Dark Carnival
This table lists the contents of Dark Carnival, and links to adaptations of the stories in various media
| Story |
Film/TV
|
Audio
|
Details
of First publication
(and other notes) |
| Homecoming | Mademoiselle, October 1946. | ||
| Skeleton | Ray Bradbury Theater | Tales of the Bizarre | Weird Tales, September 1945. |
| The Jar | The
Alfred Hitchcock Hour Alfred Hitchcock Presents |
Tales of the Bizarre | Weird Tales, November 1944. |
| The Lake | Ray Bradbury Theater | Weird Tales, May 1944. | |
| The Maiden | (First appearance.) | ||
| The Tombstone | Ray Bradbury Theater | Weird Tales, March 1945 | |
| The Smiling People | Weird Tales, May 1946 | ||
| The Emissary | Ray Bradbury Theater | (First appearance.) | |
| The Traveler | Weird Tales, December 1945 | ||
| The Small Assassin | Ray
Bradbury Theater The Small Assassin |
Dime Mystery Magazine, November 1946 | |
| The Crowd | Ray Bradbury Theater | Weird Tales, May 1943. | |
| Reunion | Weird Tales, March 1944. | ||
| The Handler | Ray Bradbury Theater | Weird Tales, January 1947. | |
| The Coffin | Ray Bradbury Theater | First published as "Wake for the Living", Dime Mystery Magazine, September 1947. | |
| Interim | Weird Tales, July 1947. | ||
| Jack-in-the-Box | Tales of the Bizarre | (First appearance.) | |
| The Scythe | Tales of the Bizarre | Weird Tales, July 1943 | |
| Let's Play "Poison" | Ray Bradbury Theater | Weird Tales, November 1946. | |
| Uncle Einar | (First appearance.) | ||
| The Wind | Ray Bradbury Theater | Bradbury
13 Tales of the Bizarre |
Weird Tales, March 1943. |
| The Night | Weird Tales, July 1946. | ||
| There Was an Old Woman | Ray Bradbury Theater | Bradbury 13 | Weird Tales, July 1944 |
| The Dead Man | Ray Bradbury Theater | Weird Tales, July 1945. | |
| The Man Upstairs | Ray Bradbury Theater | Harper’s, March 1947 | |
| The Night Sets | (First appearance.) | ||
| Cistern | Mademoiselle, May 1947 | ||
| The Next in Line | Tales of the Bizarre | (First appearance.) |
Dark Carnival
First published by Arkham House in 1947.
Most of its contents were later republished as The October Country.
The "left-overs" were published (in the UK as The Small Assassin.
Picture shows Arkham House edition (the first edition, 1947). Cover art by George Barrows.
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|
Gauntless
press hardcover edition (2001): dustjacket design by Bradbury, limited
edition of 700 signed by Bradbury and Clive Barker.
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