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Mrs. Amworth

E. F. Benson

First published June 1922
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Synopsis

A woman who had lived in a region of India where there had been an epidemic of vampirism returns to England and brings the curse with her.

Notes

copyright data from The Vampire Megapack states that this was originally published in 1920

Publications (97)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
June 1922 Hutchinson's Magazine, June 1922 MAGAZINE
1923 Visible and Invisible Hutchinson Collection 223
1924 Visible and Invisible George H. Doran Collection
1925 Visible and Invisible Hutchinson Collection
September 1928 Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror Gollancz Anthology 834
1929 The Omnibus of Crime Harcourt, Brace & Company Anthology 787
April 1929 Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror Gollancz Anthology 834
August 1929 The Omnibus of Crime Payson & Clarke Anthology 787
May 1930 Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror Gollancz Anthology 834
September 1930 Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror Gollancz Anthology 834
August 1931 Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror Gollancz Anthology 834
June 1932 Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror Gollancz Anthology 834
January 1933 Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror Gollancz Anthology 834
December 1933 Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror Gollancz Anthology 834
1934 The Evening Standard Book of Strange Stories Hutchinson Anthology 913
1937 The Omnibus of Crime Garden City Publishing Co. Anthology 787
July 1939 Great Short Stories of Detection: Part II, Mystery and Horror Gollancz Anthology
1944 Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural Modern Library Anthology 769
1947 Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural Hammond, Hammond & Co. Anthology 603
1947 Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural Modern Library Anthology 769
January 1947 Great Short Stories of Detection: Part II, Mystery and Horror Gollancz Anthology
June 1950 Famous Fantastic Mysteries, June 1950 All-Fiction Field, Inc. MAGAZINE 106
June 1950 Famous Fantastic Mysteries, June 1950 All-Fiction Field, Inc. (Canada) MAGAZINE 106
1957 Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural Hammond, Hammond & Co. Anthology 603
1961 Horror Stories Paul Elek Anthology 49
1963 Stories of the Supernatural Macfadden-Bartell Anthology 67
1963 The Vampire Neville Spearman Anthology 160
1965 Horror Omnibus W. H. Allen Anthology 76
1965 The Arrow Book of Horror Stories Arrow Books Anthology
1965 The Unhumans Popular Library Anthology 40
1965 The Vampire Pan Books Anthology 178
1966 Horror Omnibus Panther Anthology
1967 Stories of the Supernatural Macfadden-Bartell Anthology 67
June 1968 Monster Mix Mayflower / Dell Anthology 43
August 1968 Monster Mix Mayflower / Dell Anthology 43
August 1968 Strange Beasts and Unnatural Monsters Fawcett Crest Anthology 177
1970 The Fifth Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories Fontana Anthology 151
1970 The Dark of the Soul Tower Books Anthology 41
August 1970 The Dark Shadows Book of Vampires and Werewolves Paperback Library Anthology 39
1971 Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural Hammond, Hammond & Co. Anthology 603
August 1971 The Fifth Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories Fontana Anthology
1972 The Vampire Pan Books Anthology 178
1972 Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural Hammond, Hammond & Co. Anthology 603
1974 Fantasy: Shapes of Things Unknown Scott, Foresman and Company Anthology 149
1974 The Horror Horn and Other Stories: The Best Horror Stories of E. F. Benson Panther Collection 105
March 1974 Stories of the Supernatural Manor Books Anthology 80
May 1974 The 5th Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories Fontana Anthology 151
1975 Open at Your Own Risk Houghton Mifflin Anthology 376
1976 Open at Your Own Risk Hamish Hamilton Anthology 376
1976 Fantasy: Shapes of Things Unknown Scott, Foresman and Company Anthology 149
1976 Open at Your Own Risk Book Club Associates Anthology 376
1977 The Dracula Book of Great Vampire Stories Citadel Press Anthology 235
1977 Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural Book Club Associates Anthology 603
September 1977 The Fifth Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories Fontana Anthology 151
1978 Terrors, Torments and Traumas Thomas Nelson Anthology 69
1978 Terrors, Traumas and Torments J. M. Dent & Sons Anthology 69
March 1978 The Dracula Book of Great Vampire Stories Jove / HBJ Anthology 273
August 1979 The Dracula Book of Great Vampire Stories Castle Books Anthology 235
September 1979 Lurking Shadows W. H. Allen Anthology 37
1980 Campfire Chillers East Woods Press Anthology 23
1982 Tales from Beyond the Grave Octopus Books Anthology 49
1982 Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural Hutchinson Anthology 603
April 1982 The Fifth Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories Fontana Anthology 151
1984 The Penguin Book of Horror Stories Penguin Books Anthology 287
1984 Campfire Chillers East Woods Press Anthology 23
1985 The Penguin Book of Horror Stories Penguin Books Anthology 287
October 1985 The Penguin Book of Horror Stories Viking UK Anthology
November 1986 The Tale of an Empty House and Other Ghost Stories Black Swan Collection 124
May 1987 The Dracula Book of Great Vampire Stories Citadel Press Anthology 235
October 1987 The Penguin Book of Horror Stories Penguin Books Anthology 287
1989 Tales from Beyond the Grave Gallery Books / W. H. Smith Anthology 49
1991 The Penguin Book of Horror Stories Bloomsbury Anthology
October 1991 The Book of Dracula Wings Books Omnibus 235
1992 Great Vampires & Other Horrors Chancellor Press Anthology 38
November 1992 The Collected Ghost Stories of E. F. Benson Robinson Collection 288
December 1992 The Collected Ghost Stories of E. F. Benson Carroll & Graf Collection 288
1994 Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural Modern Library Anthology 738
October 1994 Tales of Terror and the Supernatural Bracken Books Anthology 487
October 1994 Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural Modern Library Anthology 738
1996 The Collected Ghost Stories of E. F. Benson Carroll & Graf Collection 288
1996 Tales of Terror and the Supernatural: A Classic Collection Leopard Anthology 487
November 1996 The Collected Ghost Stories of E. F. Benson Carroll & Graf Collection 288
September 1997 Girls' Night Out: Twenty-Nine Female Vampire Stories Barnes & Noble Books Anthology 46
1999 The Collected Ghost Stories of E. F. Benson Carroll & Graf Collection 288
July 2001 Mrs. Amworth Ash-Tree Press Collection 23
2002 Great Vampire Stories Chancellor Press Anthology 38
October 2009 The Vampire Archives: The Most Complete Volume of Vampire Tales Ever Published Vintage Crime / Black Lizard / Vintage Books Anthology 358
June 2010 The Vampire Archives: The Most Complete Volume of Vampire Tales Ever Published Vintage Crime/Black Lizard / SFBC Anthology 358
March 2012 The Vampire Megapack: 27 Classic Tales Wildside Press Anthology |1
September 2012 Collected Works of E. F. Benson Benediction Classics Omnibus 293
2013 Before Weird Tales: Early 20th Century Stories of Horror and the Supernatural Sam Teddy Publishing Anthology
2013 Tooth and Claw: Classic Tales of Vampires and Werewolves Sam Teddy Publishing Anthology 125
January 2013 Short Ghost and Horror Story Collection 19 LibriVox Anthology |12
September 2020 Footsteps in the Dark: Short Stories Flame Tree Press Anthology 19
February 2021 Visible and Invisible Wildside Press Collection 123
November 2021 Visible and Invisible Good Press Collection |10
October 2022 Horror Historia Red CSRC Storytelling Anthology 356