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The Small Assassin

Ray Bradbury

First published November 1946
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

A new mother develops a negative reaction to her infant.

First published in Dime Mystery Magazine, November 1946.
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Date Publication Publisher Type Page
November 1946 Cover Dime Mystery Magazine, November 1946 Popular Publications, Inc. MAGAZINE 66
May 1947 Cover Dark Carnival Arkham House Collection 100
1948 Cover Dark Carnival Hamish Hamilton Collection 109
March 1953 Cover Children of Wonder: 21 Remarkable and Fantastic Tales Simon & Schuster Anthology 81
July 1953 Cover Children of Wonder: 21 Remarkable and Fantastic Tales Simon & Schuster / SFBC Anthology 81
June 1954 Cover Outsiders: Children of Wonder Permabooks Anthology 97
1955 Cover The October Country Ballantine Books Collection 140
1956 Cover The October Country Hart-Davis Collection 140
April 1956 Cover The October Country Ballantine Books Collection 126
February 1961 Cover In the Dead of Night Anthony Gibbs & Phillips Anthology 66
August 1961 Cover In the Dead of Night The Canterbury Press Anthology 66
1962 Cover The Small Assassin Ace UK Collection 7
March 1962 Cover The October Country Ballantine Books Collection 126
April 1962 Cover In the Dead of Night Panther Anthology 53
June 1963 Cover In the Dead of Night Panther Anthology 53
October 1963 Cover Tales of Terror and Suspense Dell Anthology 269
1964 The Small Assassin Four Square Books Collection 7
September 1964 Cover The October Country Ballantine Books Collection 126
September 1964 Cover The October Country Ballantine Books Collection 126
1965 Cover Shock! Popular Library Anthology 54
1965 Cover A Chamber of Horrors Little, Brown Anthology 39
August 1965 Cover The Small Assassin Four Square Books Collection 7
September 1965 Cover The Vintage Bradbury Vintage Books Collection 82
September 1965 The Vintage Bradbury Vintage Books Collection 82
October 1965 Cover A Chamber of Horrors Studio Vista Anthology 39
December 1965 Cover Best Tales of Terror 2 Faber and Faber Anthology 148
1966 The Vintage Bradbury Vintage Books Collection
1967 Cover A Chamber of Horrors Fontana Anthology
1967 Cover A Chamber of Horrors Fontana Anthology
February 1967 Cover The October Country Ballantine Books Collection 126
June 1967 Cover Tales of Terror and Suspense Dell Anthology 269
1968 Cover In the Dead of Night Panther Anthology
July 1968 Cover The October Country Ballantine Books Collection 126
June 1969 Cover The October Country Ballantine Books Collection 126
July 1970 Cover The October Country Alfred A. Knopf Collection 127
December 1970 Cover The Small Assassin New English Library Collection 7
December 1970 A Chamber of Horrors Fontana Anthology 35
February 1971 The October Country Ballantine Books Collection 126
July 1971 Cover The October Country Ballantine Books Collection 126
April 1972 Cover Young Demons Avon Anthology 109
April 1972 Cover Young Demons Avon Anthology 109
April 1972 Cover Tales of Terror and Suspense Dell Anthology 269
June 1972 Cover The October Country Ballantine Books Collection 126
October 1972 Cover Nightfrights: An Anthology of Macabre Tales That Have Terrified Three Generations Gollancz Anthology 221
1973 Cover Nightfrights: Occult Stories for All Ages Taplinger Anthology 221
February 1973 The October Country Ballantine Books Collection 126
May 1973 Cover The Small Assassin New English Library Collection 7
June 1973 Cover The October Country Ballantine Books Collection 126
September 1973 Cover Nightfrights: An Anthology of Macabre Tales That Have Terrified Three Generations Gollancz Anthology 221
October 1973 Tales of Terror and Suspense Dell Laurel-Leaf Anthology 269
January 1974 The October Country Ballantine Books Collection 126
July 1974 Cover Tales of Terror and Suspense Dell Anthology 269
