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Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Book 2
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Don't anybody move. Here, selected by the master, are thirteen superlative tales designed to keep you frozen to your seat and written by the world's most ingenious creators of the weird, the shocking, and the fantastic. Among them: H. G. Wells, Alexander Woolcott, DuBose Heyward, Ambrose... read more
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Summary edit
13 great tales of horror by masters of the macabre.
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“Mr. Harker," said the coroner, gravely and tranquilly, "from what asylum did you last escape?”
First Sentence edit
A collection of stories of suspense which I edited for Dell Books having proved a success, the publishers asked me to bring together a group of tales which I admire because of their skillful handling of the element of terror.
Table of Contents edit
Speaking of Terror (Introduction), by Alfred Hitchcock
Pollock and the Porroh Man, by H. G. Wells
The Storm, by McKnight Malmar
Moonlight Sonata, by Alexander Woolcott
The Half-Pint Flask, by DuBose Heyward
The Kill, by Peter Fleming
The Upper Berth, by F. Marion Crawford
Midnight Express, by Alfred Noyes
The Damned Thing, by Ambrose Bierce
The Metronome, by August Derleth
The Pipe-Smoker, by Martin Amrstrong
The Corpse at the Table, by Samuel Hopkins Adams
The Woman at Seven Brothers, by Wilbur Daniel Steele
The Book, by Margaret Irwin
Series & Lists edit
This is book 2 of 18 in Alfred Hitchcock Presents. (standard series)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Alfred Hitchcock (Editor) - Also wrote Speaking of Terror (Introduction)
Other Contributors:
- H. G. Wells (Contributor) - Pollock and the Porroh Man (short story)
- McKnight Malmar (Contributor) - The Storm (short story)
- Alexander Woollcott (Contributor) - Moonlight Sonata (short story)
- Dubose Heyward (Contributor) - The Half-Pint Flask (short story)
- Peter Fleming (Contributor) - The Kill (short story)
- F. Marion Crawford (Contributor) - The Upper Berth (short story)
- Alfred Noyes (Contributor) - Moonlight Express (short story)
- Ambrose Bierce (Contributor) - The Damned Thing (short story)
- August Derleth (Contributor) - The Metronome (short story)
- Martin Armstrong (Contributor) - The Pipe-Smoker (short story)
- Samuel Hopkins Adams (Contributor) - The Corpse at the Table (short story)
- Wilbur Daniel Steele (Contributor) - The Woman at Seven Brothers (short story)
- Margaret Irwin (Contributor) - The Book (short story)
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