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Beer-Bottle Polka

C. M. Kornbluth

First published September 2010
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

"A carved-up corpse, a punk with a gun, and a mob at his heels for a secret he didn't have – tough-guy Skeat took and gave a lot of punishment before the ugly picture began to make sense. And he was almost sorry when it did. — from the story's original title page blurb

Beer-Bottle Polka is a rare mystery story by C. M. Kornbluth that appeared in the September 1946 issue of Black Mask magazine.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
September 2010 Cover The Black Lizard Big Book of Black Mask Stories Vintage Crime / Black Lizard / Vintage Books Anthology 1081