Title: That Hell-Bound Train
Title Record # 65044
Author: Robert Bloch
Date: 1958-09-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
User Rating: 8.00 (10 votes) Including variants and translations: 7.92 (12 votes) Your vote: Not cast VOTE
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Author: Robert Bloch
Date: 1958-09-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
User Rating: 8.00 (10 votes) Including variants and translations: 7.92 (12 votes) Your vote: Not cast VOTE
Current Tags: Merril04 (1), wishes (1), Satan (1), fantasy (1), Hell (1), devil (1), Deal with the devil (1), hobo (1), happiness (1), into-radio (1), science fiction (1) Add Tags
Other Titles
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Awards
| Place | Year and Award | Category |
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| 1 | 1959 Hugo | Best Short Story |
Publications
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| Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, September 1958 | 1958-09-00 | ed. Robert P. Mills | Mercury Press, Inc. | $0.35?$: US dollar |
132 | digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125". |
mag | Emsh |  |
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| Pleasant Dreams—Nightmares | 1960-00-00 | Robert Bloch | Arkham House | $4.00?$: US dollar |
233 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Gary Gore | |
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| The Hugo Winners | 1962-00-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov | Doubleday | $4.50?$: US dollar |
318 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |||
| The Hugo Winners | 1962-00-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov | Doubleday | C$4.95?C$: Canadian dollar |
318 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |||
| More Nightmares | 1962-02-00 | Robert Bloch | Belmont Books | L92-530 | $0.50?$: US dollar |
173 | 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 | |
|
| The Hugo Winners | 1962-12-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov | Doubleday / SFBC |
xvi+ 318 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |
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| The Hugo Winners | 1963-00-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov | Dennis Dobson | 18/-?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced
in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings
equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling.
Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g.
3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that
is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but
sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters
of a shilling). |
318 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |||
| Venture Science Fiction [UK], December 1963 | 1963-12-00 | ed. uncredited | Atlas Publishing and Distribution Co. Ltd | 2/6?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced
in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings
equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling.
Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g.
3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that
is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but
sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters
of a shilling). |
132 | digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125". |
mag | |||
| Pleasant Dreams/Nightmares | 1967-00-00 | Robert Bloch | Whiting & Wheaton | 21/-?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced
in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings
equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling.
Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g.
3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that
is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but
sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters
of a shilling). |
239 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |||
| The Hugo Winners | 1968-00-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov | Penguin Books | 1905 | 5/-?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced
in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings
equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling.
Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g.
3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that
is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but
sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters
of a shilling). |
342 | 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 | Richard Hollis | |
| Twenty Years of the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction | 1970-06-00 | ed. Edward L. Ferman, Robert P. Mills | G. P. Putnam's Sons | $5.95?$: US dollar |
