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Title: A Ghost Story Title Record # 546337
Author: Mark Twain
Date: 1875-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Webpages: librivox.org, tor.com, Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
Note: First published in Mark Twain's sketches, new and old, 1875. Locus-1 states that it was first published in Werner's Readings and Recitations, 1888, but it's apparently an error.
Synopsis: A man rents an apartment in a deserted building, and experiences an impressively scary haunting; which turns out to be the ghost of the Cardiff Giant, so the two have a friendly chat.
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Current Tags: humorous (1), haunted (1), ghosts (1), Librivox (1), Cardiff Giant (1), 1800s (1), New York City (1), first person point of view (1), hoax (1) Add Tags

Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
2012 A Ghost's Story
Year Language Title
1981Translated by Richard Bellinghausen
German Eine Geistergeschichte

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
American Ghost Stories 1928-00-00 ed. C. Armitage Harper Houghton Mifflin  
$2.50?$: US dollar
xiv+
287
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Thirteen Ghostly Yarns 1932-00-00 ed. Elizabeth Hough Sechrist Roland Swain  
$2.00?$: US dollar
xiv+
299
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Thirteen Ghostly Yarns (revised) 1942-00-00 ed. Elizabeth Hough Sechrist Macrae-Smith Company  
$2.00?$: US dollar
240
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Ghosts! An Anthology of Spectral Stories 1971-00-00 ed. Alan C. Jenkins Blackie 0-216-88411-X
£1.25?£: UK pound
383
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Witches, Wraiths & Warlocks: Supernatural Tales of the American Renaissance 1971-05-00 ed. Ronald Curran Fawcett Premier M517
$0.95?$: US dollar
xix+
361
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth Checkmark
Witches, Wraiths & Warlocks: Supernatural Tales of the American Renaissance 1973-03-00 ed. Ronald Curran Fawcett Premier M1803
$0.95?$: US dollar
xix+
361
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth Checkmark
65 Great Tales of the Supernatural 1979-00-00 ed. Mary Danby Octopus Books 0-7064-1387-3   704
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
65 Great Tales of the Supernatural 1982-00-00 ed. Mary Danby Octopus Books / Marks and Spencer 0-904230-99-6   704
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
65 Great Tales of the Supernatural 1982-00-00 ed. Mary Danby Octopus Books 0-7064-1387-3   704
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Tales from Beyond the Grave 1982-00-00 ed. uncredited Octopus Books 0-7064-1798-4
£2.99?£: UK pound
377
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Mick Brownfield Checkmark
Great Ghost Stories 1985-00-00 ed. Betty Ann Schwartz Little Simon 0-671-60179-2
$6.95?$: US dollar
xiii+
177
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth James Warhola  
Great Ghost Stories 1985-00-00 ed. Betty Ann Schwartz Julian Messner 0-671-60622-0   xiii+
177
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth James Warhola  
Witches, Wraiths and Warlocks: Supernatural Tales of the American Renaissance 1988-10-00 ed. Ronald Curran Fawcett Premier / Ballantine 0-449-30061-7
$4.95?$: US dollar
354
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth Checkmark
Tales from Beyond the Grave 1989-00-00 ed. uncredited Gallery Books / W. H. Smith 0-8317-8628-0
$6.98?$: US dollar
377
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Mick Brownfield  
The Mammoth Book of Ghost Stories 1990-07-00 ed. Richard Dalby Robinson 1-85487-055-6
£4.99?£: UK pound
654
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth Gordon Crabb  
The Mammoth Book of Ghost Stories 1990-08-00 ed. Richard Dalby Carroll & Graf 0-88184-590-6
$8.95?$: US dollar
xi+
654
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth Gordon Crabb  
Great Vampires & Other Horrors 1992-00-00 ed. uncredited Chancellor Press 1-85152-235-2
£4.99?£: UK pound
541
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Theo Platt  
100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories 1993-00-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Al Sarrantonio Barnes & Noble Books 1-56619-056-8
$7.95?$: US dollar
496
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Jack Eckstein Checkmark
100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories 1994-04-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Al Sarrantonio Michael O'Mara Books 1-85479-958-4
£14.99?£: UK pound
496
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Jack Eckstein  
The Screaming Skull and Other Great American Ghost Stories 1994-09-00 ed. David G. Hartwell Tor 0-812-55178-8
$4.99?$: US dollar
217
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth Jim Thiesen Checkmark
100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories 1995-00-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Al Sarrantonio Barnes & Noble Books 1-56619-923-9
$4.98?$: US dollar
496
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth Jack Eckstein Checkmark
Phantastic Book of Ghost Stories 1996-11-00 ed. Richard Dalby Barnes & Noble Books 0-7607-0352-3
$9.98?$: US dollar
xi+
654
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Gordon Crab  
100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories 1997-00-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Al Sarrantonio Barnes & Noble Books 1-56619-923-9
$4.98?$: US dollar
496
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth Jack Eckstein  
Masters of the Macabre 1999-00-00 ed. uncredited Book-of-the-Month Club 0-9650769-7-0   128
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth  
One Dark Night: 13 Masterpieces of the Macabre 2000-09-00 ed. Kathleen Blease Ballantine Books 0-345-44044-7
$10.00?$: US dollar
xiii+
206
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth Checkmark
The Little Big Book of Chills & Thrills 2001-10-00 ed. Lena Tabori, Natasha Tabori-Fried Welcome Books 0-941807-50-9
$24.95?$: US dollar
352
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Great Vampire Stories 2002-00-00 ed. uncredited Chancellor Press 0-7537-0570-2
£6.99?£: UK pound
538
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth Checkmark
Phantastic Book of Ghost Stories 2002-09-00 ed. Richard Dalby MetroBooks 1-58663-736-3
$12.98?$: US dollar
xii+
655
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Ernesto Rios Lanz Checkmark
The American Fantasy Tradition 2002-09-00 ed. Brian M. Thomsen Tor 0-765-30152-0
$27.95?$: US dollar
604
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories 2003-00-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Al Sarrantonio Sterling Publishing 1-4027-0975-7
$12.95?$: US dollar
496
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth  
The American Fantasy Tradition 2003-09-00 ed. Brian M. Thomsen Tor 0-765-30456-2
$17.95?$: US dollar
604
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth Checkmark
100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories 2004-00-00 ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Al Sarrantonio Barnes & Noble Books 1-56619-056-8
$7.95?$: US dollar
496
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
More Ghost Stories 2004-09-00 ed. Aidan Chambers Kingfisher (US) 0-7534-5736-9
$6.95?$: US dollar
222
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth Jon Liddell  
Ghost Story Collection 2 2006-10-22 ed. LibriVox LibriVox  
$0.00?$: US dollar
 
