A Toy for Juliette
"A Toy for Juliette" | |||
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Short story by Robert Bloch | |||
Language | English | ||
Genre(s) | Science fiction, horror fiction | ||
Publication | |||
Published in | Dangerous Visions | ||
Publication type | anthology | ||
Publisher | Doubleday | ||
Media type | Print (Hardcover) | ||
Publication date | 1967 | ||
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"A Toy for Juliette" is a 1967 science fiction and horror short story by American writer Robert Bloch, appearing for the first time in Harlan Ellison's anthology Dangerous Visions.
Plot
In a post-apocalyptic world, a time traveler randomly abducts people from throughout history for his granddaughter Juliette (named for the Marquis de Sade's novel Juliette)[1] to torture and kill in her sexual games. The last "toy" he gives her, however, turns out to be Jack the Ripper.
Reception
SFF World has called it "unsettling".[2]
Sequel
Ellison wrote a sequel for the same anthology called "The Prowler in the City at the Edge of the World".
See also
- Jack the Ripper
- Jack the Ripper in fiction
- Juliette (novel)
- Marquis de Sade
References
External links
- A Toy for Juliette title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
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- Psycho
- American Gothic
- Psycho II
- Night of the Ripper
- Psycho House
collections
- The Opener of the Way
- Pleasant Dreams: Nightmares
- The Early Fears
- Flowers from the Moon and Other Lunacies
- "That Hell-Bound Train"
- "The Shambler from the Stars"
- "A Toy for Juliette"
- The Couch
- The Cabinet of Caligari
- Strait-Jacket
- The Night Walker
- The Skull
- The Psychopath
- Torture Garden
- The Deadly Bees
- The House That Dripped Blood
- Asylum
- "What Are Little Girls Made Of?"
- "Wolf in the Fold"
- "Catspaw"
- "The Sorcerer's Apprentice"
- The Cat Creature
- The Dead Don't Die
- The Return of Captain Nemo
- Psycho (1960)
- Psycho (1998)
- Bates Motel (2013–2017)
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