Accident

Short story

 

ORIGINAL PUBLICATION:

The short story is first published in Sunday Dispatch (UK) in 1929 on September 22 under the variant title The Uncrossed Path.

In the US, the short story is first published in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine in March 1943 Vol. 4. No. 2: Accident.

 

Alternative title:

The short story has also been published in The Creasey Mystery Magazine (UK) in October 1957 (Vol. 1, No. 14) under the title A Test for Murder.

 

Publications in short story collections:

1. The Listerdale Mystery 1934 (British short story collection)

2. The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories 1948 (American short story collection)

3. 13 for Luck! A Selection of Mystery Stories for Young Readers 1961 (American edition)
    Published in the UK five years later under the title 13 for Luck! A Selection of Mystery Stories.

 

Publications in Sweden:

1a. Olyckshändelse 1946 (Folket i Bild: FIB No. 28)

1b. Olyckshändelse 1946 (Folket i Bild: FIB 1946 Del 2)

2.   Olyckshändelse 1946 (Allt: i fickformat No. 10)

3.   Olyckshändelse 1954 (Vecko-Revyn Christmas Issue)

4.   Olyckshändelsen 1956 (Vecko-Revyn No. 8)

5.   Reagens på mord 1959 (Thrillermagasinet. Urval av världens bästa deckare No. 6)

6a. Olyckshändelse 1960 (In the short story anthology Alla tiders deckarhistorier (Wahlström & Widstrand – Softcover)

6b. Olyckshändelse 1960 (In the short story anthology Alla tiders deckarhistorier (Wahlström & Widstrand – Hardcover with dust jacket)

6c. Olyckshändelse 1960 (In the short story anthology Alla tiders deckarhistorier (Söderströms)

7.   Experiment i mord 1963 (Lektyr No. 26)

8.   Olyckshändelse 1972 (Vecko-Revyn No. 34)

9.   Gift för andra gången 1979 (Husmodern No. 26)

10. Olyckshändelsen 1980 (In the short story collection Damen i den röda klänningen)

11. Olyckshändelse 1985 (In the short story collection Åklagarens vittne och andra noveller)

      Comment: The short story is also published in radio format: Olyckshändelse 1970 (Radio short story).