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Contents of the Dead Man's Pockets

Jack Finney

First published October 1956
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Synopsis

A man climbs onto his balcony to retrieve a piece of paper (which contains work he's been neglecting the rest of his life for, in search of a promotion), and gets inadvertently trapped on the ledge.

Publications (28)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
October 1956 Collier's, October 26, 1956 Crowell-Collier MAGAZINE
December 1957 The Third Level Rinehart / SFBC Collection 170
1958 The Clock of Time Eyre & Spottiswoode Collection 170
1959 The Pan Book of Horror Stories Pan Books Anthology 61
March 1959 The Third Level Dell Collection 172
January 1960 The Clock of Time The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) Collection 170
July 1961 The Clock of Time Panther Collection 140
1963 Striking Terror: A Selection of Great Horror Stories Arthur Barker Anthology 11
September 1963 Stories of Suspense Scholastic Book Services Anthology 174
November 1963 Stories of Suspense Scholastic Book Services Anthology 174
1966 The Pan Book of Horror Stories Fawcett Gold Medal Anthology 52
February 1968 Night in Funland and Other Stories from Literary Cavalcade Scholastic Book Services Anthology 191
April 1968 Night in Funland and Other Stories from Literary Cavalcade Scholastic Book Services Anthology 191
January 1969 Stories of Suspense Scholastic Anthology 174
March 1969 Stories of Suspense Scholastic Anthology 174
October 1969 Night in Funland and Other Stories from Literary Cavalcade Scholastic Book Services Anthology 191
December 1969 Night in Funland and Other Stories from Literary Cavalcade Scholastic Book Services Anthology 191
February 1970 Night in Funland and Other Stories from Literary Cavalcade Scholastic Book Services Anthology 191
December 1972 Stories of Suspense Scholastic Anthology 174
January 1975 Stories of Suspense Scholastic Book Services Anthology 174
1980 The First Pan Book of Horror Stories Pan Books Anthology 61
1981 Sinister, Strange and Supernatural Elsevier / Nelson Books Anthology 116
1981 Sinister, Strange and Supernatural J. M. Dent & Sons Anthology 116
1982 Suspense John Murray Anthology 29
October 2010 The Pan Book of Horror Stories Pan Books Anthology 50
November 2012 The Clock of Time Gateway / Orion Collection
May 2016 The Pan Book of Horror Stories Pan Books Anthology 50
September 2017 The Pan Book of Horror Stories Pan Books Anthology 50