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Title: The Canal

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Title: The Canal Title Record # 71200
Author: Everil Worrell
Date: 1927-12-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Webpages: pseudopod.org, YouTube
Language: English
Note: The original version as appeared in Weird Tales in 1927 and 1935 is approximately 8500 words. A later abridged and substantially altered version is under 6,500 words and appeared in "The Vampire Archives" and possibly other earlier locations.
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Translations
Year Language Title
1972Translated by Peter H. van Lieshout. Likely based on the abrigded version.
Dutch Het kanaal
1973Translated by Maikell Michael.
German Das Mädchen vom Hausboot
1986Translated by Jacques Finné. Likely based on the abrigded version.
French Le canal
2022Translated by Jacques Finné.
French Le canal [as by Everill Worrell]
2023Translated by Usch Kiausch
German Der Kanal

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Weird Tales, December 1927 1927-12-00 ed. Farnsworth Wright Popular Fiction Publishing Co.  
$0.25?$: US dollar
148
pulp?Magazine using the common pulp size: 6.5" by 9.5". For ISFDB purposes this may also be used as a designation for the quality of the paper. There are some untrimmed pulps that are as large as 8" by 11.75
mag Hugh Rankin Checkmark
Weird Tales, April 1935 1935-04-00 ed. Farnsworth Wright Popular Fiction Publishing Co.  
$0.25?$: US dollar
132
pulp?Magazine using the common pulp size: 6.5" by 9.5". For ISFDB purposes this may also be used as a designation for the quality of the paper. There are some untrimmed pulps that are as large as 8" by 11.75
mag M. Brundage Checkmark
The Sleeping and the Dead: Thirty Uncanny Tales 1947-00-00 ed. August Derleth Pellegrini & Cudahy  
$3.75?$: US dollar
518
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
Avon Fantasy Reader, No. 8, 1948 1948-12-00 ed. Donald A. Wollheim Avon Publishing Co.  
$0.35?$: US dollar
126
digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".
mag  
Phantom, September 1957 1957-09-00 ed. Leslie Syddall Dalrow Publications Limited  
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).
112
octavo?5.5" by 8.5" magazine, usually saddle-stapled, instead of side-stapled or glued
mag R. W. S.  
The Unquiet Grave 1964-00-00 ed. August Derleth Four Square Books 982
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).
254
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 Michel  
The Unquiet Grave 1968-00-00 ed. August Derleth Four Square Books     254
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 Josh Kirby  
The Undead 1971-00-00 ed. James Dickie Neville Spearman 0-85435-121-3
£2.10?£: UK pound
222
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Undead 1973-00-00 ed. James Dickie Pan Books 0-330-23797-7
£0.30?£: UK pound
224
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 Undead 1976-06-00 ed. James Dickie Pocket Books 0-671-80465-0
$1.95?$: US dollar
221
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 Alan Magee  
Weird Vampire Tales 1992-08-00 ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Weinberg Gramercy Books 0-517-06018-3
$9.95?$: US dollar
442
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Jim Campbell Checkmark
Girls' Night Out: Twenty-Nine Female Vampire Stories 1997-09-00 ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Weinberg Barnes & Noble Books 0-7607-0424-4
$9.98?$: US dollar
545
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
H.P. Lovecraft's Favorite Weird Tales: The Roots of Modern Horror 2005-11-00 ed. Douglas A. Anderson Cold Spring Press 1-59360-056-9
$14.00?$: US dollar
391
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 Daniel Govar Checkmark
The Vampire Archives: The Most Complete Volume of Vampire Tales Ever Published 2009-10-00 ed. Otto Penzler Vintage Crime / Black Lizard / Vintage Books 978-0-307-47389-9
$25.00?$: US dollar
xix+
1034
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
The Vampire Archives: The Most Complete Volume of Vampire Tales Ever Published 2010-06-00 ed. Otto Penzler Vintage Crime/Black Lizard / SFBC 05-1030
$14.99?$: US dollar
xix+
1034
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  
Weird Tales (disc 2) 2019-00-00 ed. uncredited        
unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.
anth  
Weird Tales (disc 3, part 2) 2019-00-00 ed. uncredited        
unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.
anth  
Pseudopod, #648 2019-05-17 ed. Shawn Garrett, Alex Hofelich Escape Artists, Inc.  
$0.00?$: US dollar
 
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
mag Checkmark
The Women of Weird Tales: Stories by Everil Worrell, Eli Colter, Mary Elizabeth Counselman and Greye La Spina 2020-11-03 ed. uncredited Valancourt Books (Monster, She Wrote #2) 978-1-948405-75-1
$24.99?$: US dollar
278
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth M. S. Corley Checkmark
HorrorBabble's Vampires: 16 Classic Stories 2022-06-24 ed. uncredited HorrorBabble  
$2.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth Devoka  
HorrorBabble's Vampires: 16 Classic Stories 2022-07-13 ed. uncredited HorrorBabble  
$24.95?$: US dollar
 
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
anth Devoka  
Horror Historia Red 2022-10-18 ed. C. S. R. Calloway CSRC Storytelling (Horror Historia) 978-1-955382-19-9   442
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Mena Bo Checkmark
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