HH: "I have never felt very good about the mechanical workings of either Frankenstein or the zombies ... Something is just not right here, the whole business has a suspicious odour - other than that of decay that is. But is there a way to get your dead-and-arisen bodies trotting around in a more or less reasonable fashion? I mumbled over it and thought that there was, so then had to write the story." (Best of Harry Harrison).

PUBLICATION HISTORY

  • Science Fantasy #76, September 1965, p.42-48.

  • as: "Finalmente, la Vera Storia di Frankenstein" in: Gamma (Sei Anno Secondo Volume Terzo), April 1966. Milan: Edizioni dello Scorpione. Translated by Valentino de Carlo. [Italian]

  • Beyond the Curtain of the Dark, edited by Peter Haining. London: Four Square, 1966.

  • New York: Pinnacle Books, November 1972, pbk, p.49-56.

  • as: "Endlich: Die Wahreit Uber Frankenstein" in Frankenstein Wie Er Mordet Und Lacht, edited by Edward Reavis. West Germany: Barmeier and Nikel, 1968. [German]

  • Freakshow: Tales of Fantasy and Horror, edited by Peter Haining. London: Rapp and Whiting, 1970, hbk.

  • as: "Die Wahre Geschichte Frankensteins" in: Visionen des Grauens, edited by Peter Haining. Pabel, 1973. Translated by Leni Sobez. [German]

  • Quickie Thrillers: 25 Mini Mysteries, edited by Liebman. USA: Washington Square Press/Pocket, 1975.

  • in: (Monster Legend) (Sonorama Foreign Masterpieces 1), edited by Katsuo Jinka. Tokyo: Sonorama, 25th May 1984, ISBN: 4-257-62001-3. Translated by Katsuo Jinka. [Japanese]

  • in: (Tales of Frankenstein: Collected Stories), edited by Kenji Kazama. Tokyo: Kadokawa Horror Bunko, 10th January 1995. [Japanese]

  • in: (Hayakawa's Mystery Magazine) #232, August 1975. Translated by Hishasi Asakura. [Japanese]

  • The Best of Harry Harrison, June 1976.

  • The Frankenstein File, edited by Peter Haining. London: New English Library, 1977.

  • as: "Finalmente, la Vera Storia di Frankenstein" in Galassia #234, 1st September 1978. Picenza: Casa Editrice la Tribuna. Translated by Sandro Sandrelli. [Italian]

  • as: "Napokon, Istinita Prica O Frankensteinu" in: Kiborg, edited by Mihail Puhov. Zagreb: Vjesnik, 1983. Translated by Z. Milovic. [Serbo Croat]

  • as: "Endlich die Wahreit Uber Frankenstein" in: Top Horror, edited by Josh Pachter. West Germany: Heyne, 1984. [German].

  • as: "Eindelijk:het Ware Verhaal van Frankenstein" in: Top Horror, edited by Josh Pachter. Amsterdam: Loeb, Uitgevers BV, 1985, p.189-193, ISBN: 90-6213-584-6. [Dutch]

  • as: "Äntligen den Sanna Historien om Frankenstein" in: Aschkelons Gator [The Best of Harry Harrison]. 1985. [Swedish].

  • The Monster Book of Monsters, edited by Michael O'Shaugnessy. London: Xanadu, 1988, p.84-89, ISBN: 0-947761-42-X, hbk.

  • as: Lõpuks Ometi Tõene Lugu Frankensteinist, in: Liivimaa Kroonika #44, 5th November - #45, 12th November 1992. Translated by Jüri Kallas. [Estonian]

  • The Frankenstein Omnibus, edited by Peter Haining. London: Orion, March 1994, p.640-645, ISBN:1-85797-550-2, hbk. ISBN: 185797-551-0, tpbk.

  • The Frankenstein Omnibus, edited by Peter Haining. Edison, NJ: Chartwell, 1994.

  • Galactic Dreams, April 1994.

  • 50 in 50, July 2001.