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Title: Where Their Fire Is Not Quenched Title Record # 97328
Author: May Sinclair
Date: 1922-10-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
Note: First published in the English Review in October 1922 and later appeared in Sinclair's collection Uncanny stories (Hutchinson & Co, 1923). It is unclear whether or not the 1922 text differs from the 1923 text.
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Year Language Title
1934Translated by an uncredited translator; first published in the Revista Multicolor de los Sábados (supplement to the newspaper Crítica), 13 January 1934.
Spanish Donde su fuego nunca se apaga
1974Translated by Birgit Reß-Bohusch
German Wenn die Sehnsucht bleibt
1986Translated by Éric Jourdan
French Là où leur feu ne s'éteint pas
2021Translated by Cristina Cigognini.
Italian Dove il fuoco non è estinto

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Uncanny Stories 1923-08-00 May Sinclair Hutchinson  
7/6?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).
247
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Uncanny Stories 1923-09-00 May Sinclair The Macmillan Company  
$2.50?$: US dollar
362
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
More Ghosts and Marvels: A Selection of Uncanny Tales from Walter Scott to Michael Arlen 1927-00-00 ed. V. H. Collins Oxford University Press (The World's Classics #323)  
2/-?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).
viii+
498
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror 1928-09-00 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers Gollancz  
8/6?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).
1229
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Omnibus of Crime 1929-00-00 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers Harcourt, Brace & Company  
$3.00?$: US dollar
1177
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror 1929-04-00 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers Gollancz     1229
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Omnibus of Crime 1929-08-00 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers Payson & Clarke  
$3.00?$: US dollar
1177
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror 1930-05-00 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers Gollancz  
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).
1229
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror 1930-09-00 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers Gollancz     1229
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror 1931-08-00 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers Gollancz     1229
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror 1932-06-00 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers Gollancz     1229
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror 1933-01-00 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers Gollancz     1229
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror 1933-12-00 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers Gollancz     1229
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
The Mystery Book 1934-00-00 ed. H. Douglas Thomson Odhams Press     1086
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Haunted Omnibus 1937-00-00 ed. Alexander Laing Farrar & Rinehart  
$3.00?$: US dollar
xvi+
848
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Lynd Ward  
The Haunted Omnibus 1937-00-00 ed. Alexander Laing Oxford  
C$?C$: Canadian dollar
xvi+
848
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Haunted Omnibus 1937-00-00 ed. Alexander Laing Cassell     xvi+
846
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Omnibus of Crime 1937-00-00 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers Garden City Publishing Co.     1177
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Great Ghost Stories of the World: The Haunted Omnibus 1939-00-00 ed. Alexander Laing Garden City Publishing Co.  
$1.79?$: US dollar
xvi+
848
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
Great Short Stories of Detection: Part II, Mystery and Horror 1939-07-00 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers Gollancz  
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).
619
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Great Ghost Stories of the World 1941-00-00 ed. Alexander Laing Blue Ribbon Books  
$1.00?$: US dollar
viii+
485
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Lynd Ward  
Great Ghost Stories of the World 1941-00-00 ed. Alexander Laing Blue Ribbon Books  
C$1.39?C$: Canadian dollar
viii+
485
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Lynd Ward  
And the Darkness Falls 1946-04-00 ed. Boris Karloff World Publishing Co.  
$2.75?$: US dollar
ix+
631
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Ghostly Tales to Be Told 1950-00-00 ed. Basil Davenport Dodd, Mead & Co.  
$3.00?$: US dollar
xvii+
317
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Spine Chillers: An Anthology of Mystery and Horror 1961-00-00 ed. Elizabeth Lee (anthologist) Elek  
25/-?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).
528
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Stories of the Supernatural 1963-00-00 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers Macfadden-Bartell 50-170
$0.50?$: US dollar
144
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 Powers Checkmark
Stories of the Supernatural 1967-00-00 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers Macfadden-Bartell 50-300
$0.50?$: US dollar
144
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 Powers Checkmark
The Sixth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories 1970-00-00 ed. Robert Aickman Fontana 0-00-612389-9
4/-?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).
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  
Mind in Chains 1970-12-00 ed. Dr. Christopher Evans Panther 0-586-03423-4
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).
223
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  
Mind in Chains 1974-00-00 ed. Dr. Christopher Evans Panther 0-586-03423-4
£0.40?£: UK pound
223
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 Bob Haberfield Checkmark
Stories of the Supernatural 1974-03-00 ed. Dorothy L. Sayers Manor Books 95313
$0.95?$: US dollar
175
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
7 x Schüttelfrost?7 x Schuettelfrost
1974-06-25 ed. Christopher Evans (I) Pabel (Vampir Taschenbuch #10) VTB10
DM 2.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
145
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
Antología de la literatura fantástica 1977-00-00 ed. Adolfo Bioy Casares, Jorge Luis Borges, Silvina Ocampo Edhasa + Sudamericana (Pocket Edhasa #8) 84-350-0165-2   435
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
The Sixth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories 1981-03-00 ed. Robert Aickman Fontana 0-00-613249-9   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  
Witches' Brew: Horror and Supernatural Stories by Women 1984-10-00 ed. Marcia Muller, Bill Pronzini Macmillan (Macmillan Midnight Library) 0-02-599230-9
$19.95?$: US dollar
viii+
323
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Entre chien et loup: anthologie de la peur 1986-10-00 ed. Éric Jourdan Maren Sell 2-87604-002-6
F98.00?F: French frank
361
unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.
