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The Utterly Perfect Murder

by Ray Bradbury

A moving story of an outcast boy who continued to feel the pain of how he’d been excluded throughout his adult life. You’ll need to decide for yourself whether time travel creeps in.
— Michael Main
I tossed the few bits of gravel and did the thing that had never been done, ever in my life.
DEBUT
“My Perfect Murder,” in Playboy, August 1971.
VARIANTS
2 English variants
TRANSLATIONS
6 translations
DERIVATIVE WORKS
  1. “The Utterly Perfect Murder” by Ray Bradbury, directed by Stuart Margolin, (USA Network, USA, 7 February 1992).
TAGS(SPOILERS!)
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TIME TRAVEL ITINERARY (SPOILERS!)
  1. From Doug’s boyhood home, circa 1971 ⋙ to same location, circa 1935. Round trip. Note: Does that final scene involve time travel?
INDEXER NOTES (SPOILERS!)
  • Title—The original title in <em>Playboy</em> was “My Perfect Murder,” but “The Utterly Perfect Murder” has been used ever since then.