264 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Mel Hunter | |
|
| Twenty Years of the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction | 1970-12-00 | ed. Edward L. Ferman, Robert P. Mills | Berkley Medallion | 0-425-01923-3 / #N1923 | $0.95?$: US dollar |
320 | 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 | Mel Hunter | |
| Twenty Years of the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction | 1970-12-00 | ed. Edward L. Ferman, Robert P. Mills | Berkley Medallion | 0-425-01923-3 / N1923 | C$0.95?C$: Canadian dollar |
320 | 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 | Mel Hunter | |
| Argosy (UK), April 1971 | 1971-04-00 | ed. Editors of Argosy (UK) | IPC Magazines | £0.20?£: UK pound |
128 | digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125". |
mag | |||
| The Hell of Mirrors | 1974-08-00 | ed. Peter Haining | Sidgwick & Jackson | 0-283-98199-7 | £3.50?£: UK pound |
xiii+ 239 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||
| Gravely, Robert Bloch | 1976-00-00 | Robert Bloch | Alternate World Recordings | AWR 3210 | audio LP?Long-playing record (vinyl) |
coll | Gahan Wilson | |||
| Everyman's Book of Classic Horror Stories | 1976-06-00 | ed. Peter Haining | J. M. Dent (Everyman's Library #1158) | 0-460-01158-8 | £0.65?£: UK pound |
xiii+ 239 |
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 | Chris Yates | |
| Alfred Hitchcock's Witch's Brew | 1977-00-00 | ed. Alfred Hitchcock | Random House | 0-394-83592-1 | $?$: US dollar |
171 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Stephen Marchesi | |
| Midnight Specials: An Anthology for Train Buffs and Suspense Aficionados | 1977-05-00 | ed. Bill Pronzini | Bobbs-Merrill Company | 0-672-52308-6 | $10.95?$: US dollar |
xii+ 272 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Don Carroll | |
| The Best of Robert Bloch | 1977-11-00 | Robert Bloch | Del Rey / Ballantine (Ballantine's Classic Library of Science Fiction) | 0-345-25757-X | $1.95?$: US dollar |
xvii+ 397 |
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 | Paul Alexander | |
| The Best of Robert Bloch | 1977-11-00 | Robert Bloch | Del Rey / Ballantine (Ballantine's Classic Library of Science Fiction) | 0-345-25757-X | C$1.95?C$: Canadian dollar |
xvii+ 397 |
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 | Paul Alexander | |
| Midnight Specials: An Anthology for Train Buffs and Suspense Aficionados | 1978-04-00 | ed. Bill Pronzini | Avon | 0-380-01941-8 / 37903 | $1.75?$: US dollar |
x+ 261 |
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 | ||
| A Treasury of Modern Fantasy | 1981-03-00 | ed. Terry Carr, Martin Harry Greenberg | Avon | 0-380-77115-2 | $8.95?$: US dollar |
xvii+ 588 |
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 | James Marsh | |
| Alfred Hitchcock's Witch's Brew | 1983-00-00 | ed. Alfred Hitchcock | Random House | 0-394-85911-1 | $2.50?$: US dollar |
viii+ 183 |
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 | Ron DiScenza | |
| The Fantasy Hall of Fame | 1983-10-00 | ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Silverberg | Arbor House | 0-87795-521-2 | $16.95?$: US dollar |
431 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | E. T. Steadman | |
| Mysterious Railway Stories | 1984-00-00 | ed. William Pattrick | W. H. Allen | 0-491-03112-2 | £8.95?£: UK pound |
255 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Bruce Pennington | |
| The Best Fantasy Stories from the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction | 1985-00-00 | ed. Edward L. Ferman | Octopus Books | 0-7064-2568-5 | $9.98?$: US dollar |
792+ [8] |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Steve Crisp | |
| Horrifying and Hideous Hauntings | 1986-05-00 | ed. Franklin Hoke, Helen Hoke | Lodestar Books / Dutton | 0-525-67179-X | $14.95?$: US dollar |
xi+ 116 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | David Christiana | |
| Devils | 1987-06-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh | Signet / New American Library | 0-451-14865-7 / AE4865 | $3.50?$: US dollar |
351 | 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 | J. K. Potter | |
| The Mammoth Book of Fantasy All-Time Greats | 1988-06-00 | ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Silverberg | Robinson | 0-948164-71-9 | £4.95?£: UK pound |
431 | 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 | Christos Achilleos | |
| Devils | 1989-00-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh | Robinson | 1-85487-000-9 | £3.99?£: UK pound |
351 | 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 | Peter Knifton | |
