One Summer Night

By Bryce Walton

When his parents leave him alone in his house for the weekend, a teenager can't get a woman off his mind. When he turns to a visitor for advice, the motto "Show don't tell" comes into play—vvwith disastrous results. One of Bryce Walton's darkest tales, this crime classic originally appeared in the September, 1957 issue of MANHUNT.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Wildside Press
• Release date: Jan 26, 2022
• ISBN: 9781479419548

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ONE SUMMER NIGHT

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Copyright © 1957 by Bryce Walton.

Originally published in Manhunt, September, 1957.

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ONE SUMMER NIGHT

Originally published in Manhunt, September 1957.

I lay there with my eyes closed listening to Martha taking a shower upstairs, and then listening to her walking back along the hall to the guest room.

I kept thinking about what Archie Graff had been telling me about women. I’d been trying to tell her how I felt for almost two weeks, ever since she came to stay with us, but I hadn’t been able to do anything but think about it. Sometimes I’d imagine doing it, but now I ought to really do something, like Archie had told me.

I, finally, did get up and went up the stairs. My legs were so tired I could hardly walk. As I went down the hall, I heard an electric fan. My heart was pounding so fast and loud it felt like it was going to bust, and I got so dizzy once