Title: The Portent of the Shadow

Title: The Portent of the Shadow Title Record # 2765193
Author: E. Nesbit
Date: 1905-12-23
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Webpages: archive.org
Language: English

Note: The story was originally published as 'The Portent of the Shadow' in the London magazine Black and White in December 23rd, 1905 and was republished in The Index (Pittsburgh) in January 1906. The story was later included as 'The Shadow' in Nesbit's collection Fear (Stanley Paul & Co, 1910).

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Year	Title
1910^ⓘFirst published as 'The Portent of the Shadow' in the magazine Black and White, Dec 23, 1905.	The Shadow
2018^ⓘThe story was originally published as 'The Portent of the Shadow' in the London magazine Black and White in December 23rd, 1905 and was republished in The Index (Pittsburgh) in January 1906. The story was later included as 'The Shadow' in Nesbit's collection Fear (Stanley Paul & Co, 1910).	The Portent of a Shadow
2019^ⓘThe story was originally published as 'The Portent of the Shadow' in the London magazine Black and White in December 23rd 1905 and was republished in The Index (Pittsburgh) in January 1906. The story was later included as 'The Shadow' in Nesbit's collection Fear (Stanley Paul & Co, 1910).	The Shadow [as by Edith Nesbit]

Year	Language	Title
1985^ⓘTranslated by Jadwiga P. Westrup.	Swedish	Skuggan [as by Edith Nesbit]
2013^ⓘTranslated by BOOKS桜鈴堂	Japanese	影^?Kage [as by E･ネズビット^?E. Nezubitto ]
2020^ⓘTranslated by Enrico De Luca.	Italian	L'ombra [as by Edith Nesbit]

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist	Verif
Terrifying Ghosts Short Stories	2021-04-13	ed. uncredited	Flame Tree Press (Gothic Fantasy)	978-1-83964-481-8	£20.00^?£: UK pound	432	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth

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Review by Mike Barrett (2014) in The New York Review of Science Fiction, December 2014