A Toy for Juliette

"A Toy for Juliette"
Short story by Robert Bloch
LanguageEnglish
Genre(s)Science fiction, horror fiction
Publication
Published inDangerous Visions
Publication typeanthology
PublisherDoubleday
Media typePrint (Hardcover)
Publication date1967
Chronology
 
— 		 
The Prowler in the City at the Edge of the World

"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

References

  1. ^ The Routledge Concise History of Science Fiction, by Mark Bould and Sherryl Vint; published February 28, 2011, by Routledge
  2. ^ Dangerous Visions by Harlan Ellison, reviewed at SFFWorld; published February 27, 2012; retrieved October 13, 2017


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