Happy Endings: 15 Stories by the Masters of the Macabre (1974) by Damon Knight (ed. Sun77)
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Overview: This is an anthology of murder mystery stories that share an unusual theme: The demise of the victim leaves the world better off.
It is hard to think of anyone whose untimely death would not be gratifying to somebody—a favorite nephew, say; that would not lift up his heart and bring a little lightness to his step, a new sparkle to his eye. The victims in these stories are unremarkable people except that for one reason or another they are blots on somebody’s psychic landscape. Not everyone would agree with or approve of this viewpoint, but before we pass judgment, we should examine their histories—all fifteen of them—with care.
For it is with utmost care that these masters of the macabre have presented their cases. Meticulous in detail, scrupulously fair in viewpoint, overflowing in talent, they plot their Machiavellian ways to the inexorable…happy endings
Genre: Fiction > Mystery/Thriller
Includes the following 15 stories:
The Greatest Man in the World—JAMES THURBER
The Way Up to Heaven—ROALD DAHL
The Purist—OGDEN NASH
Father’s in the Basement—PHILIP JOSE FARMER
Miss Thompson—W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM
The Damnedest Thing—GARSON KANIN
De Mortuis—JOHN COLLIER
Tobermory—SAKI
Undertaker Song—DAMON RUNYON
The Idol of the Flies—JANE RICE
The Red-Headed Murderess—ROBERT BRANSON
The Language of Flowers—HUGH ATKINSON
Ashes to Ashes—NUNNALLY JOHNSON
A Letter—ISAAC BABEL
Winter—KIT REED
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