magnum Books | Collection | 109 |
| June 1969 | The Complete Short Stories of Robert Louis Stevenson, with a Selection of the Best Short Novels | Doubleday | Omnibus | 443 | |
| 1970 |
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The Suicide Club and Other Stories | Pergamon Press | Collection | |1 |
| September 1970 | Ghosts and Things | Berkley Medallion | Anthology | 37 | |
| 1971 |
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Tales of Terror | Vanguard Recording Society | Anthology | |9 |
| 1972 |
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Markheim | CMS | Chapbook | |
| February 1972 | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories of the Supernatural | Scholastic Book Services | Collection | ||
| 1976 |
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The Supernatural Short Stories of Robert Louis Stevenson | John Calder | Collection | 44 |
| November 1977 |
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The Supernatural Short Stories of Robert Louis Stevenson | Riverrun Press | Collection | |4 |
| February 1978 |
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The Supernatural Short Stories of Robert Louis Stevenson | Dell Laurel-Leaf | Collection | 50 |
| December 1979 |
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Famous Tales | Dodd, Mead & Co. | Collection | |5 |
| 1980 |
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Angels and Awakenings | Doubleday | Anthology | 45 |
| June 1981 |
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The Evil Image: Two Centuries of Gothic Short Fiction and Poetry | NAL Meridian | Anthology | 331 |
| 1982 | Murder for Christmas | Mysterious Press | Anthology | ||
| May 1983 |
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Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Horror and Supernatural of the 19th Century | Beaufort Books | Anthology | 187 |
| December 1986 |
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The Twelve Frights of Christmas | Avon | Anthology | 20 |
| June 1987 |
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Classic Stories of Mystery, Horror and Suspense | Robert Hale | Anthology | 46 |
| July 1987 |
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Tales of the Dark | St. Martin's Press | Anthology | 75 |
| September 1987 |
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Devils & Demons: A Treasury of Fiendish Tales Old & New | Doubleday / SFBC | Anthology | 518 |
| September 1987 |
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Devils & Demons: A Treasury of Fiendish Tales Old & New | Doubleday | Anthology | 518 |
| February 1988 | The Body Snatcher and Other Stories | Signet Classic / New American Library | Collection | 92 | |
| October 1988 |
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Ghosts for Christmas | Michael O'Mara Books | Anthology | 45 |
| October 1989 |
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Ghosts for Christmas | Headline | Anthology | |
| November 1989 |
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Ghosts for Christmas | Carroll & Graf | Anthology | 45 |
| 1991 |
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories of the Supernatural | Scholastic | Collection | 141 |
| June 1991 | Will O' the Mill and Markheim | Gordon Press Publishers | Collection | ||
| August 1991 | The Collected Shorter Fiction of Robert Louis Stevenson | Robinson | Collection | 425 | |
| September 1991 |
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The Complete Shorter Fiction | Carroll & Graf | Collection | 425 |
| 1992 |
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Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Other Stories | Everyman's Library (UK) | Collection | |4 |
| 1992 | Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Other Stories | Alfred A. Knopf | Collection | 131 | |
| October 1992 |
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Ghosts for Christmas | Castle Books | Anthology | 45 |
| October 1992 |
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The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Other Stories | J. M. Dent | Collection | 79 |
| December 1992 |
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories | Oxford University Press | Collection | 61 |
| December 1993 |
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The Complete Shorter Fiction | Carroll & Graf | Collection | 425 |
| December 1993 | Tales from the Prince of Storytellers | Northwestern University Press | Collection | 300 | |
| December 1993 | Tales from the Prince of Storytellers | Northwestern University Press | Collection | 300 | |
| March 1994 | The Complete Short Stories: The Centenary Edition | Henry Holt | Collection | 2:86|2086 | |
| March 1994 | The Complete Short Stories: The Centenary Edition | Henry Holt | Collection | 2:86|2086 | |
| August 1994 | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories | Courage Books | Collection | 135 | |
| November 1994 |
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Angels and Awakenings | Doubleday | Anthology | 45 |
| 1995 |
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Great Short Stories: Fiction from the Masters of World Literature | Carroll & Graf | Anthology | 417 |
| October 1995 | The Merry Men and Other Tales and Fables | Project Gutenberg | Collection | ||
| 1996 |
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Classic Victorian & Edwardian Ghost Stories | Wordsworth Editions | Anthology | 171 |
