Title: Witch's Money

Title: Witch's Money Title Record # 96564
Author: John Collier
Date: 1939-05-06
Type: SHORTFICTION [non-genre]
Length: short story
Language: English

Note: Not a speculative story; the corrupting power of money in this story is metaphorical.

Synopsis: In a small village in the Pyrenees, an artist buys a house, paying with a check for 30,000 francs, telling the owner to take it to a bank in the city to get the money. The locals don't understand checks or banks, so they steal the book of blank checks, which they think are each worth 30,000, and take them all to the city, acting the whole while as if they're enormously rich.

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Year	Title
1939	Witchs Money

Year	Language	Title
1959^ⓘTranslated by Lydia Belinfante	Dutch	Behekst geld
1967^ⓘTranslated by Odette Ferry.	French	L'argent du sorcier
1969^ⓘTranslated by Else Hoog	Dutch	Heksengeld

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
The New Yorker, May 6, 1939	1939-05-06	ed. Editors of the New Yorker					unknown^?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.	mag
Witch's Money	1940-12-00	John Collier	The Viking Press			30	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	chap
Presenting Moonshine	1941-01-00	John Collier	The Viking Press		$2.50^?$: US dollar	327	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	E. McKnight Kauffer
Presenting Moonshine	1941-01-00	John Collier	Macmillan and Co.		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).	351	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Presenting Moonshine	1941-01-00	John Collier	Macmillan of Canada		C$3.00^?C$: Canadian dollar	327	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Fancies and Goodnights	1951-11-00	John Collier	Doubleday		$4.00^?$: US dollar	364	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Margot Tomes
Fancies and Goodnights	1953-04-00	John Collier	Bantam Books (Bantam Giant)	A1106	$0.35^?$: US dollar	506	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	Charles Binger
Short Story Masterpieces	1954-00-00	ed. Albert Erskine, Robert Penn Warren	Dell (Dell First Editions #F16)			542	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
Presenting Moonshine	1957-00-00	John Collier	Hart-Davis		13/6^?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).	192	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Fancies and Goodnights	1957-12-00	John Collier	Bantam Books	F1703	$0.50^?$: US dollar	375	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
Nachtelijke cavalcade	1959-00-00	ed. B. Jessurun Lobo	Querido (Salamander #48)	48		191	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	Hans Bishoff
Stories My Mother Never Told Me	1963-00-00	ed. Alfred Hitchcock	Random House		$5.95^?$: US dollar	401	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Nachtelijke cavalcade	1963-00-00	ed. B. Jessurun Lobo	Querido (Salamander #48)	48		191	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	Hans Bishoff
Fancies and Goodnights	1963-00-00	John Collier	Bantam Books (Bantam Classic)	SC91	$0.75^?$: US dollar	418	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
Of Demons and Darkness	1965-00-00	John Collier	Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers	FS7126	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).	xii+ 303	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
Fancies and Goodnights (selections)	1965-00-00	John Collier	Time-Life Books (Time Reading Program)		$^?$: US dollar	xix+ 328	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	Seymour Chwast
Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories My Mother Never Told Me	1965-03-00	ed. Alfred Hitchcock	Dell	8290	$0.50^?$: US dollar	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	Fred Banbery
Stories My Mother Never Told Me, Part I	1966-00-00	ed. Alfred Hitchcock	Pan Books	X581	3/6^?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).	255	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	Glenn Steward
De Dame op de Schimmel	1969-00-00	John Collier	De Arbeiderspers (Grote ABC #127)			255	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	Ferenc Gögös^?Ferenc Goegoes
Fancies and Goodnights	1969-00-00	John Collier	Bantam Books	N4614	$0.95^?$: US dollar	xii+ 418	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
Histoires à faire peur	1972-10-16	ed. Alfred Hitchcock	Le Livre de Poche (Le Livre de Poche - Policier #2203)			543	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
The John Collier Reader	1972-11-00	John Collier	Alfred A. Knopf	0-394-46186-X	$10.00^?$: US dollar	xv+ 571	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Short Story Masterpieces	1973-10-00	ed. Albert Erskine, Robert Penn Warren	Dell Laurel	7864	$1.50^?$: US dollar	542	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	W. Brooks
Alfred Hitchcock Presents Stories My Mother Never Told Me	1976-00-00	ed. Alfred Hitchcock	Dell	0-440-18290-5	$1.25^?$: US dollar	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
Fancies and Goodnights (selections)	1980-00-00	John Collier	Time-Life Books (Time Reading Program)		$^?$: US dollar	xix+ 328	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	Seymour Chwast
Fancies and Goodnights	1981-03-00	John Collier	Doubleday / SFBC	5749	$5.50^?$: US dollar	396	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Tony Fiyalko
Histoires à faire peur	1985-09-00	ed. Alfred Hitchcock	Le Livre de Poche (Le Livre de Poche #2203)	2-253-01099-5		250	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
Beroemde gruwelverhalen	1988-00-00	ed. B. Jessurun Lobo	Elsevier	90-10-01996-9		274	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Walt de Rijk
Fancies and Goodnights	2003-05-00	John Collier	New York Review of Books (NYRB Classics)	1-59017-051-2	$14.95^?$: US dollar	xi+ 418	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	Neo Rauch
Short Story Masterpieces	date unknown	ed. Albert Erskine, Robert Penn Warren	Dell Laurel	0-440-37864-8	$6.99^?$: US dollar	xiv+ 513	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

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