''The Small Assassin'' (1962) is a
short story
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collection by American writer
Ray Bradbury
Ray Douglas Bradbury ( ; August 22, 1920June 5, 2012) was an American author and screenwriter. One of the most celebrated 20th-century American writers, he worked in a variety of genres, including fantasy, science fiction, Horror fiction, horr ...
. The stories originally appeared in the magazines ''Dime Mystery Magazine'', ''
Weird Tales
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'', ''
Harper's
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'', ''
Mademoiselle'', and in Bradbury's first book, ''
Dark Carnival''.
The title story was made into a feature film in 2010.
Contents
* "
The Small Assassin"
* "The Next in Line"
* "The Lake"
* "The Crowd"
* "Jack-in-the-Box"
* "The Man Upstairs"
* "The Cistern"
* "The Tombstone"
* "The Smiling People"
* "The Handler"
* "Let’s Play 'Poison'"
* "The Night"
* "The Dead Man"
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1962 short story collections
Fantasy short story collections
Short story collections by Ray Bradbury
Ace Books books
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