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* DeceptivelySillyTitle: "Alice and the Allergy" sounds like it's going to be a sweet romantic comedy. Actually, it's about the rape and attempted murder, followed by the post-traumatic terror, and ultimately the ''successful'' murder, of a sympathetic, innocent and lovable young wife.
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* ChokeHolds: As is common for fictional mid-20th century serial killers, this one commonly does so by strangulation.
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This sort of misuse is why It Gets Worse was re-named and perma-redlinked. Seven years ago.
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Published in 1946, this is one of Creator/FritzLeiber's lesser-known short stories, about a man whose wife is psychologically haunted by the memory of her near-murder at the hands of a rapist / serial killer. And then [[ItGetsWorse things get worse]] ...
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Published in 1946, this is one of Creator/FritzLeiber's lesser-known short stories, about a man whose wife is psychologically haunted by the memory of her near-murder at the hands of a rapist / serial killer. And then [[ItGetsWorse things get worse]] ...
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* RapeAsDrama: Alice has been almost [[BreakTheCutie psychologically-broken]] by the previous attack by the strangler.
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* RapeAsDrama: Alice has been almost [[BreakTheCutie psychologically-broken]] psychologically broken]] by the previous attack by the strangler.
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* BadGuyWins: Or, at least, succeeds in murdering Alice.
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* BadGuyWins: TheBadGuyWins: Or, at least, succeeds in murdering Alice.
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Published in 1946, this is one of Creator/FritzLeiber's lesser-known short stories, about a man whose wife is psychologically haunted by the memory of her near-murder at the hands of a rapist / serial killer. And then [[ItGetsWorse things get worse]] ...
!!Tropes to which the reader may prove allergic include:
*BadGuyWins: Or, at least, succeeds in murdering Alice.
*KillTheCutie: The fate of Alice, who is the most innocent and vulnerable person in the story.
*RapeAsDrama: Alice has been almost [[BreakTheCutie psychologically-broken]] by the previous attack by the strangler.
!!Tropes to which the reader may prove allergic include:
*BadGuyWins: Or, at least, succeeds in murdering Alice.
*KillTheCutie: The fate of Alice, who is the most innocent and vulnerable person in the story.
*RapeAsDrama: Alice has been almost [[BreakTheCutie psychologically-broken]] by the previous attack by the strangler.