| The Mammoth Book of Fantasy All-Time Greats | 1990-07-00 | ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Silverberg | Robinson | 0-948164-71-9 | £4.99?£: UK pound |
431 | 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 | Christos Achilleos | |
| The Ghost Now Standing on Platform One | 1990-10-00 | ed. Richard Peyton | Souvenir Press | 0-285-62991-3 | £14.95?£: UK pound |
322 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Kim Palmer | |
| Great Tales of Fantasy and Science Fiction | 1991-00-00 | ed. uncredited | Chancellor Press | 1-85152-145-3 | 544 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Alan Baker | |
|
| Journey Into Fear and Other Great Stories of Horror on the Railways | 1991-10-00 | ed. Richard Peyton | Wings Books | 0-517-06007-8 | $7.99?$: US dollar |
322 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Peter Fiore | |
| The Ghost Now Standing on Platform One | 1991-12-12 | ed. Richard Peyton | Futura | 0-7088-4997-0 | £4.99?£: UK pound |
382 | 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 | Tony Roberts (artist) | |
| Masters of Fantasy | 1992-08-00 | ed. Terry Carr, Martin Harry Greenberg | Galahad Books | 0-88365-786-4 | $9.98?$: US dollar |
512 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Henri Rousseau | |
| The Early Fears | 1994-03-00 | Robert Bloch | Fedogan & Bremer | 1-878252-12-7 | $29.00?$: US dollar |
514 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Jon Arfstrom | |
| The Early Fears | 1994-03-00 | Robert Bloch | Fedogan & Bremer | 1-878252-13-5 | $60.00?$: US dollar |
[11]+ 514 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Jon Arfstrom , Jon Arfstrom | |
| Masters of Fantasy | 1994-10-00 | ed. Terry Carr, Martin Harry Greenberg | Bristol Park Books | 0-88486-094-9 | $12.95?$: US dollar |
xv+ 512 |
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 | Henri Rousseau | |
| Robert Bloch: Appreciations of the Master | 1997-00-00 | Robert Bloch | Tor | 0-312-86385-3 | $18.95?$: US dollar |
382 | 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 | |
|
| The Fantasy Hall of Fame | 1998-03-00 | ed. Robert Silverberg | HarperPrism | 0-06-105215-9 | $14.00?$: US dollar |
xii+ 562 |
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 | Carl Galian | |
| The Fantasy Hall of Fame | 1998-08-00 | ed. Robert Silverberg | HarperPrism / SFBC | 1-56865-858-3 / 17918 | $10.98?$: US dollar |
562 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Carl Galian | |
| Technohorror: Inventions in Terror | 1999-11-00 | ed. James Frenkel | Roxbury Park / Lowell House | 0-7373-0298-4 | $15.95?$: US dollar |
xiii+ 296 |
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 | Ron Walotsky | |
| My Favorite Fantasy Story | 2000-08-00 | ed. Martin H. Greenberg | DAW Books (DAW Collectors #1161) | 0-88677-905-7 | $6.99?$: US dollar |
viii+ 423 |
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 | Les Edwards | |
| Great Fantasy | 2004-00-00 | ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Silverberg | W. H. Smith | 1-84529-106-9 | £4.99?£: UK pound |
431 | 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 | Julek Heller | |
| My Favorite Fantasy Story | 2004-07-00 | ed. Martin H. Greenberg | ibooks | 0-7434-8744-3 | $11.95?$: US dollar |
viii+ 423 |
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 | Les Edwards | |
| The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March 2009 | 2009-03-00 | ed. Gordon Van Gelder | Spilogale, Inc. | $4.99?$: US dollar |
164 | digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125". |
mag | Jill Bauman | |
|
| Sympathy for the Devil | 2010-08-01 | ed. Tim Pratt | Night Shade Books | 978-1-59780-189-8 | $15.95?$: US dollar |
431 | 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 | David Palumbo | |
| Sympathy for the Devil | 2010-08-01 | ed. Tim Pratt | Night Shade Books | 978-1-59780-242-0 | $15.95?$: US dollar |
431 | ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
anth | David Palumbo | |
| The Century's Best Horror Fiction 1951-2000 | 2012-01-00 | ed. John Pelan | Cemetery Dance Publications | 978-1-58767-172-2 | $75.00?$: US dollar |
866 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Alan M. Clark | |
| A Treasury of Modern Fantasy | date unknown | ed. Terry Carr, Martin Harry Greenberg | Avon / QPBC |
xvii+ 588 |
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 | James Marsh | |
||
| The Fantasy Hall of Fame | date unknown | ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Silverberg | Arbor House | 0-87795-521-2 | $16.95?$: US dollar |
431 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | E. T. Steadman | |
Reviews
- Review by Everett F. Bleiler (1983) in The Guide to Supernatural Fiction