The Star Mouse by Frederick Brown(1942)<
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Wrote the story Arena which also aired on Star Trek.
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Wrote the story Knock with its famous first lines. See an
Knock - Fredric Brown by ">animated short for this story.He wrote noir dime novels which featured great first lines like: "There are few streets in America down which a man wearing a mask can walk without attracting undue attention."-Murder Can Be Fun (A Plot for Murder), 1948
