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Untitled fragment ( . . . fabulous amount stated in the exaggerated legend,)

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Introduction

The Killer’s Debt is an editorial title for an untitled surviving fragment that may be connected with a lost story titled A Killer’s Debt. That identity is not certain enough to state as fact.

The lost complete story A Killer’s Debt was sent to Adventure on June 7, 1931 and rejected, then sent to Street & Smith on June 20, 1931 and rejected. The surviving untitled fragment may be related, but that identification remains unconfirmed.

Textual states

Shown in a practical developmental order where possible: synopsis/outline, numbered drafts, submission states, then published or posthumous states. This display order does not itself assert exact chronology or textual authority.

FragmentUntitled fragment ( . . . fabulous amount stated in the exaggerated legend,)
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Beldonpursuing gunman in the surviving fragment1 textual stateJim Brillman named in the surviving fragment associated editorially with The Killer’s Debt1 textual stateLa CostaBeldon gunman in the surviving fragment1 textual stateMike O’Mearadead gunfighter invoked as a benchmark in the surviving fragment1 textual stateTexasBrill’s companion in the surviving fragment1 textual stateYaqui KaneBeldon gunman in the surviving fragment1 textual state

Publication appearances

Western TalesREH Foundation PressDecember 2013↗Малое собрание сочинений. Книга пятая (Maloe sobranie sochinenii. Kniga piataia) (Small Collected Works. Book Five) Cover and publication information courtesy of the Russian website Laboratory of Fantasy .Independently PublishedDecember 2018↗Western TalesREH Foundation PressJanuary 31, 2025↗