Dry Run

Publication date: 
1968-05
Publication type: 
Short Story
Published: 
Fantasy and Science Fiction, May 1968
Opus No.: 
28
Setting: 
Stand Alone
Characters: 
Murray Simpson
Summary: 

 A would-be murderer decides to take a trial run with the family dog, rehearsing for the disposal of his wife's body...

Notes: 

A crime story with a metaphysical twist

Reprints: 

Portugese, as "Tentativa Simulada," in Magazine de ficcão cientifica, Julho 1971; Convergent Series; Shape of Space, The