Title: A Note for the Milkman

Title: A Note for the Milkman Title Record # 96717
Author: Sidney Carroll
Date: 1950-04-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English

Note: First published in the magazine Today's Woman, April 1950.

Synopsis: The narrator tells of mixing up a poison from instructions he found in an old book, a poison that neither washing nor heat can destroy. With it he intends to commit murders that will be absolutely untraceable because not even he will be able to follow the path from his hands to the victim.

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Year	Language	Title
1956^ⓘTranslated by R. Meijer	Dutch	Een lege fles voor de melkboer

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow	1952-09-00	ed. Ray Bradbury	Bantam Books	A944	$0.35^?$: US dollar	306	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth
Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow	1961-12-00	ed. Ray Bradbury	Bantam Books	H2343	$0.60^?$: US dollar	xiii+ 258	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth
The Third Pan Book of Horror Stories	1962-00-00	ed. Herbert van Thal	Pan Books	X161	3/6^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	268	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	W. F. Phillipps
Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow	1962-01-00	ed. Ray Bradbury	Bantam Books				pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth
Striking Terror: A Selection of Great Horror Stories	1963-00-00	ed. Herbert van Thal	Arthur Barker		15/-^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	204	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
The Third Pan Book of Horror Stories	1966-00-00	ed. Herbert van Thal	Pan Books	X161	3/6^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	268	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth
Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow	1967-03-00	ed. Ray Bradbury	Bantam Books	H3358	$0.60^?$: US dollar	xiii+ 258	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth
Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow	1968-01-00	ed. Ray Bradbury	Bantam Books			258	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth
Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow	1968-09-00	ed. Ray Bradbury	Bantam Books			258	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth
Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow	1968-11-00	ed. Ray Bradbury	Bantam Books			258	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth
The Third Pan Book of Horror Stories	1969-00-00	ed. Herbert van Thal	Pan Books	0-330-10161-7	5/-^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	268	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	W. Francis Phillipps
Selections from The Pan Book of Horror Stories #3	1970-07-00	ed. Herbert van Thal	Berkley Medallion	0-425-01828-8 / S1828	$0.75^?$: US dollar	192	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth
Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow	1970-08-00	ed. Ray Bradbury	Bantam Books	S5372	$0.75^?$: US dollar	258	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth
Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow	1972-08-00	ed. Ray Bradbury	Bantam Pathfinder	NP8162	$0.95^?$: US dollar	258	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth
Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow	1974-00-00	ed. Ray Bradbury	Bantam Books	N8162	$0.95^?$: US dollar	258	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth
Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow	1976-09-00	ed. Ray Bradbury	Bantam Books	0-553-10249-4	£0.60^?£: UK pound	258	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth
Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow	1977-08-00	ed. Ray Bradbury	Bantam Books	0-553-10249-4	$1.50^?$: US dollar	258	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth
The Third Pan Book of Horror Stories	date unknown	ed. Herbert van Thal	Pan Books	0-330-10161-7	£0.50^?£: UK pound	268	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	W. Francis Phillipps
Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow	date unknown	ed. Ray Bradbury	Bantam Pathfinder	SP5372	$0.75^?$: US dollar	258	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth
Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow	date unknown	ed. Ray Bradbury	Bantam Pathfinder	NP8162	$0.95^?$: US dollar	258	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth
Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow	date unknown	ed. Ray Bradbury	Bantam Pathfinder	SP5372	$0.75^?$: US dollar	258	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth

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