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By Fredric Brown
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A collection of short stories that alternates between hard-edged crime and pulp-tinged speculative pieces. Terse, suspenseful narratives follow characters thrust into sudden violence, obsessive compulsion, desperate decisions, and uncanny intrusions, with plots driven by escalating need and pressure. Stories move quickly from setup to revelation, employing economical prose and often concluding with ironic or twist endings. The volume presents both tightly plotted murder vignettes and slyly humorous science-fiction sketches, unified by brisk pacing and a focus on sharp, recontextualizing finales.

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Title: Knock three-one-two

Author: Fredric Brown

Release date: June 8, 2023 [eBook #70944]

Language: English

Original publication: United States: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc, 1959

Credits: Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net

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KNOCK THREE-ONE-TWO

By FREDRIC BROWN

E. P. DUTTON & CO., INC.
New York

Copyright, © 1959 by Fredric Brown
All rights reserved. Printed in the U.S.A.

First Edition

No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer who wishes to quote brief passages in connection with a review written for inclusion in a magazine, newspaper or broadcast.

A shortened version of this book appeared in the June issue of High Adventure, © 1959, under the title of Night of the Psycho.

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 59-10773

[Transcriber's Note: Extensive research did not uncover any
evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.]

By Fredric Brown

THE DEAD RINGER
COMPLIMENTS OF A FIEND
HERE COMES A CANDLE
MURDER CAN BE FUN
THE BLOODY MOONLIGHT
THE FABULOUS CLIPJOINT
THE SCREAMING MIMI
NIGHT OF THE JABBERWOCK
DEATH HAS MANY DOORS
THE FAR CRY
WE ALL KILLED GRANDMA
THE DEEP END
MOSTLY MURDER
HIS NAME WAS DEATH
WHAT MAD UNIVERSE
THE LIGHTS IN THE SKY ARE STARS
ANGELS AND SPACESHIPS
THE WENCH IS DEAD
MARTIANS, GO HOME
THE LENIENT BEAST
ROGUE IN SPACE
THE OFFICE
ONE FOR THE ROAD
THE LATE LAMENTED
KNOCK THREE-ONE-TWO

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