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Fishhead

Irvin S. Cobb

First published 1913
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Synopsis

After he shamed them, two white backwoods brothers decide to take revenge on a mutated black man who lives alone in the swamp, and the denizens of the swamp take their revenge.

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Publications (30)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1913 The Escape of Mr. Trimm: His Plight and Other Plights George H. Doran Collection 244
January 1913 The Cavalier, January 11, 1913 The Frank A. Munsey Company MAGAZINE 321
August 1929 Beware After Dark!: The World's Most Stupendous Tales of Mystery, Horror, Thrills and Terror The Macaulay Company Anthology 75
June 1942 Famous Fantastic Mysteries Combined with Fantastic Novels Magazine, June 1942 The Frank A. Munsey Company MAGAZINE 123
1945 Beware After Dark!: The World's Most Stupendous Tales of Mystery, Horror, Thrills and Terror Emerson Anthology 75
November 1967 Stories That Scared Even Me Random House Anthology 3
1968 Stories That Scared Even Me Max Reinhardt Anthology 11
1970 Stories That Scared Even Me: Part One Pan Books Anthology 13
December 1970 Scream Along with Me Dell Anthology 9
November 1976 Waves of Terror: Weird Stories About the Sea Gollancz Anthology 124
September 1977 Scream Along with Me Dell Anthology 9
1985 Fishhead Necronomicon Press Chapbook
August 1991 Famous Fantastic Mysteries Gramercy Books Anthology 138
November 1993 H. P. Lovecraft's Book of Horror Barnes & Noble Books Anthology 271
April 1994 H. P. Lovecraft's Book of Horror Robinson Anthology 271
February 1998 The Innsmouth Cycle: The Taint of the Deep Ones in Thirteen Tales and Three Poems Chaosium Anthology 25
March 2004 The World's Greatest Horror Stories Barnes & Noble Books Anthology 271
2006 The Innsmouth Cycle: The Taint of the Deep Ones Chaosium Anthology 24
2008 H. P. Lovecraft's Book of Horror Fall River Press Anthology 320
March 2008 The Escape of Mr. Trimm: His Plight and Other Plights Project Gutenberg Collection
2010 Monstrum: Classic Tales of Legendary, Beastly, and Ghastly Creatures Coachwhip Publications Anthology 209
2013 Before Weird Tales: Early 20th Century Stories of Horror and the Supernatural Sam Teddy Publishing Anthology
July 2014 Pseudopod, #395 Escape Artists, Inc. MAGAZINE
January 2015 Things That Go Bump in the Night: A Treasury of Classic Weird Parallel Universe Publications Anthology 271
February 2015 The Shadow Over Innsmouth PS Publishing Anthology
August 2016 Fishhead: The Darker Tales of Irvin S. Cobb Parallel Universe Publications Collection 13
October 2016 The Second Cthulhu Mythos Megapack Wildside Press Anthology
November 2016 The Dead Valley and Others Dark Regions Press Anthology
March 2017 For Mortal Things Unsung Escape Artists, Inc. Anthology [29]
2025 Fishhead Fathom Press Chapbook