A sleepless man, struggling with a business decision, sees an earlier occupant of his apartment who is struggling with a decision of his own.
—Michael Main
I saw the ghost in my own living room, alone, between three and four in the morning, and I was there, wide awake, for a perfectly sound reason: I was worrying.

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  1. “There Is a Tide” by Jack Finney, in Collier’s, 2 August 1952.
    2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Jack Finney

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  1. French.
    “Le fantôme à la fenêtre” by Jack Finney, Fiction #20, July 1957.
    2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Jack Finney
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . translated by unknown persons
  2. Italian.
    “C’è una marea . . .” by Jack Finney, in Fantasy and Science Fiction (Italian edition, March 2014).
    3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Jack Finney
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . translated by Annarita Guarnieri
  3. Japanese.
    “上げ潮,” as by ジャック・フィニイ, in [.s-Fマガジン :: S-F magajin:], August 1960.
    4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Jack Finney as by ジャック・フィニイ
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . translated by unknown persons