In the Dark

THE spirit of Dostoevsky crosses over to the pulp fiction scene in . . .

"Murder, My Darling."

By Frank D. Millman (?-?).

First appearance: Triple Detective, Fall 1955.

Short short short story (3 pages).

Online at Archive.org (HERE) and The Luminist Archives (HERE; go to text page 110; slow load).

(Note: Text very faded.)

   "She never put on the light, never uttered a word."

"IT was to be a perfect crime? No! I've heard enough and seen enough, I know there is no perfect crime. It's like I told you darling, the average criminal who tries for a perfect murder trips up on his own fancy work." Fair enough, but there's more than one way to trip yourself up, and today's killer chooses what is probably the worst way of all . . .

Principal characters:

~ The eternal triangle: Gloria, Martha, and John.

Typo: "There is comes".

Resources:

- Our author, Frank D. Millman, evidently wasn't very prolific (ss = short story; FictionMags data).

  - "Success Story," (ss) Popular Detective, May 1953 (online HERE)

  - "My Corpse Craves Company," (ss) Triple Detective, Summer 1954 (online HERE)

  - "Murder, My Darling," (ss) Triple Detective, Fall 1955 (above).

Unless otherwise noted, all bibliographical data are derived from The FictionMags Index created by William G. Contento & edited by Phil Stephensen-Payne.

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