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An Official Position

W. Somerset Maugham

First published April 1946
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

A prisoner in a French penal colony improves his lot by becoming the official executioner. He despises the other prisoners and they return the favor by murdering him.

A non-speculative crime/suspense story. It is in this database due to appearing in the genre anthology And the Darkness Falls.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
April 1946 Cover And the Darkness Falls World Publishing Co. Anthology 248