| July 1996 |
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The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Other Stories | J. M. Dent | Collection | 79 |
| November 1996 |
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Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories | Konemann | Collection | |
| 1998 |
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The Complete Short Stories of Robert Louis Stevenson, with a Selection of the Best Short Novels | Da Capo Press | Omnibus | 443 |
| December 1999 |
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The Short Stories of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume I | Audio Connoisseur | Collection | tape 1 |
| 2001 |
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories of the Supernatural | Scholastic | Collection | 141 |
| 2001 |
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The Library of Classic Horror Stories | Courage Books | Anthology | |
| August 2003 | Merry Men | IndyPublish.com | Collection | ||
| October 2003 |
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories | Barnes & Noble Books | Collection | 237 |
| 2004 |
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The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Other Stories | Barnes & Noble Books | Collection | |
| 2004 |
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The Wordsworth Book of Horror Stories | Wordsworth Editions | Anthology | 1066 |
| December 2004 |
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The Suicide Club & Other Dark Adventures | Tartarus Press | Collection | 283 |
| January 2005 |
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories | Barnes & Noble Books | Collection | |5 |
| April 2005 |
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The Merry Men and Other Tales and Fables and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Kessinger | Omnibus | 117 |
| April 2006 |
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Classic Tales of Horror | Bloody Books | Anthology | 45 |
| August 2006 |
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H. P. Lovecraft's Book of the Supernatural: 20 Classics of the Macabre, Chosen by the Master of Horror Himself | Pegasus Books | Anthology | |
| September 2006 |
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H. P. Lovecraft's Book of the Supernatural: 20 Classics of the Macabre, Chosen by the Master of Horror Himself | Pegasus Books | Anthology | 11 |
| September 2006 |
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Pantechnicon, #1 | Pantechnicon Publishing | MAGAZINE | 35 |
| June 2007 |
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H. P. Lovecraft's Book of the Supernatural: 19 Classics of the Macabre, Chosen by the Master of Horror Himself | Fall River Press | Anthology | 11 |
| May 2008 |
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Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Other Tales | Oxford University Press | Collection | 85 |
| February 2009 |
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Scottish Ghost Stories | Wordsworth Editions | Anthology | 511 |
| July 2009 |
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Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Other Strange Tales | Arcturus Publishing | Collection | 121 |
| April 2010 | The Supernatural Short Stories of Robert Louis Stevenson | Calder Publications Ltd | Collection | 44 | |
| November 2011 |
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Terrifying Tales | Fall River Press | Collection | 114 |
| October 2015 |
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The Devils & Demons Megapack | Wildside Press | Anthology | |
| November 2015 | Short Stories for High Schools | Project Gutenberg | Anthology | |431 | |
| July 2016 |
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Murder Mayhem Short Stories | Flame Tree Publishing | Anthology | 380 |
| September 2016 |
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories | Sterling Publishing | Collection | 69 |
| September 2016 |
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories | Alma Classics | Collection | 69 |
| November 2016 |
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Murder Mayhem Short Stories | Flame Tree Publishing | Anthology | |380 |
| December 2018 |
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The Greatest Christmas Stories | Oregon Publishing | Anthology | |221 |
| December 2018 |
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The Christmas Library | Oregon Publishing | Anthology | |221 |
| 2019 | Weird Tales (disc 2) | Anthology | 556|20904556 | ||
| June 2019 |
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Short Stories from the Age of Queen Victoria | Flame Tree Publishing | Anthology | 238 |
| July 2021 |
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The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Other Stories | Collins | Collection | 93 |
| August 2022 |
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The Wimbourne Book of Victorian Ghost Stories: Volume 12 | Wimbourne Books | Anthology | 241 |
| August 2023 |
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Robert Louis Stevenson Collection | Flame Tree Press | Omnibus | 59 |
| December 2025 |
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Supernatural Tales | Alma Books | Omnibus | |2 |