The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar

Overview:

• Title: The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar
• Author: Edgar Allan Poe
• Year: 1845
• Type: Short Fiction

Synopsis:

A hypnotist places his friend (Valdemar) into a trance just before Valdemar dies. The trance preserves Valdemar through death for a number of months, until the hypnotist finally removes the trance. Valdemar then dies spectacularly.

Notes:

First published in American Review, December 1845.

Editions/Publications:

• 1926. Amazing Stories, April 1926 (1926, Hugo Gernsback Experimenter Publishing Co., $0.25, 96 pages, Magazine)
• 1950. Shot in the Dark (January 1950, Judith Merril Bantam, Catalog ID: #751, $0.25, 310 pages, Paperback, Anthology)
• 1963. Great Science Fiction About Doctors (1963, Groff Conklin, Noah D. Fabricant Collier Books, Catalog ID: #AS 518, $0.95, 412 pages, Paperback, Anthology)
• 1964. Great Tales of Horror (1964, Edgar Allan Poe Bantam, Catalog ID: #FP58, $0.50, 151 pages, Paperback, Collection)
• 1966. Future Perfect (1966, H. Bruce Franklin Oxford Book Co., Catalog ID: #LCC# 6614475, $6.50, 402 pages, Hardcover, Anthology)
• 1966. The Third Pan Book of Horror Stories (1966, Herbert van Thal Pan, Catalog ID: #X161, 3/6, 268 pages, Paperback, Anthology)
• 1976. Science Fiction of Edgar Allan Poe (1976, Edgar Allan Poe Penguin, Paperback, Collection)
• 1978. Future Perfect, Revised Edition (1978, H. Bruce Franklin Oxford Book Company, ISBN-10: 0195023226, 404 pages, Hardcover, Anthology)
• 1979. Fantastic Worlds: Myths, Tales, and Stories (1979, Eric S. Rabkin Oxford University Press, ISBN-10: 0195025423, $22.50, 478 pages, Hardcover, Anthology)
• 1980. Mad Scientists (1980, Stuart David Schiff Doubleday, ISBN-10: 0385149069, $9.95, 293 pages, Hardcover, Anthology)
• 1983. Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology (1983, Eric S. Rabkin Oxford University Press 0-19-503290-X, $19.95, 529 pages, Hardcover, Anthology)
• 1984. The Penguin Book of Horror Stories (1984, J. A. Cuddon Penguin, ISBN-10: 014006799X, £4.95, 607 pages, Trade, Anthology)
• 1991. The Penguin Book of Horror Stories (1991, J. A. Cuddon Bloomsbury Books, ISBN-10: 1870630947, £4.99, 607 pages, Hardcover, Anthology)
• 1993. The Mammoth Book of Zombies (1993, Stephen Jones Robinson, ISBN-10: 1854872281, £5.99, 518 pages, Trade, Anthology)
• 2002. Great Vampire Stories (2002, Anonymous Chancellor Press, ISBN-10: 0753705702, £6.99, 538 pages, Trade, Anthology)

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