Cover for The Hanging Stranger
Short Story

The Hanging Stranger

1953

About this story

A shopkeeper is horrified by a body hanging in the town square, but no one else seems disturbed. His insistence on an explanation draws attention to how profoundly his familiar community has changed.

Chronology

Work history

  1. no later than May 4, 1953

    Composition: no later than May 4, 1953

    Latest supported composition boundary based on agency receipt evidence.

    Medium confidence
  2. May 4, 1953

    Received by Scott Meredith Literary Agency

    May 4, 1953

  3. Dec 1953

    First published Dec 1953

    Science Fiction Adventure