The Second Gong

Short story

 

ORIGINAL PUBLICATION:

The short story is first published in Ladies' Home Journal (US) in June 1932 (Volym LIIX, No. 6): The Second Gong.

In the UK, the short story is first published in The Strand Magazine in 1932 (Vol. 84, No. 499) under the same title.


Alternative version:

The short story also exists in a revised (longer) version under the title Dead Man's Mirror. This version of the short story is first published in the short story collection with the British title Murder in the Mews and Other Stories in 1937.

 

Publications in short story collections:

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

2. Problem at Pollensa Bay and Other Stories 1991 (British short story collection)

 

Publications in Sweden:

1. Andra gonggongslaget 1932 (Vårt Hem. Illustrerad familjejournal No. 32)

2. Middagsgonggongen 1932 (Hemmets Veckotidning No. 44)

3. Andra gonggongen 1992 (In the short story collection Gul Iris och andra mysterier)

    Comment: The short story is also published as an audio book: Andra gonggongen 2018.