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Short Story

The Skull

1952

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About this story

A prisoner is sent into the past to assassinate the founder of a religious movement. Given only a skull to identify his target, he must unravel a mission in which cause and consequence are dangerously entangled.

Chronology

Work history

  1. before Mar 1952

    Composed before Mar 1952

    Composition date or range from the canonical chronology.

    Medium confidence
  2. Sep 1952

    First published Sep 1952

    If