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When Hitchcock speaks of the devil ... it's more than a turn of the phrase. The results are diabolical. Hitchcock has only to mention his yearning to blaze new trails in terror, and his friend forks up a tale in an instant. The fact is that both the Master and his trusted colleague have a... read more
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Rest assured that you're talking Hitchcock's language when you ... SPEAK OF THE DEVIL. Earl Brennan should have kept his counsel. All it took was one fateful slip of the tongue to resurrect YESTERDAY'S EVIL. Simm Bentley was a man a few words. He chose them as carefully as he chose his wives,... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
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“My daddy wasn't the only one to swear that whoever killed Flossie would have to pay," the old woman said. "I swore it, too. But I never told Daddy what Flossie said before she died. I knowed Daddy would only have took a gun and killed you boys one by one.”
First Sentence edit
I had a spare few moments a few days ago, so I put my mind to solving the nation's most pressing problems.
Table of Contents edit
Introduction, by Alfred Hitchcock
Yesterday's Evil, by Jonathan Craig
Suspicion, Suspicion, by Richard O. Lewis
Pep Talk, by Syd Hoff
The Tool, by Fletcher Flora
Who's Innocent, by Lawrence Treat
Heir to Murder, by Ed Lacy
Beginner's Luck, by Richard Hardwick
Two Days in Organville, by Edward D. Hoch
The Sonic Boomer, by William Brittain
No Escape, by C. B. Gilford
The Chess Partner, by Theodore Mathieson
Dr. Zinnkopf's Devilish Device, by Edwin P. Hicks
Fat Jow and the Dragon Parade, by Robert Alan Blair
Calculated Alibi, by Richard Deming
Series & Lists edit
This is book 74 of 18 in Alfred Hitchcock Presents. (standard series)
Followed by Stories to Be Read with the Door Locked.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Alfred Hitchcock (Editor) - Also wrote Introduction
Other Contributors:
- Jonathan Craig (Contributor) - Yesterday's Evil (short story)
- Richard O. Lewis (Contributor) - Suspicion, Suspicion (short story)
- Syd Hoff (Contributor) - Pep Talk (short story)
- Fletcher Flora (Contributor) - The Tool (short story)
- Lawrence Treat (Contributor) - Who's Innocent (short story)
- Ed Lacy (Contributor) - Heir to Murder (short story)
- Richard Hardwick (Contributor) - Beginner's Luck (novelette)
- Edward D. Hoch (Contributor) - Two Days in Organville (short story)
- William Brittain (Contributor) - The Sonic Boomer (short story)
- C. B. Gilford (Contributor) - No Escape (novelette)
- Theodore Mathieson (Contributor) - The Chess Partner (short story)
- Edwin P. Hicks (Contributor) - Dr. Zinnkopf's Devilish Device (short story)
- Robert Alan Blair (Contributor) - Fat Jow and the Dragon Parade (short story)
- Richard Deming (Contributor) - Calculated Alibi (short story)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813
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