I received an e-mail from Gauntlet Press early this morning, announcing their forthcoming new Bradbury collection for 2009, BULLET TRICK. Here are the details:

"We are pleased to announce our 2009 Ray Bradbury title, BULLET TRICK, a collection of previously unpublished material. Donn Albright, the book’s editor offers this description:

Bullet Trick contains 5 never before published teleplays (original stories that were not based on previously written stories), written by Ray Bradbury, that appeared on TV from 1955 through 1963. With the exception of the 1959 Steve Canyon production the other 4 teleplays deal with fear and paranoia. A feeling of dark gloom and hopelessness hovers over “The Jail” and “Dial Double Zero.” “Bullet Trick” deals with the age old problem of an unhappy marriage and infidelity. “Tunnel to Yesterday” deals with the paranoia and fear of a war long gone.

Bradbury wrote three scripts for the original Twilight Zone, adapted from previously published Bradbury yarns. Only “I Sing the Body Electric” (appearing only in the lettered edition) was actually produced for the original Twilight Zone series. “Here There Be Tygers” and “A Miracle of Rare Devices” were never produced. All three appear in this collection.

Finally, the book contains two prose adaptations Bradbury wrote after he wrote the screenplays. Both “Bullet Trick” and “Hand In Glove” (“The Jail”) are far different than the teleplays.

The book is scheduled for a Halloween 2009 release. Ray Bradbury is beginning to sign tipsheets. We’ll have pricing information up before the end of the year and pre-ordering will begin in January. The lettered edition of our two most recent Bradbury books (Somewhere A Band Is Playing and Masks) sold out prior to publication."

This offers some insights into the TZ intended stories (never filmed) that have been discussed here from time to time over the years!

Fantastic news! This book is exactly what I've been hoping for! (Fingers crossed for a minimal set of typos and transcription errors...)

Yeah, this is the book Donn was telling me about as he scoured Ray's garage a few weeks ago.

I think I may have mentioned it somewhere on here.

Hello... it has been quite a while since I checked the boards here. Glad I did. My head is swimming with all the books that are scheduled for publication. My interest in unpublished and uncollected Bradbury shorts has been re-ingnited by this news!!!

Thanks to this board, I just purchased a copy of Skeletons (which includes the 1945 Script story).

I can't wait to catch up on all the good news.

Thanks all!

This is a brief note to mention that Gauntlet Press is now taking advance orders for BULLET TRICK. Here is a link to Gauntlet's website:

http://www.gauntletpress.com/cgi-bin/gauntletpress/perl...k&ORDER_ID=325692586

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Originally posted by Richard:
This is a brief note to mention that Gauntlet Press is now taking advance orders for BULLET TRICK. Here is a link to Gauntlet's website:

http://www.gauntletpress.com/cgi-bin/gauntletpress/perl...k&ORDER_ID=325692586

If you do not get into the queue soon you may need a Hat Trick to get a copy of Bullet Trick. (groans permitted)

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Originally posted by Richard:
..."We are pleased to announce our 2009 Ray Bradbury title, BULLET TRICK, a collection of previously unpublished material...With the exception of the 1959 Steve Canyon production the other 4 teleplays deal with fear and paranoia...

Bradbury's STEVE CANYON episode is coming soon on DVD! See bradburymedia.co.uk!

Phil, I noticed the following sentence on your website with respect to this episode of the STEVE CANYON TV series: "It is possible that the episode [of Steve Canyon] is based on Bradbury's short story of the same title (first published in Esquire, December 1952; collected in A Medicine for Melancholy/The Day it Rained Forever), but this is unconfirmed."

I have a copy of the script for this episode of the STEVE CANYON television series, and I can confirm that it is indeed based upon Ray's short story of the same name that first appeared in Esquire back in 1952.

Thanks for the confirmation, Richard! I haven't yet seen the episode or the script, hence the disclaimer. I will correct the page as soon as I can.