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
anth Kathryn Delaney  
Short Ghost and Horror Story Collection 10 2010-08-08 ed. LibriVox LibriVox  
$0.00?$: US dollar
 
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
anth  
Chills and Thrills: The Ultimate Anthology of the Mystical, Magical, Eerie, & Uncanny 2010-08-31 ed. Lena Tabori, Natasha Tabori-Fried Welcome Books 978-1-59962-086-2
$16.95?$: US dollar
224
unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.
anth Kristen Sasamoto  
The Ghost Story Megapack: 25 Classic Tales by Masters 2011-03-11 ed. John Gregory Betancourt Wildside Press (Megapack) 978-1-4344-3894-2
$0.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth Elfwilde  
Night Terrors Anthology 2012-04-13 ed. Karen Henderson Kayelle Press 978-0-9808642-8-1
$17.99?$: US dollar
256
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth Ken Henson  
Tor.com, October 25, 2012 2012-10-25 ed. Patrick Nielsen Hayden Tor  
$0.00?$: US dollar
 
webzine?Used for Internet-based periodical publications which are otherwise not downloadable as an "ebook".
mag  
HorrorBabble's Classic Horror: Volume 1 2017-06-08 ed. uncredited HorrorBabble  
$2.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth  
HorrorBabble's Classic Horror: Volume 1 2017-06-29 ed. uncredited HorrorBabble  
$14.95?$: US dollar
 
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
anth  
Haunted House Short Stories 2019-01-15 ed. Laura Bulbeck Flame Tree Publishing (Gothic Fantasy) 978-1-78755-266-1
£20.00?£: UK pound
480
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Ghost Stories: Classic Tales of Horror and Suspense 2019-04-02 ed. Leslie S. Klinger, Lisa Morton Pegasus Books 978-1-64313-020-0
$25.95?$: US dollar
xiv+
256
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Ghost Stories: Classic Tales of Horror and Suspense 2019-04-02 ed. Leslie S. Klinger, Lisa Morton Pegasus Books 978-1-64313-119-1
$22.85?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth  
100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories date unknown ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Al Sarrantonio Barnes & Noble Books 1-56619-056-8   496
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Jack Eckstein Checkmark
100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories date unknown ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Al Sarrantonio Barnes & Noble Books 1-56619-056-8   496
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Jack Eckstein Checkmark
The Complete Short Stories of Mark Twain date unknown Mark Twain Bantam Books (Bantam Classic) NC259
$0.95?$: US dollar
xxii+
679
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Diane Dillon , Leo Dillon Checkmark
The Complete Short Stories of Mark Twain date unknown Mark Twain Bantam Books (Bantam Classic) 0-553-21195-1
$5.95?$: US dollar
xxii+
679
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Winslow Homer Checkmark
The Mammoth Book of Ghost Stories date unknown ed. Richard Dalby Robinson 1-85487-055-6
£5.99?£: UK pound
654
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth Gordon Crabb  
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