The Fruit at the Bottom of the Bowl

"The Fruit at the Bottom of the Bowl"
Short story by Ray Bradbury
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Genre(s)Crime, Short story
Publication
Published inDetective Book Magazine
Publication typemagazine
Media typePrint
Publication dateNovember 1948

"The Fruit at the Bottom of the Bowl" is a short story by Ray Bradbury. It was first published in Detective Book Magazine in November 1948 (cover date: Winter) as "Touch and Go".[1] The story was re-titled and published as "The Fruit at the Bottom of the Bowl" in EQMM in January 1953.[2]

Plot summary

Mr. Acton begins the story standing over the body of Mr. Huxley, whom he has just killed. While attempting to cover up his tracks, he has flashbacks of his encounters with Mr. Huxley, with whom he is having an altercation over a woman. These flashbacks reveal to the murderer that there are more and more of his fingerprints all over the man's house, because he thought that he had touched so many different objects. His frenzy to remove all of the evidence distracts him from his actual objective, to get away with the crime. He is eventually caught, after polishing the entire house, while polishing and re-polishing the glass fruit at the bottom of a bowl. He is discovered by the police while dusting the attic. He leaves the room polishing the door handle and slamming it in victory.

References

  1. ^ Content Cillian K and Nicholas L. "Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections, Combined Edition". Retrieved 2007-03-26.
  2. ^ "Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine January 1953 cover photo". Archived from the original (jpg) on September 16, 2024. Retrieved October 24, 2024.

Publication history

The story was included in several of Bradbury's short story collections:

Adaptations in other media

This story was adapted to the EC comic book Crime SuspenStories #17 (April–May 1953) as "Touch and Go" by Johnny Craig. ("comics.org". Retrieved 18 February 2013.) It was adapted as an episode of the television series The Ray Bradbury Theater (January 23, 1988) as "The Fruit at the Bottom of the Bowl" with Michael Ironside and Robert Vaughn. An additional character called bob the spider and pop-up-duck was written down for the comic but never actually used in this short story. It is believed that the creator also thought of bizarre characters such as stambam or nickle bickle. Mr stups was invented for mistake, horror and murder scenes in the comic but never actually published.


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