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Title: Silent Snow, Secret Snow

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Title: Silent Snow, Secret Snow Title Record # 94834
Author: Conrad Aiken
Date: 1932-10-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
Note: First published in The Virginia Quarterly Review, October 1932. No real SF content, other than the boy's perceptions.
Synopsis: A 12 year old boy's perceptions become further and further distanced from reality, which he sees as being insulated audibly and visually by an ever deepening snowfall.
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Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1958Translated by an unknown hand.
Spanish La nieve invisible
1974Translated by Monika Hahn
German Schnee, sanfter Schnee

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Among the Lost People 1934-00-00 Conrad Aiken Charles Scribner's Sons     292
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Tellers of Tales: 100 Short Stories from the United States, England, France, Russia and Germany 1939-00-00 ed. W. Somerset Maugham Doubleday, Doran  
$3.75?$: US dollar
xxxxii+
1526
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
The Bedside Book of Famous American Stories 1939-00-00 ed. Angus Burrell, Bennett A. Cerf Random House     xviii+
1347
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural 1944-00-00 ed. Phyllis Fraser, Herbert A. Wise Modern Library G72
$2.95?$: US dollar
xix+
1080
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth George Salter Checkmark
Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural 1947-00-00 ed. Phyllis Fraser, Herbert A. Wise Hammond, Hammond & Co.     832
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Antología de cuentos de misterio y terror 1958-00-00 ed. Juan José López Ibor Editorial Labor (Grandes Antologías Labor)     xxxi+
1319+
[5]
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Collected Short Stories of Conrad Aiken 1960-00-00 Conrad Aiken World Publishing Co.     xiv+
566
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Ellen Raskin  
A Pocket Book of Modern American Short Stories 1961-00-00 ed. Philip Van Doren Stern Washington Square Press W 224
$0.45?$: US dollar
viii+
293
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 Masque of the Red Death 1964-10-00 ed. Michael Sissons Panther 1755
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).
192
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 Masque of the Red Death 1964-10-00 ed. Michael Sissons Anthony Gibbs & Phillips     192
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Mind at Bay 1969-00-00 ed. Christopher Evans (I) Panther 0-586-02902-8
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).
186
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 John Holmes  
The Secret Sharer and Other Great Stories 1969-02-00 ed. Abraham H. Lass, Norma L. Tasman Mentor / New American Library MQ913
$0.95?$: US dollar
352
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
Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural 1971-00-00 ed. Phyllis Fraser, Herbert A. Wise Hammond, Hammond & Co. 0-242-78551-4   832
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Stein Checkmark
Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural 1972-00-00 ed. Phyllis Fraser, Herbert A. Wise Hammond, Hammond & Co. 0-242-78551-4   832
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Stein  
Die Angst hat tausend Namen 1974-04-30 ed. Christopher Evans (I) Pabel (Vampir Taschenbuch #8) VTB08
DM 2.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
143
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 Frank Frazetta Checkmark
Nighttouch 1977-00-00 ed. Fred Corbett, Gerry Goldberg, Stephen Storoschuk St. Martin's Press 0-312-57348-0
$5.95?$: US dollar
156
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 Virgil Finlay  
Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural 1977-00-00 ed. Phyllis Fraser, Herbert A. Wise Book Club Associates CN 4361   832
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
Nighttouch 1977-00-00 ed. Fred Corbett, Gerry Goldberg, Stephen Storoschuk General Publishing 0-7736-1031-6   156
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Deadly Nightshade: Strange Tales of the Dark 1977-07-00 ed. Peter Haining Gollancz 0-575-02282-5
£3.40?£: UK pound
189
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Philip Hood Checkmark
Deadly Nightshade: Strange Tales of the Dark 1978-06-27 ed. Peter Haining Taplinger 0-8008-2123-8
$8.50?$: US dollar
189
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Rus Anderson  
50 Great American Short Stories 1980-08-00 ed. Milton Crane Bantam Books (Bantam Literature) 0-553-14528-2
$2.95?$: US dollar
x+
502
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  
Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural 1982-00-00 ed. Phyllis Fraser, Herbert A. Wise Hutchinson 0-09-149720-5
£8.95?£: UK pound
832
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Look Who's Talking: An Anthology of Voices in the Modern American Short Story 1986-12-00 ed. Bruce Weber Washington Square Press 0-671-61739-7
$3.95?$: US dollar
xxii+
362
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
Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural 1994-00-00 ed. Phyllis Cerf Wagner, Herbert Wise Modern Library 0-679-60128-7
$25.95?$: US dollar
xix+
1034
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Henry Fuseli Checkmark
The American Short Story: A Treasury of the Memorable and Familiar by the Great American Writers from Washington Irving to Saul Bellow 1994-00-00 ed. Thomas K. Parkes State Street Press 0-681-64687-X   xvii+
1003
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The American Short Story: A Treasury of the Memorable and Familiar by the Great American Writers from Washington Irving to Saul Bellow 1994-00-00 ed. Thomas K. Parkes Galahad Books 0-88365-873-9   xvii+
1003
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Winslow Homer  
Tales of Terror and the Supernatural 1994-10-00 ed. uncredited Bracken Books 1-85891-137-0
£5.99?£: UK pound
611
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural 1994-10-00 ed. Phyllis Cerf Wagner, Herbert Wise Modern Library 0-679-60128-7
$21.00?$: US dollar
xix+
1034
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Fuseli Checkmark
Favourite Scary Stories from Graveside Al 1996-00-00 ed. Alan Maitland Viking Canada 0-670-86863-9
C$29.99?C$: Canadian dollar
xii+
302
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Stephen Snider  
Tales of Terror and the Supernatural: A Classic Collection 1996-00-00 ed. uncredited Leopard 1-85891-314-4   [vii]+
611
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Riverside Anthology of Short Fiction: Convention and Innovation 1997-11-00 ed. Editors of The Riverside Anthology of Short Fiction Houghton Mifflin 0-395-81386-7   xvii+
1235
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 Sir Edward Burne-Jones , Marcel Duchamp  
Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural date unknown ed. Phyllis Cerf Wagner, Herbert Wise Modern Library 0-679-60128-7
$25.95?$: US dollar
xix+
1034
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Henry Fuseli Checkmark
Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural date unknown ed. Phyllis Cerf Wagner, Herbert Wise Modern Library 0-394-60446-6
$9.95?$: US dollar
xix+
1034
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Sara Eisenman Checkmark
A Treasury of Short Stories: Favorites of the Past Hundred Years from Turgenev to Thurber, from Balzac to Hemingway, with Biographical Sketches of the Authors date unknown ed. Bernardine Kielty Simon & Schuster     xiii+
849
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
Look Who's Talking: An Anthology of Voices in the Modern American Short Story date unknown ed. Bruce Weber Washington Square Press 0-671-68723-9
$4.95?$: US dollar
xxii+
362
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  
Look Who's Talking: An Anthology of Voices in the Modern American Short Story date unknown ed. Bruce Weber Washington Square Press 0-671-68723-9
$4.95?$: US dollar
xxii+
362
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
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