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Author: Richard Matheson
Year: 1959
Type: SHORTFICTION
Storylen: shortstory
Language: English
ISFDB Record Number: 93420
Note: First published in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine as "What Was in the Box"
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Variant Titles:
- Una grossa sorpresa [Italian] (1984) - Richard Matheson
Publications:
- Shock II, (Oct 1964, Richard Matheson, publ. Dell, #7829, $0.50, 192pp, pb, coll) - [VERIFIED]
- Shock II, (1965, Richard Matheson, publ. Corgi, #GN7289, pb, coll)
- Uncanny, (1974, ed. Bryan A. Netherwood, publ. Blackie, 0-216-89725-4, x+306pp, hc, anth)
- Shock 2, (1978, Richard Matheson, publ. Sphere, 0-7221-5896-3, £0.85, 157pp, pb, coll) - [VERIFIED]
- Shock II, (Jul 1979, Richard Matheson, publ. Berkley Books, 0-425-04158-1, $1.95, 180pp, pb, coll) Cover: Murray Tinkelman
- Shock 2, (Jul 1984, Richard Matheson, publ. Arnoldo Mondadori Editore (Oscar #1776), #24807-0, 4,500 Lit, 160pp, pb, coll) Cover: Paolo Tassinari , Pierpaolo Vetta
- Rod Serling's Night Gallery Reader, (1987, ed. Carol Serling, Charles G. Waugh, Martin H. Greenberg, publ. Dembner Books, 0-934878-93-5, $15.95, x+326pp, hc, anth)
- Richard Matheson: Collected Stories, (Sep 1989, Richard Matheson, publ. Dream Press, 0-910489-10-6, $125, xxii+889pp, hc, coll) - [VERIFIED]
- Richard Matheson: Collected Stories, (Sep 1989, Richard Matheson, publ. Dream Press, 0-910489-10-6, $25.00, xxii+899pp, tp, coll) Cover: William Stout - [VERIFIED]
- Richard Matheson: Collected Stories, (Sep 1989, Richard Matheson, publ. Dream Press, 0-910489-10-6, $, xxii+889pp, hc, coll) - [VERIFIED]
- Nursery Crimes, (Jun 1993, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg, Martin H. Greenberg, publ. Barnes & Noble Books, 1-56619-101-7, $9.98, 560pp, hc, anth) Cover: John Tierney
- Shock - Prima Parte -, (Oct 2000, Richard Matheson, publ. Arnoldo Mondadori Editore (Millemondi (quarterly) #27), 9,900 Lit, 346pp, tp, coll) Cover: Jacopo Bruno