Under the guiding light of Executive Editor, Ray Russell, PLAYBOY magazine in the 1950's and 1960's published some of the finest fiction of any periodical during this period. Each issue was comprised of several short stories or even once in a while, a full-length novel. What made things extra special is that Russell was sympathetic to the work coming out of Southern California from a group of genre writers that included Richard Matheson, William F. Nolan and perhaps the most talented of them all, Charles Beaumont. This story is from the October, 1958 issue.
Note the cartoon on the second page -- it's drawn by Jack "Plastic Man" Cole, who was not only well-known as a comic book illustrator, but a "good girl" artist, as well.
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