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A Note for the Milkman

Sidney Carroll

First published September 1952
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Synopsis

The narrator tells of mixing up a poison from instructions he found in an old book, a poison that neither washing nor heat can destroy. With it he intends to commit murders that will be absolutely untraceable because not even he will be able to follow the path from his hands to the victim.

Notes

First published in the magazine Today's Woman, April 1950.

Publications (18)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
September 1952 Cover Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow Bantam Books Anthology 245
December 1961 Cover Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow Bantam Books Anthology 208
1962 Cover The Third Pan Book of Horror Stories Pan Books Anthology 200
January 1962 Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow Bantam Books Anthology
1963 Cover Striking Terror: A Selection of Great Horror Stories Arthur Barker Anthology 175
1966 The Third Pan Book of Horror Stories Pan Books Anthology 200
March 1967 Cover Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow Bantam Books Anthology 208
January 1968 Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow Bantam Books Anthology 208
September 1968 Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow Bantam Books Anthology 208
November 1968 Cover Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow Bantam Books Anthology 208
1969 Cover The Third Pan Book of Horror Stories Pan Books Anthology 200
July 1970 Cover Selections from The Pan Book of Horror Stories #3 Berkley Medallion Anthology 144
August 1970 Cover Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow Bantam Books Anthology 208
August 1972 Cover Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow Bantam Books Anthology 208
1974 Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow Bantam Books Anthology 208
September 1976 Cover Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow Bantam Books Anthology 208
August 1977 Cover Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow Bantam Books Anthology 208
1978 The Third Pan Book of Horror Stories Pan Books Anthology 200