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Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Book 21
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From Alfred Hitchcock's garden of childhood adversity come 14 trrauma-tinged stories of suspense, mystery and stark terror. A brilliant collection of penned-in-poison prose by the most lethal scribes in the business.
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Mother had some strange ideas ... but none of them was ever put on paper. For that reason, thankfully, not one of mother's stories appears in this collection. Instead, a literary lobotomy has been performed on fourteen geniuses of the bizarre -- giving homespun horror the professional touch... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
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“It came back the next night. It slammed the shutters and kicked sparks out the chimney. It came back five nights in a row, a little stronger each time. When I opened the front door, it came in at me and tried to pull me out, but it wasn't strong enough. Tonight it is.”
First Sentence edit
Unless you began this book at the back and have been reading your way forward, you have doubtless perceived that it is entitled "More Stories My Mother Never Told Me."
Table of Contents edit
Introduction, by Alfred Hitchcock
The Wind, by Ray Bradbury
Congo, by Stuart Cleote
Dip in the Pool, by Roald Dahl
I Do Not Hear You, Sir, by Avram Davidson
The Arbutus Collar, by Jeremiah Digges
The Man Who Was Everywhere, by Edward D. Hoch
Courtesy of the Road, by Mack Morriss
Remains to be Seen, by Jack Ritchie
The Man Who Sold Rope to the Gnoles, by Idris Seabright
Lost Dog, by Henry Slesar
Slime, by Joseph Payne Brennan
How Love Came to Professor Guildea, by Robert Hichens
Natural Selection, by Gilbert Thomas
Simone, by Joan Vatsek
Series & Lists edit
This is book 21 of 18 in Alfred Hitchcock Presents. (standard series)
Preceded by Stories My Mother Never Told Me.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Alfred Hitchcock (Editor) - Also wrote Introduction
Other Contributors:
- Ray Bradbury (Contributor) - The Wind (short story)
- Stuart Cleote (Contributor) - Congo (short story)
- Roald Dahl (Contributor) - Dip in the Pool (short story)
- Avram Davidson (Contributor) - I Do Not Hear You, Sir (short story)
- Jeremiah Digges (Contributor) - The Arbutus Collar (short story)
- Edward D. Hoch (Contributor) - The Man Who Was Everywhere (short story)
- Mack Morriss (Contributor) - Courtesy of the Road (short story)
- Jack Ritchie (Contributor) - Remains to be Seen (short story)
- Idris Seabright (Contributor) - The Man Who Sold Rope to the Gnoles (short story)
- Henry Slesar (Contributor) - Lost Dog (short story)
- Joseph Payne Brennan (Contributor) - Slime (short story)
- Robert Smythe Hichens (Contributor) - How Love Came to Professor Guildea (short story)
- Gilbert Thomas (Contributor) - Natural Selection (short story)
- Joan Vatsek (Contributor) - Simone (short story)
- Fred Banbery (Cover Artist)
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