First published in Whispers, March 1974. Reprinted in:

• In a Lonely Place, Scream/Press 1984
• Great Tales of Horror and the Supernatural (1985)
• The Dark Descent, ed. David G. Hartwell, Tor 1987
• Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos, ed. Anon., Arkham House 1989
• The Dark Descent 1: The Colour of Evil, ed. David G. Hartwell, Grafton 1990
• Cults of Horror, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh, DAW 1990
• The Dark Descent #1: The Color of Evil, ed. David G. Hartwell, Tor 1991
• The Mammoth Book of Zombies, ed. Stephen Jones, Robinson 1993
• The Best of Whispers, ed. Stuart David Schiff, Borderlands Press 1994
• A Century of Horror 1970-1979, ed. David Drake & Martin H. Greenberg, MJF Books 1996