Ray Bradbury（1920～）從十二歲創作至今，以科幻小說《火星人史記》著稱，他的作品展現豐富奇特的想像力，幻想多於科學。

  在《超完美謀殺案》中，主角Doug以第一人稱敘述在四十八歲生日的晚上，突然想去殺童年玩伴Ralph。為什麼事隔三十六年之後要殺他？因為十二歲時他欺負我。當晚我就搭上火車前往故鄉尋仇。火車上，我不斷地想起Ralph欺凌我的場景：他把我揍得兩臂瘀青；他把我推倒在泥濘的雪地，我的新衣變得又濕又髒；他強迫我用值兩元的棒球手套和他交換兩角五分的泰山泥像。火車外面雷電交加，我也憶起童年最痛苦的事莫過於都是我獨自向他討好，他不曾來過我家，也不曾向我家的窗子丟小石頭叫我下來玩。我恨得淚眼盈眶，我明天晚上非殺Ralph不可。
  He never came to my house. He never tossed a wedding rice of gravel on the clear panes to call me down to joy...... I found tears in my eyes, for this last and final thing, for that I shall kill you tomorrow night.

  火車在金色夕陽中抵達故鄉─綠鎮。我想從來沒有人策畫過這麼完美的謀殺，誰敢相信這是一個十二歲的男孩，乘著時光列車來暗殺過去欺凌他的人呢？黑夜降臨，我穿過街道來到Ralph的老家，和三十六年前一模一樣，我曾用小石頭丟過的窗子，人行道上也還留有慶祝國慶日我們放鞭炮的痕跡，我們幾乎把全世界給炸了。
 
 I walked across the street and stood before his house and it was the same house I had stood before thirty-six years ago. There were the windows upon which I had hurled those spring bouquets of rock in love and total giving. There were the sidewalks, spotted with firecracker burn marks from ancient July Fourths when Ralph and I had just blown up the whole damned world, shrieking celebrations.

  我按下門鈴，門開了，Ralph站在門口，我摸著口袋裡的槍，心臟跳得像鐵槌。十二歲時比我高大，對我拳打腳踢的他現在居然是個糟老頭。他頭髮快掉光，看來像六十五歲，蠟黃的皮膚，帶著喪禮花朵的氣息；而我卻是又高大又健康。光看眼前他這垂危老人的樣子就夠了，我雖然帶著槍，但是我知道我不會真的開槍。我輕輕地從口中發出?譗砰！砰！砰！?豃的槍聲，我說：?譗你死了！天啊！你死了！?豃然後就離開Ralph的家走回我的老家，我撿起小石頭朝著老家的臥房窗戶丟，我要約十二歲時的我下來一起玩，我大喊著自己的名字。然後趕在黎明來臨之前，我帶著十二歲的我飛奔離開綠鎮，揮別過去回到現在。
  I call my own name. I called me down in friendship to play in some long summer that no longer was...... Then swiftly, fleeing ahead of the dawn, we ran out of Green Town and back, thank you, dear Christ, back toward Now and Today for the rest of my life.
 
  主角Doug藉由這個幻想的謀殺案撫平了童年的創傷，也掙脫了復仇的夢魘，真是再完美不過啦！