In this story, first published in the February 1928 edition of Weird Tales Magazine, a terrified individual recounts the details of a strange, recurring nightmare. The Dream Snake is a terrifying tale of a man who has had a recurring dream about being pursued by a sinister, unseen giant snake that gets nearer and nearer to him every night….
Published in:
- WEIRD TALES VOLUME 11 NUMBER 2, Popular Fiction Publishing Company, February 1928
- THE DARK MAN AND OTHERS, Arkham House, 1963
- NOUVELLES HISTOIRES D’OUTRE-MONDE, Casterman, 1967 (French)
- THE DARK MAN AND OTHERS, Lancer, 1972 (n.d.)
- PIGEONS FROM HELL, Zebra, June 1976
- HISTORIES DE CAUCHEMARS, Presses Pocket, 1977 (French)
- THE DARK MAN OMNIBUS, Volume 2, Panther, 1979
- PIGEONS FROM HELL, Ace, 1979
- ホラー＆ファンタジー傑作選１(HORĀ ANDO FANTAJĪ KESSAKUSEN #1) (HORROR & FANTASY #1), Seishinsha, August 1984 (Japanese)
- LE TERTRE MAUDIT, NeO, November 1985 (French)
- HISTORIES DE CAUCHEMARS, Presses Pocket, March 1988 (French, 2nd edition)
- ウィアード1 (WIĀDO #1) (THE WEIRD #1), Seishinsha Bunko, June 1990 (Japanese)
- LE TERTRE MAUDIT, Fleuve Noir, October 1991 (French)
- OMBRE DAL TEMPO, Fanucci Editore, August 1994 (Italian)
- CIEN BESTII, Wydawnictwo PiK, 1994 (Polish)
- NIE KOPCIE MI GROBU, Wydawnictwo Andor, 1994 (Polish)
- LA GRANDE ANTHOLOGIE DU FANTASTIQUE, Presses de la Cité, February 1996 (French)
- BEYOND THE BORDERS, Baen, October 1996 (restored text)
- ROBERT E. HOWARD’S MYTH MAKER, Cross Plains Comics, June 1999 (graphic adaptation)
- BLACK HOUND OF DEATH (GONCHIE SMERTI), North-West, 1999 (Russian)
- SHADOW KINGDOMS, Wildside Press, December 2004
- SHADOW KINGDOMS, Wildside Press, November 2005
- THE WEIRD WRITINGS OF ROBERT E. HOWARD Volume 1, Girasol Collectables, January 2006
- SHADOW KINGDOMS, Wildside Press, November 2006 (2nd printing)
- SHADOW KINGDOMS: THE WEIRD WORKS OF ROBERT E. HOWARD Volume 1, Audio Realms, April 2007, (audio)
- SHADOW KINGDOMS, Cosmos Books, July 2007
- THE HAUNTER OF THE RING & OTHER TALES, Wordsworth Editions, September 2007
- THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF BEST HORROR COMICS, Robinson, January 2008 (Graphic adaptation)
- THE CAIRN ON THE HEADLAND, THE DREAM SNAKE, THE FEARSOME TOUCH OF DEATH, AND THE HYENA, Dodo Press, February 2008
- THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF BEST HORROR COMICS, Running Press, March 2008 (Graphic adaptation)
- THE HAUNTER OF THE RING & OTHER TALES, Wordsworth Editions, 2008
- PULP REPLICA: WEIRD TALES V11N2, Girasol Collectables, September 2008
- THE HORROR STORIES OF ROBERT E. HOWARD, Del Rey, October 2008
- THE HORROR STORIES OF ROBERT E. HOWARD, Tantor Media, Inc., March 2010 (audio)
- VOLK DER FINSTERNIS, Festa Verlag, March 2010 (German)
- KROK ZE TMY, Albatros Media, 2010 (Czech)
- THE HORROR STORIES OF ROBERT E. HOWARD, Subterranean Press, March 2011
- KULL OF ATLANTIS AND OTHER STORIES, Jame-Books, August 2012
- LES OMBRES DE CANAAN, Bragelonne, February 2013 (French)
- ROBERT E. HOWARD’S COLLECTED WORKS, Jame-Books, February 2013
- ROSTO DE CAVEIRA, OS FILHOS DA NOITE E OUTROS CONTOS, Martin Claret, July 2013 (Portuguese)
- LES OMBRES DE CANAAN. LA PIERRE NOIRE, Bragelonne, February 2014 (French)
- THE FEARSOME TOUCH OF DEATH, Ulwencreutz Media, July 2014
- I FIGLI DELLA NOTTE. RACCONTI DELL’ORRORE VOLUME 1, Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, March 2015 (Italian)
- FOUR TALES OF TERROR, Ozymandias Press, July 2016
- БЕЗЫМЯННЫЕ КУЛЬТЫ: МИФЫ КТУЛХУ И ДРУГИЕ ИСТОРИИ УЖАСА (NAMELESS CULTS: CTHULHU MYTHOS AND OTHER HORROR STORIES), AST, August 2016 (Russian)
- FOUR TALES OF TERROR, Jovian Press, October 2016
- ROBERT E. HOWARD AND WEIRD TALES, Dennis McHaney, November 2021 (excerpt only)