anth
Arnold Böcklin?Arnold Boecklin
 
The Book of Fantasy 1988-11-00 ed. Jorge Luis Borges, A. Bioy Casares, Silvina Ocampo Viking 0-670-82393-7
$19.95?$: US dollar
384
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
The Book of Fantasy 1988-11-00 ed. Jorge Luis Borges, A. Bioy Casares, Silvina Ocampo Xanadu 0-947761-44-6
£14.95?£: UK pound
384
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Anthologie de la peur: Entre chien et loup 1989-04-00 ed. Éric Jourdan Seuil (Points #L202) 2-02-010687-6   384
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 Salvador Dali  
The Book of Fantasy 1989-06-00 ed. Jorge Luis Borges, A. Bioy Casares, Silvina Ocampo Viking / QPBC  
$9.95?$: 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  
Black Water 2: More Tales of the Fantastic 1990-00-00 ed. Alberto Manguel Lester & Orpen Dennys 0-88619-124-6   xx+
941
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 George Tooker  
The Book of Fantasy 1990-08-00 ed. Jorge Luis Borges, A. Bioy Casares, Silvina Ocampo Black Swan 0-552-99401-4
£5.99?£: UK pound
523
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 Stephen Player  
The Book of Fantasy 1990-09-00 ed. Jorge Luis Borges, A. Bioy Casares, Silvina Ocampo Carroll & Graf 0-88184-656-2
$10.95?$: 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  
Black Water 2: More Tales of the Fantastic 1991-01-00 ed. Alberto Manguel Clarkson N. Potter 0-517-57559-0
$14.95?$: US dollar
xx+
941
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 George Tooker  
White Fire: Further Fantastic Literature 1991-04-00 ed. Alberto Manguel Picador 0-330-31380-0
£9.99?£: UK pound
xx+
941
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 George Tooker  
Black Water 2: More Tales of the Fantastic 1992-06-00 ed. Alberto Manguel Vintage Canada 0-394-22264-4
C$20.00?C$: Canadian dollar
xx+
941
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 George Tooker  
Uncanny Stories 2006-05-00 May Sinclair Wordsworth Editions (Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural) 1-84022-492-4   216
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  
The Villa Désirée and Other Uncanny Stories 2008-12-00 May Sinclair Ash-Tree Press 978-1-55310-114-7
C$49.00?C$: Canadian dollar
xx+
232
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Jason Zerrillo  
Cuentos para leer los sábados: elegidos por J. L. Borges y U. Petit de Murat para Crítica 2015-10-00 ed.
Álvaro Abós?Alvaro Abos
Alfaguara 978-987-738-148-1
AR$319.00?Ar$: Argentinian peso
331
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  
Cuentos para leer los sábados: elegidos por J. L. Borges y U. Petit de Murat para Crítica 2015-11-00 ed.
Álvaro Abós?Alvaro Abos
Alfaguara 978-987-738-056-9
AR$125.99?Ar$: Argentinian peso
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth  
H. P. Lovecraft Selects: Classic Horror Stories 2016-00-00 Stefan Dziemianowicz Fall River Press 978-1-4351-6281-5
$7.98?$: US dollar
760
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni Checkmark
The Cold Embrace: Weird Stories by Women 2016-05-18 ed. S. T. Joshi Dover Publications (Dover Horror Classics) 978-0-486-80505-4
$10.95?$: US dollar
vi+
272
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  
Mortal Echoes: Encounters with the End 2018-00-00 ed. Greg Buzwell The British Library (British Library Tales of the Weird) 978-0-7123-5281-9
£8.99?£: UK pound
284
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
Uncanny Stories 2019-05-31 May Sinclair Project Gutenberg 59165
$0.00?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
Uncanny Stories 2019-06-20 May Sinclair The Echo Library 978-1-4068-9493-6
$12.90?$: 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  
Women's Weird: Strange Stories by Women, 1890-1940 2019-10-31 ed. Melissa Edmundson Handheld Press (Handheld Classic #12) 978-1-912766-24-6
£12.99?£: UK pound
321
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 Baron Adolph de Meyer  
If the Dead Knew: The Weird Fiction of May Sinclair 2020-03-27 May Sinclair Hippocampus Press (Classics of Gothic Horror) 978-1-61498-293-7
$20.00?$: US dollar
298
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 Aeron Alfrey  
Footsteps in the Dark: Short Stories 2020-09-22 ed. uncredited Flame Tree Press (Gothic Fantasy) 978-1-83964-187-9
£20.00?£: UK pound
480
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Weird Women: Classic Supernatural Fiction by Groundbreaking Female Writers: Volume 2: 1840-1925 2021-09-07 ed. Leslie S. Klinger, Lisa Morton Pegasus Books 978-1-64313-784-1
$16.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth  
La scoperta dell'assoluto e altre storie del mistero 2021-10-15 May Sinclair 8tto Edizioni  
€8.99?€: Euro
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll Raffaele Anello  
The Flaw in the Crystal: And Other Uncanny Stories by May Sinclair 2023-02-18 May Sinclair The British Library (British Library Tales of the Weird) 978-0-7123-6850-6
$3.61?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll
Jean de Bosschère?Jean de Bosschere
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Black Water 2: More Tales of the Fantastic date unknown ed. Alberto Manguel Clarkson Potter 0-517-57559-0
$17.50?$: US dollar
xx+
941
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 George Tooker  
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