November 1974 The October Country Alfred A. Knopf Collection 127
1975 Cover Nightfrights: An Anthology of Macabre Tales That Have Terrified Three Generations Peacock Books / Penguin Anthology 261
September 1975 Cover The October Country Ballantine Books Collection 126
February 1976 Cover The Small Assassin Panther Collection 7
1978 Cover Horror Stories Ward, Lock Anthology 32
June 1978 Cover The October Country Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 126
October 1980 Cover The Stories of Ray Bradbury Alfred A. Knopf Collection 372
December 1980 Cover The Stories of Ray Bradbury Alfred A. Knopf Collection 372
1981 Cover The Stories of Ray Bradbury Granada Collection 372
February 1981 Cover The Stories of Ray Bradbury Alfred A. Knopf Collection 372
March 1981 Cover The October Country Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 126
December 1982 The October Country Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 126
January 1983 Cover The Stories of Ray Bradbury, Volume 1 Granada Collection
1984 Cover The Small Assassin Panther / Granada Collection 7
February 1984 Cover A Memory of Murder Dell Collection 9
1985 Cover The Stories of Ray Bradbury, Volume 1 Granada Collection
February 1985 The October Country Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 140
1986 Cover The Small Assassin Grafton Collection 7
1987 Cover The Stories of Ray Bradbury, Volume 1 Grafton Collection 595
July 1990 The Vintage Bradbury Vintage Books Collection 82
October 1990 The Stories of Ray Bradbury Alfred A. Knopf Collection 372
July 1991 Cover The Horror Hall of Fame Carroll & Graf Anthology 326
January 1992 Cover The Horror Hall of Fame Carroll & Graf / SFBC Anthology 326
September 1992 Cover The Horror Hall of Fame Robert Hale Anthology 326
December 1992 Cover The Horror Hall of Fame Carroll & Graf Anthology 326
1993 Cover The October Country Ballantine Books Collection 140
October 1996 Cover The October Country Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 140
October 1996 Cover The October Country Ballantine Books Collection 140
September 1997 Cover The October Country Gauntlet Press Collection
1998 Cover The October Country Earthlight Collection 140
March 1998 Cover The Fantasy Hall of Fame HarperPrism Anthology 137
August 1998 Cover The Fantasy Hall of Fame HarperPrism / SFBC Anthology 137
September 1999 Cover The October Country Avon Books Collection 152
2000 Cover Arkham's Masters of Horror: A 60th Anniversary Anthology Retrospective of the First 30 Years of Arkham House Arkham House Anthology 269
2001 Cover Dark Carnival Gauntlet Publications Collection 131
2001 Cover Dark Carnival Gauntlet Publications Collection 131
2001 Cover Dark Carnival Gauntlet Publications Collection 131
December 2008 The Ray Bradbury Gift Set PS Publishing Omnibus
December 2008 The Ray Bradbury Gift Set PS Publishing Omnibus
December 2008 Cover Ray Bradbury Stories Volume 1 HarperVoyager Collection
April 2010 Cover The Stories of Ray Bradbury Alfred A. Knopf Collection
April 2010 Cover The Stories of Ray Bradbury Alfred A. Knopf Collection 451
April 2011 Cover The Collected Stories of Ray Bradbury: A Critical Edition: Volume I: 1938-1943 Kent State University Press Collection 240
June 2012 Cover Ray Bradbury Stories Volume 1 Harper Voyager (UK) Collection
September 2012 Cover Psychos: Serial Killers, Depraved Madmen, and the Criminally Insane Black Dog & Leventhal Anthology 77
June 2018 Cover The October Country Recorded Books Collection |152
August 2020 Cover Killer, Come Back to Me: The Crime Stories of Ray Bradbury Hard Case Crime Collection 259
August 2020 Cover Killer, Come Back to Me Collins Crime Club Collection |17
September 2020 Cover Killer, Come Back to Me: The Crime Stories of Ray Bradbury Hard Case Crime Collection |17
August 2021 Cover Killer, Come Back to Me: The Crime Stories of Ray Bradbury Titan Books Collection 259|17