Title: Poor Little Saturday
Title Record # 85183
Author: Madeleine L'Engle
Date: 1956-10-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Author: Madeleine L'Engle
Date: 1956-10-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Synopsis: A boy is taken prey by fits of malaria and finds solace in the derelict garden of a big house that has seen the tragic end of a family.
One day he is found by a girl who introduces him to a witch, her birds, cats and a leopard, and also to Poor Little Saturday.
He is healed from his illness and is offered a gift that nobody outside the house shall see ...
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Publications
Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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Fantastic Universe, October 1956 | 1956-10-00 | ed. Hans Stefan Santesson | King-Size Publications, 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 | Hannes Bok | ||
Witches | 1984-04-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh | Signet / New American Library | 0-451-12882-6 / AE2882 | $3.95?$: US dollar |
350 | 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 | Kinuko Kraft | |
Young Ghosts | 1985-00-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles Waugh | Harper & Row | 0-06-020171-1 | $11.95?$: US dollar |
xiv+ 210 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||
Young Ghosts | 1985-00-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles Waugh | Harper & Row | 0-06-020172-X | $11.89?$: US dollar |
xiv+ 210 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Fred Marcellino | |
Asimov's Ghosts | 1986-10-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Greenberg (1941-2011), Charles Waugh | Dragon | 0-583-30988-7 | £1.95?£: UK pound |
202 | 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) | |
Dixie Ghosts: Haunting Spine-chilling Stories from the American South | 1988-00-00 | ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Frank D. McSherry, Jr., Charles G. Waugh | Rutledge Hill Press (The American Ghosts Series) | 0-934395-73-X | $8.95?$: US dollar |
xii+ 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. |
anth | Harriette Bateman | |
Asimov's Ghosts / Asimov's Monsters | 1988-06-00 | Isaac Asimov, Martin Greenberg (1941-2011), Charles Waugh | Armada | 0-00-693176-6 | £2.50?£: UK pound |
413 | 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. |
omni | Tony Roberts (artist) | |
Visions of Fantasy: Tales from the Masters | 1989-10-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg | Doubleday | 0-385-26359-7 | $14.95?$: US dollar |
ix+ 180+ [2] |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Larry Elmore | |
Great American Ghost Stories | 1991-11-00 | ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Frank D. McSherry, Jr., Charles G. Waugh | Rutledge Hill Press | 1-55853-146-7 | $21.95?$: US dollar |
512 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Timothy Holland | |
Visions of Fantasy: Tales from the Masters | 1991-12-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg | Bantam Starfire | 0-553-29356-7 | $3.50?$: US dollar |
ix+ 180 |
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 Elmore | |
Great American Ghost Stories: Volume One | 1992-10-00 | ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Frank D. McSherry, Jr., Charles G. Waugh | Berkley Books | 0-425-13470-9 | $4.99?$: US dollar |
[2]+ 262 |
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 | Barrall | |
A Newbery Halloween | 1993-09-00 | ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh | Delacorte Press | 0-385-31028-5 | $16.95?$: US dollar |
xi+ 189 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Norman Rockwell | |
The Mists from Beyond | 1993-09-00 | ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Weinberg | Roc | 0-451-45239-9 | $20.00?$: US dollar |
x+ 350 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||
The Mists from Beyond | 1995-09-00 | ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Weinberg | Roc | 0-451-45498-7 | $5.99?$: US dollar |
362 | 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 | ||
Dixie Ghosts: Haunting Spine-chilling Stories from the American South | 1996-00-00 | ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Frank D. McSherry, Jr., Charles G. Waugh | Rutledge Hill Press | 0-934395-73-X | $9.95?$: US dollar |
xii+ 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. |
anth | Harriette Bateman | |
Great American Ghost Stories | 1998-03-00 | ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Frank D. McSherry, Jr., Charles G. Waugh | Rutledge Hill Press | 1-55853-581-0 | $14.95?$: US dollar |
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 | ||
Great Ghost Stories | 1998-09-00 | ed. Barry Moser | Books of Wonder / William Morrow | 0-688-14587-6 | $22.00?$: US dollar |
204 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Barry Moser | |
Mistresses of the Dark: 25 Macabre Tales by Master Storytellers | 1998-10-00 | ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Denise Little, Robert Weinberg | Barnes & Noble Books | 0-7607-1002-3 | $9.98?$: US dollar |
xii+ 543 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Tom McKeveny | |
Lone Cowboy and Other Selections by Newbery Authors | 2001-01-01 | ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh | Gareth Stevens Publishing | 0-8368-2953-0 | 176 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |||
Mistresses of the Dark: 25 Macabre Tales by Master Storytellers | 2002-00-00 | ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Denise Little, Robert Weinberg | Barnes & Noble Books | 0-7607-3453-4 | $14.95?$: US dollar |
xii+ 543 |
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 | Tom McKeveny | |
Witches: Wicked, Wild & Wonderful | 2012-03-06 | ed. Paula Guran | Prime Books | 978-1-60701-294-8 | $15.95?$: US dollar |
384 | 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 | Bliznetsov | |
Witches: Wicked, Wild & Wonderful | 2012-03-26 | ed. Paula Guran | Prime Books | 978-1-60701-350-1 | $6.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
anth | |||
Science Fiction by Women (1953-1957) | 2022-01-00 | ed. uncredited | Journey Press | 978-1-951320-18-8 | $16.99?$: US dollar |
x+ 294 |
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 | Frank Kelly Freas | |
Science Fiction by Women (1953-1957) | 2022-02-28 | ed. uncredited | Journey Press | 978-1-951320-19-5 | $5.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
anth | Frank Kelly Freas | ||
A Newbery Halloween | date unknown | ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh | Delacorte Press | 0-385-31028-5 | $16.95?$: US dollar |
xi+ 189 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Norman Rockwell | |
Witches | date unknown | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh | Signet | 0-451-12882-6 | $3.95?$: US dollar |
350 | 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 | Kinuko Kraft |
Reviews
- Review by Erica Friedman (2022) in Science Fiction by Women (1953-1957) , reprinted in:
- Science Fiction by Women (1953-1957) (2022)