The Fruit at the Bottom of the Bowl

"The Fruit at the Bottom of the Bowl" is a short story by Ray Bradbury. The story was also published as "Touch and Go" in EQMM in January 1953. Mr. Acton begins the story standing over the body of Mr. Huxley, whom he has just killed. While attempting to cover up his tracks, he has flashbacks of his encounters with Mr. Huxley, with whom he is having an altercation over a woman. These flashbacks reveal to the murderer that there are more and more o... more

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  • Nov 1948

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Ray Bradbury

Ray Douglas Bradbury (born August 22, 1920) is an American mainstream, fantasy, horror, science fiction, and mystery writer. Best known for his dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451 and The Martian Chronicles, Bradbury is widely considered one of the greatest and most popular American writers of...
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