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Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories to be Read with the Lights On ed. Alfred Hitchcock (ghost written by ed. Harold Q. Masur) (Random House, 1973, 0-394-48720-6, $7.95, 402pp, hc, an)     Derivative anthologies Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories to be Read with the Lights On, Vol. I and Breaking the Scream Barrier. xi · Introduction · Alfred Hitchcock · in (r) 1 · Death Out of Season · Mary Barrett · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1971 8 · Witness in the Dark · Fredric Brown · nv New Detective Magazine June 1953, as “See No Murder” 29 · Shadows on the Road · Robert Colby · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 1971 43 · Mr. Mappin Forecloses · Zena Collier · ss (r) 56 · Granny · Ron Goulart · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine August 1970 67 · The Landlady · Roald Dahl · ss The New Yorker November 28 1959 76 · Three Ways to Rob a Bank · Harold R. Daniels · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1972 86 · No Loose Ends · Miriam Allen deFord · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1971 95 · Goodbye, Pops · Joseph N. Gores · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1969 103 · Pin Money · James Cross · ss Playboy June 1967 117 · Social Climber · Robert J. Higgins · ss The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Magazine September 1967 123 · I’d Know You Anywhere · Edward D. Hoch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1963 133 · The Pile of Sand · John Keefauver · ss 1971 140 · Payoff on Double Zero · Warner Law · nv Playboy October 1971 161 · The Bitter Years · Dana Lyon · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1971 170 · Man’s Best Friend · Dee Stuart · ss 1971 178 · Killer on the Turnpike · William P. McGivern · nv The Saturday Evening Post January 7 1961 (+2), as “Murder on the Turnpike” 226 · Payment Received · Robert L. McGrath · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 1966 231 · Agony Column · Barry N. Malzberg · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1971 238 · Guessing Game · Rose Million Healey · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 1963 247 · The $2,000,000 Defense · Harold Q. Masur · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1958 262 · The Man in the Well · Berkely Mather · ss Playboy May 1958 274 · Crawfish · Ardath Mayhar · ss 1971 279 · The Strange Case of Mr. Pruyn · William F. Nolan · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 1956 286 · Ludmila · David Montross · ss 292 · The One Who Got Away · Albert F. Nussbaum · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1972, as by A. F. Oreshnik 297 · It’s a Lousy World [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine August 1968, as “Sometimes There Is Justice” 315 · Only So Much to Reveal · Joan Richter · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1970 327 · Who’s Got the Lady? · Jack Ritchie · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine September 1964 340 · Hey You Down There · Harold Rolseth · ss Yankee 1971 351 · Too Many Sharks · William Sambrot · ss Escapade August 1956 358 · Christopher Frame · Nancy C. Swoboda · ss (r) 368 · Obituary · Paul Theridion · ss (r) 372 · Ransom Demand · Jeffrey M. Wallmann · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July 1972 377 · The Mother Goose Madman · Betty Ren Wright · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July 1959 385 · The Green Fly and the Box · Waldo Carlton Wright · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine April 1969 394 · The Blue Rug · Mitsu Yamamoto · ss 1967

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories to be Read with the Lights On (Volume I) ed. Alfred Hitchcock (ghost written by ed. Harold Q. Masur) (Dell, 1976, 0-440-14949-5, $1.50, 256pp, pb, an)     17 stories from Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories to be Read with the Lights On. 9 · Introduction · Alfred Hitchcock · in (r) 11 · Death Out of Season · Mary Barrett · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1971 19 · Witness in the Dark · Fredric Brown · nv New Detective Magazine June 1953, as “See No Murder” 43 · Shadows on the Road · Robert Colby · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 1971 59 · Mr. Mappin Forecloses · Zena Collier · ss (r) 73 · Granny · Ron Goulart · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine August 1970 85 · The Landlady · Roald Dahl · ss The New Yorker November 28 1959 95 · Three Ways to Rob a Bank · Harold R. Daniels · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1972 105 · No Loose Ends · Miriam Allen deFord · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1971 115 · Goodbye, Pops · Joseph N. Gores · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1969 123 · Pin Money · James Cross · ss Playboy June 1967 139 · Social Climber · Robert J. Higgins · ss The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Magazine September 1967 145 · I’d Know You Anywhere · Edward D. Hoch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1963 157 · The Pile of Sand · John Keefauver · ss 1971 165 · Payoff on Double Zero · Warner Law · nv Playboy October 1971 187 · The Bitter Years · Dana Lyon · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1971 197 · Man’s Best Friend · Dee Stuart · ss 1971 205 · Killer on the Turnpike · William P. McGivern · nv The Saturday Evening Post January 7 1961 (+2), as “Murder on the Turnpike”

