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Title: An Inhabitant of Carcosa Title Record # 71201
Author: Ambrose Bierce
Date: 1886-12-25
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
Note: First published in the San Francisco News Letter and California Advertiser, Dec 25, 1886.
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Translations
Year Language Title
1965ⓘTranslated by Gisela Günther (first published in Bierce's Katzenfracht [Insel, 1965], according to Bibliographisches Lexikon der utopisch-phantastischen Literatur)
 German Ein Bewohner von Carcosa
1967ⓘTranslated by A. L. Spoorenberg
 Dutch Een inwoner van Carcosa
1987ⓘTranslated by Daniela Galdo and Emma Marciano
 Italian Un abitante di Carcosa
1987 French Un habitant de Carcosa
1988ⓘTranslated by Gianni Pilo
 Italian Un cittadino di Carcosa
2000ⓘTranslated by Anne Vétillard.
 French Un habitant de Carcosa
2005ⓘTranslated by Cornelia Marinescu
 Romanian Locuitorul din Carcosa
2009 Portuguese Um habitante de Carcosa
2011ⓘTranslated by Aitor Ibarrola
 Spanish Un habitante de Carcosa
2014ⓘTranslated by Christophe Thill.
 French Un habitant de Carcosa
2023ⓘTranslated by Hannes Riffel. Text editor for the initial, 2023 publication of this translation: Michael Siefener.
 German Ein Einwohner von Carcosa

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Tales of Soldiers and Civilians 1891-00-00 Ambrose Bierce E. L. G. Steele     300
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In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians 1892-00-00 Ambrose Bierce Chatto & Windus     vi+
244
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
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In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians 1898-00-00 Ambrose Bierce G. P. Putnam's Sons     vi+
362
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
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Can Such Things Be? 1910-00-00 Ambrose Bierce The Neale Publishing Company (The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce #3)     427
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
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In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians 1910-00-00 Ambrose Bierce Chatto & Windus     244
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
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Can Such Things Be? 1918-00-00 Ambrose Bierce Boni & Liveright     427
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
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Can Such Things Be? 1924-00-00 Ambrose Bierce Albert & Charles Boni     427
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In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians 1930-00-00 Ambrose Bierce Chatto & Windus (Phoenix Library)  
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).
 244
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
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In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians 1941-00-00 Ambrose Bierce Chatto & Windus (Pelham Library)     244
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Avon Fantasy Reader, No. 8, 1948 1948-12-00 ed. Donald A. Wollheim Avon Publishing Co.  
$0.35?$: US dollar
 126
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  
Ghost and Horror Stories of Ambrose Bierce 1964-00-00 Ambrose Bierce Dover Publications  
$1.00?$: US dollar
 199
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.
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Magazine of Horror, Winter 1966/67 1966-00-00 ed. Robert A. W. Lowndes Health Knowledge, Inc.  
$0.50?$: 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 Hubert Carter Checkmark
The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce 1970-00-00 Ambrose Bierce Doubleday     496
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Alex Gotfryd  
The Spawn of Cthulhu 1971-10-00 ed. Lin Carter Ballantine Books (Ballantine Adult Fantasy #36) 0-345-02394-3
$0.95?$: US dollar
 274
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 Gervasio Gallardo Checkmark
The Spawn of Cthulhu 1971-10-00 ed. Lin Carter Ballantine Books (Ballantine Adult Fantasy #36) 0-345-02394-3
C$0.95?C$: Canadian dollar
 274
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 Gervasio Gallardo Checkmark
The Edge of Never: Classic and Contemporary Tales of the Supernatural 1973-06-00 ed. Robert Hoskins Fawcett Premier M590
$0.95?$: US dollar
 287
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 Larry Kresek Checkmark
Can Such Things Be? 1974-00-00 Ambrose Bierce Citadel Press 0-8065-0550-8
$2.95?$: US dollar
 160
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.
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Quickie Thrillers: 25 Mini-Mysteries 1975-10-00 ed. Dr. Arthur Liebman Washington Square Press / Pocket Books 671-48517-2
$1.50?$: US dollar
 190
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 Roland Descombes Checkmark
Quickie Thrillers: 25 Mini-Mysteries 1976-01-00 ed. Dr. Arthur Liebman Pocket Books 0-671-48517-2
$1.50?$: US dollar
 190
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 Roland Descombes Checkmark
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 Checkmark
The Best of Ambrose Bierce 1984-00-00 Ambrose Bierce Castle / Book Sales 0-89009-798-4   vi+
484
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 omni  
The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce 1984-00-00 Ambrose Bierce University of Nebraska Press 0-8032-6071-7   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.
 coll Marvin Cone  
The Collected Writings of Ambrose Bierce 1988-00-00 Ambrose Bierce Picador / Pan Books (Picador Classics) 0-330-29802-X
£6.95?£: UK pound
 xix+
810
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.
 omni Robin Harris Checkmark
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 Checkmark
Can Such Things Be? 1990-04-00 Ambrose Bierce Citadel Press 0-8065-0550-8
$6.95?$: US dollar
 160
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.
 coll Kevin Kelly  
Great Tales of Madness and the Macabre 1990-05-00 ed. Charles Ardai Galahad Books 0-88365-750-3
$9.98?$: US dollar
 518
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Karen Nelson  
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 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  
The Hastur Cycle: 13 Tales that Created and Define Dread Hastur, the King in Yellow, Nighted Yuggoth, and Dire Carcosa 1993-10-00 ed. Robert M. Price Chaosium (Cthulhu Cycle #1) 1-56882-009-7
$9.95?$: US dollar
 ix+
304
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 Dreyfus Checkmark
The Anthology of Ghost Stories 1994-00-00 ed. Richard Dalby Tiger Books International 1-85501-503-X
£9.95?£: UK pound
 528
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth  
Phantastic Book of Ghost Stories 1996-11-00 ed. Richard Dalby Barnes & Noble Books 0-7607-0352-3
$9.98?$: US dollar
 xi+
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hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Gordon Crab  
Can Such Things Be? 1997-01-00 Ambrose Bierce Wordsworth Editions (Wordsworth American Classics) 1-85326-570-5   vii+
161
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.
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The Hastur Cycle: Second Revised Edition 1997-02-00 ed. Robert M. Price Chaosium (Call of Cthulhu Fiction #6020) 1-56882-094-1
$10.95?$: US dollar
 xiv+
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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 H. E. Fassl 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 Colour Out of Space 2002-10-00 ed. D. Thin New York Review of Books (NYRB Classics) 1-59017-026-1
$13.95?$: US dollar
 354
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 Charles Burns  
Can Such Things Be? 2003-08-01 Ambrose Bierce Project Gutenberg 4366    
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
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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 Checkmark
The World's Greatest Ghost Stories 2004-00-00 ed. Richard Dalby Barnes & Noble Books 0-7607-5465-9
$7.95?$: US dollar
 xi+
528
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 e-Digital Checkmark
The World's Greatest Ghost Stories 2004-00-00 ed. Richard Dalby Magpie Books 1-84119-857-9
£12.99?£: UK pound
 xi+
528
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 e-Digital Checkmark
Imaginings: An Anthology of Visionary Literature: Volume One: After the Myths Went Home 2004-01-00 ed. Stefan Rudnicki Frog Books / North Atlantic Books 1-58394-094-4
$14.95?$: US dollar
 xiv+
237
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 World's Greatest Ghost Stories 2005-00-00 ed. Richard Dalby Barnes & Noble Books 0-7607-6989-3   xi+
528
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth  
The Hastur Cycle: Second Revised Edition 2006-06-14 ed. Robert M. Price Chaosium (Cthulhu Cycle #6020) 1-56882-192-1
$17.95?$: US dollar
 300
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 H. E. Fassl Checkmark
Bierce After Dark: 30 Strange Tales by Ambrose Bierce 2009-00-00 Ambrose Bierce Coachwhip Publications 978-1-61646-002-0
$9.95?$: US dollar
 167
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.
 coll  
Short Ghost and Horror Story Collection 1 2009-01-28 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 Harry Clarke  
Can Such Things Be? 2012-05-02 Ambrose Bierce LibriVox  
$0.00?$: US dollar
  
