Synopsis
Mr. Spiers arrives home late at night and begins to thoroughly clean himself. At the breakfast table his wife tells of a terrible dream she had, rousing the possibility that something terrible occurred during the night.
Publications (21)
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 1938 | The New Yorker, January 22, 1938 | MAGAZINE | 18 | |
| 1943 | The Touch of Nutmeg and More Unlikely Stories | The Press of the Readers Club | Collection | 47 |
| 1945 | Green Thoughts and Other Strange Tales | Editions for the Armed Services | Collection | |
| January 1947 | Argosy, January 1947 | The Amalgamated Press | MAGAZINE | 81 |
| November 1951 | Fancies and Goodnights | Doubleday | Collection | 174 |
| April 1953 | Fancies and Goodnights | Bantam Books | Collection | 241 |
| December 1957 | Fancies and Goodnights | Bantam Books | Collection | 179 |
| 1963 | Fancies and Goodnights | Bantam Books | Collection | |
| September 1963 | Stories of Suspense | Scholastic Book Services | Anthology | 67 |
| November 1963 | Stories of Suspense | Scholastic Book Services | Anthology | 67 |
| 1965 | Of Demons and Darkness | Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers | Collection | |
| 1965 | Fancies and Goodnights (selections) | Time-Life Books | Collection | 181 |
| 1969 | Fancies and Goodnights | Bantam Books | Collection | 202 |
| January 1969 | Stories of Suspense | Scholastic | Anthology | 67 |
| March 1969 | Stories of Suspense | Scholastic | Anthology | 67 |
| December 1972 | Stories of Suspense | Scholastic | Anthology | 67 |
| January 1975 | Stories of Suspense | Scholastic Book Services | Anthology | 67 |
| 1980 | Fancies and Goodnights (selections) | Time-Life Books | Collection | 181 |
| March 1981 | Fancies and Goodnights | Doubleday / SFBC | Collection | 190 |
| October 2001 | Night Shadows: Twentieth-Century Stories of the Uncanny | David R. Godine | Anthology | 91 |
| May 2003 | Fancies and Goodnights | New York Review of Books | Collection | 202 |