Killer, Come Back to Me: The Crime Stories of Ray Bradbury (edition 2021)

by Ray D Bradbury (Author), Paul Mann (Cover artist)

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Fiction. Mystery. HTML:Celebrating Ray Bradbury's centennial, a deluxe illustrated commemorative collection of his finest crime stories �?? tales as strange and wonderful as his signature fantasy. Time travelers...dark carnivals...living automata...and detectives? Honoring the 100th birthday of Ray Bradbury, renowned author of Fahrenheit 451, this new, definitive collection of the master's less well-known crime fiction, published in a high-grade premium collectible edition, features classic stories and rare gems, a number of which became episodes of ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS and THE RAY BRADBURY THEATER, including the tale Bradbury called "one of the best stories in any field that I have ever written." Is it murder to destroy a robot if it looks and speaks and thinks and feels like a human being? Can a ventriloquist be incriminated by the testimony of his own dummy? Can a time traveler prevent his younger self from killing the woman they both loved? And can the survivor of a pair of Siamese twins investigate his own brother's murder? No other writer has ever rivaled the imagination and narrative gifts of Ray Bradbury, and the 20 unforgettable stories in this collection demonstrate this singular writer's extraordinary range, influence and emotional pow… (more)

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Title:	Killer, Come Back to Me: The Crime Stories of Ray Bradbury
Authors:	Ray D Bradbury (Author)
Other authors:	Paul Mann (Cover artist)
Info:	Hard Case Crime (2021), 336 pages
Collections:	Your library, To read, Hard Case Crime
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Less mystery and more horror to these pulp fiction crime stories, most written for the old pulp crime magazines before Bradbury concentrated on SF. (

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SF_fan_mae | Nov 8, 2022 |

Killer, Come Back to Me is a collection of short stories by Ray Bradbury written in the 1940s. They are mostly noir mysteries, some with a touch of the supernatural. There's conjoined twins, murder at the circus, and an assassin that might make you reconsider ever having kids. Most importantly, they are entertaining with a nice touch of creepy and I recommend it highly to any Ray Bradbury fans or just people who enjoy well-written mystery short stories that are just a little outside the norm.

Thanks to Edelweiss+ & Hard case Crime for the opportunity to read this book in exchange for an honest review (

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lostinalibrary | Mar 2, 2021 |

A delightfully creepy in places collection of stories. There were a few “pairs” of stories, which is an interesting idea. In one pair I found the first story stood much better on its own; the second one kind of undermined it a bit. Some of the stories are more straight-up crime stories, and others have a dash of science fiction. One story even has an element of the supernatural. There’s a good introduction and an afterword by Bradbury from another collection of his crime stories that talks about his experience writing these stories and his practice as a writer in general. Worth reading for Bradbury fans and for the Bradbury-curious (especially if sci-fi is not your bag). (

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rabbitprincess | Feb 6, 2021 |

“Hard to think that a single drop of ink could color a whole pitcher of clear fresh water. But color it could and color it did.”

Lots of good short stories in this volume! One story is the murder of a conjoined twin! Two others are the “same” tale, one done from the perspective of the victim, the other from the killer! There are also two stories with creepy ‘marionettes’! And, the classic, “The Small Assassin”! The book ends with "The Utterly Perfect Murder" - a story that really pulled at my heart strings. A good collection of spooky crime stories that would be a good kick off to the Fall season. Some of Bradbury's best!

"O ancient Lazarus
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Stahl-Ricco | Sep 30, 2020 |

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The Town Where No One Got Off [short story] by Ray Bradbury

The Utterly Perfect Murder [short fiction] by Ray Bradbury

Punishment Without Crime [short fiction] by Ray Bradbury

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Fiction. Mystery. HTML:Celebrating Ray Bradbury's centennial, a deluxe illustrated commemorative collection of his finest crime stories �?? tales as strange and wonderful as his signature fantasy.
Time travelers...dark carnivals...living automata...and detectives? Honoring the 100th birthday of Ray Bradbury, renowned author of Fahrenheit 451, this new, definitive collection of the master's less well-known crime fiction, published in a high-grade premium collectible edition, features classic stories and rare gems, a number of which became episodes of ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS and THE RAY BRADBURY THEATER, including the tale Bradbury called "one of the best stories in any field that I have ever written."
Is it murder to destroy a robot if it looks and speaks and thinks and feels like a human being? Can a ventriloquist be incriminated by the testimony of his own dummy? Can a time traveler prevent his younger self from killing the woman they both loved? And can the survivor of a pair of Siamese twins investigate his own brother's murder? No other writer has ever rivaled the imagination and narrative gifts of Ray Bradbury, and the 20 unforgettable stories in this collection demonstrate this singular writer's extraordinary range, influence and emotional pow

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