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
 coll  
Ambrose Bierce: Masters of the Weird Tale 2012-07-17 Ambrose Bierce Centipede Press (Masters of the Weird Tale) 978-1-61347-015-2
$350.00?$: US dollar
 600
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
The King in Yellow 2014-02-21 Robert W. Chambers Gateway / Orion 978-1-4732-0839-1
£0.99?£: UK pound
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 coll  
The King in Yellow 2014-09-16 Robert W. Chambers Wildside Press 978-1-4794-0890-0
$11.99?$: US dollar
 208
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.
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The Weiser Book of Horror and the Occult 2014-10-01 ed. Lon Milo DuQuette Weiser Books 978-1-57863-572-6
$19.95?$: US dollar
 xxvi+
313
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 Symonenko Viktoriia  
The Weiser Book of Horror and the Occult 2014-10-01 ed. Lon Milo DuQuette Weiser Books 978-1-60925-970-9
$11.99?$: US dollar
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 anth Symonenko Viktoriia  
Shadows of Carcosa: Tales of Cosmic Horror 2015-10-06 ed. D. Thin New York Review of Books (NYRB Classics) 978-1-59017-943-7
$15.95?$: US dollar
 360
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 Charles Burns Checkmark
Supernatural Short Stories 2018-04-15 ed. Joshua Perry Arcturus Publishing 978-1-78828-407-3   384
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth  
Supernatural Short Stories 2018-06-01 ed. Joshua Perry Sirius / Arcturus Publishing 978-1-78828-543-8
$14.99?$: US dollar
 384
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth  
Lost Souls Short Stories 2018-11-19 ed. uncredited Flame Tree Publishing (Gothic Fantasy) 978-1-78664-805-1
£20.00?£: UK pound
 480
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
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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.
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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  
The Call of the Old Ones: An Annotated Cthulhu Mythos Collection 2023-12-02 ed. Ian Gordon HorrorBabble  
$27.85?$: US dollar
  
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
 anth  
Ghost and Horror Stories of Ambrose Bierce date unknown Ambrose Bierce Dover Publications 0-486-20767-6
$3.95?$: US dollar
 xxii+
199
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.
 coll Checkmark
The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce date unknown Ambrose Bierce University of Nebraska Press 978-0-8032-6071-9
$18.95?$: 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.
 coll Marvin Cone Checkmark
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 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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