The Deadly Streets

The Deadly Streets
First US edition
Author	Harlan Ellison
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	short stories
Publisher	Ace Books
Publication date	1983
Media type	Print (paperback)
Pages	192

The Deadly Streets is a collection of short stories published by author Harlan Ellison in 1958.

The stories explore the violent themes Ellison experienced as part of the street gang The Barons when he was researching Web of the City.

The table of contents for Ace's 1983 edition are as follows:

New Introduction(1983): Avoiding Dark Places
Introduction to First Edition(1958): Some Sketches of the Damned
Rat Hater
"I'll Bet You a Death"
We Take Care of Our Dead
The Man With the Golden Tongue
Johnny Slice's Stoolie
Joy Ride
Buy Me That Blade
The Hippie-Slayer
Kid Killer
With a Knife in Her Hand
Sob Story (written with Henry Slesar)
Look Me in the Eye, Boy!
The Dead Shot
Ship-Shape Pay-Off (written with Robert Silverberg)
Made in Heaven
Students of the Assassin

Harlan Ellison

Novels & novellas	Web of the City Spider Kiss A Boy and His Dog

Short story collections	The Deadly Streets Gentleman Junkie and Other Stories of the Hung-Up Generation Ellison Wonderland Paingod and Other Delusions I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream Love Ain't Nothing But Sex Misspelled The Beast that Shouted Love at the Heart of the World Alone Against Tomorrow Approaching Oblivion Deathbird Stories No Doors, No Windows Strange Wine Shatterday Stalking the Nightmare Angry Candy Slippage

Short stories	Adrift Just Off the Islets of Langerhans: Latitude 38° 54' N, Longitude 77° 00' 13" W The Beast that Shouted Love at The Heart of the World The Deathbird The Diagnosis of Dr. D'arqueAngel The Discarded The Dragon on the Bookshelf From A to Z, in the Chocolate Alphabet Grail How's the Night Life on Cissalda? I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream Jeffty Is Five The Prowler in the City at the Edge of the World "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman Shattered Like a Glass Goblin Soldier From Tomorrow The Whimper of Whipped Dogs Paladin of the Lost Hour

Collaborations	Phoenix Without Ashes Mind Fields

Television work	"Soldier" "Demon with a Glass Hand" "The City on the Edge of Forever" "Paladin of the Lost Hour" "Gramma" "Crazy as a Soup Sandwich"

Adaptations	I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream "The Human Operators" "One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty" "Shatterday" A Boy and His Dog (film) "Djinn, No Chaser"

Anthologies edited	Dangerous Visions Again, Dangerous Visions Medea: Harlan's World

Non-fiction	Memos from Purgatory The Glass Teat & The Other Glass Teat Harlan Ellison's Watching The Harlan Ellison Hornbook

The Deadly Streets

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