The Small Assassin

The Small Assassin

I have written about this book and its origins on my blog. Click here to read.

This table lists the contents of The Small Assassin, and links to adaptations of the stories in various media.

Story	Film/TV	Audio	Details of First publication (and other notes)
The Small Assassin	Ray Bradbury Theater The Small Assassin		Dime Mystery Magazine, November 1946
The Next in Line			Dark Carnival (1947)
The Lake			Weird Tales, May 1944.
The Crowd	Ray Bradbury Theater		Weird Tales, May 1943.
Jack-in-the-Box			Dark Carnival (1947)
The Man Upstairs			Harper’s, March 1947
The Cistern			Mademoiselle, May 1947
The Tombstone			Weird Tales, March 1945
The Smiling People			Weird Tales, May 1946
The Handler			Weird Tales, January 1947
Let's Play "Poison"			Weird Tales, November 1946.
The Night			Weird Tales, July 1946.
The Dead Man			Weird Tales, July 1945.

The Small Assassin

First published by Ace UK in 1962.

Most of its contents were taken from the first British editions of Dark Carnival and The October Country.

Picture shows Panther edition (1976).

Grafton paperback (UK).

Page updated 18 May, 2021