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Terror Time ed. Alfred Hitchcock (ghost written by ed. Robert Arthur) (Dell Books, February 1972, 8615, 75¢, 205pp, pb, an)     Reprint of part of Alfred Hitchcock Presents: A Month of Mystery. See also Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Dates With Death. xi · Introduction · Alfred Hitchcock · in (r) 1 · South of Market · Joseph N. Gores · ss Manhunt June 1959, as “Down and Out” 17 · Love Will Find a Way · David Alexander · ss Hangman’s Dozen by David Alexander, Roy, 1961 27 · Retribution · Michael Zuroy · ss Manhunt April 1961 32 · Pool Party · Andrew Benedict · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine October 1969 46 · A Taste for Murder · Jack Ritchie · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1963 51 · The Twelve-Hour Caper · Mike Marmer · ss Cosmopolitan May 1961 61 · Death Wish · Lawrence Block · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1967 71 · The White Hat [Paul Harley] · Sax Rohmer · nv The Story-teller June 1920 92 · Hard Sell [John J. Malone] · Craig Rice (ghost written by Lawrence Block) · ss Ed McBain’s Mystery Book #1, 1960 100 · A Twilight Adventure [Uncle Abner] · Melville Davisson Post · ss Metropolitan April 1914 112 · Murder Matinee · Harold Q. Masur · ss 1946 128 · Love Me, Love Me, Love Me · M. S. Waddell · ss The Sixth Pan Book of Horror Stories ed. Herbert van Thal, Pan, 1965 136 · Special Handling · John Keefauver · ss Alfred Hitchcock Presents: A Month of Mystery ed. Alfred Hitchcock, Random House, 1969 141 · The Legend of Joe Lee · John D. MacDonald · ss Cosmopolitan October 1964 153 · Crooked Bone · Gerald Kersh · nv The Saturday Evening Post August 10 1968 177 · Soldier Key [Brigadier Ffellowes] · Sterling E. Lanier · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1968

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: The Master’s Choice ed. Alfred Hitchcock (ghost written by ed. Harold Q. Masur) (Random House, 1979, 0-394-50419-4, $9.95, 340pp, hc, an) vii · Introduction · Alfred Hitchcock · in (r) 1 · She Fell Among Thieves · Robert Edmond Alter · ss Argosy September 1964 13 · The Hills Beyond Furcy · Robert G. Anderson · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1966 23 · A Gun Is a Nervous Thing · Charlotte Armstrong · nv The American Magazine August 1955, as “Ride with the Executioner” 69 · See How They Run · Robert Bloch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1973 80 · Nothing Short of Highway Robbery · Lawrence Block · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1977 92 · Puppet Show · Fredric Brown · ss Playboy November 1962 102 · De Mortuis · John Collier · ss The New Yorker July 18 1942 109 · Snowball · Ursula Curtiss · ss The Lethal Sex ed. John D. MacDonald, Dell, 1959 118 · Here, Daemos! · August Derleth · ss Weird Tales March 1942 127 · The Cookie Lady · Philip K. Dick · ss Fantasy Fiction June 1953 136 · The Wager [Kek Huuygens] · Robert L. Fish · ss Playboy July 1973 146 · Scream in a Soundproof Room · Michael Gilbert · ss This Week January 2 1955 153 · Return of Verge Likens · Davis Grubb · ss Collier’s July 15 1950 160 · The Fair Chance · James Hay, Jr. · ss The 20-Story Magazine #39, September 1925 173 · Paste a Smile on a Wall · John Keefauver · ss The Smith #15, 1974 178 · The Alarming Letters from Scottsdale · Warner Law · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1973 192 · My Last Book · Clayre & Michel Lipman · ss 20 Great Tales of Murder ed. Helen McCloy & Brett Halliday, Random House, 1951 199 · Homicidal Hiccup · John D. MacDonald · ss Detective Tales June 1948 207 · Gone Girl [Lew Archer] · Ross Macdonald · nv Manhunt February 1953, as “The Imaginary Blonde” by John Ross Macdonald 239 · The Interceptor · Barry N. Malzberg · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine August 1972 250 · Doctor’s Dilemma · Harold Q. Masur · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 1975 265 · Mother by Protest · Richard Matheson · nv Fantastic September/October 1953 302 · Coincidence · William F. Nolan · ss The Berserkers ed. Roger Elwood, Trident, 1974 309 · The Same Old Grind · Bill Pronzini · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine September 1978 315 · Twenty-Two Cents a Day · Jack Ritchie · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July 1966 325 · Evil Star · Ray Russell · ss The Paris Review #68, Winter 1976 331 · A Woman’s Help · Henry Slesar · ss A Crime for Mothers and Others by Henry Slesar, Avon, 1962

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: The Master’s Choice, Book One ed. Alfred Hitchcock (ghost written by ed. Harold Q. Masur) (Coronet Books, 1981, pb, an)     First half of the original hardcover edition (Random House, 1979). · Introduction · Alfred Hitchcock · in (r) · She Fell Among Thieves · Robert Edmond Alter · ss Argosy September 1964 · The Hills Beyond Furcy · Robert G. Anderson · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1966 · A Gun Is a Nervous Thing · Charlotte Armstrong · nv The American Magazine August 1955, as “Ride with the Executioner” · See How They Run · Robert Bloch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1973 · Nothing Short of Highway Robbery · Lawrence Block · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1977 · Puppet Show · Fredric Brown · ss Playboy November 1962 · De Mortuis · John Collier · ss The New Yorker July 18 1942 · Snowball · Ursula Curtiss · ss The Lethal Sex ed. John D. MacDonald, Dell, 1959 · Here, Daemos! · August Derleth · ss Weird Tales March 1942 · The Cookie Lady · Philip K. Dick · ss Fantasy Fiction June 1953 · The Wager [Kek Huuygens] · Robert L. Fish · ss Playboy July 1973 · Scream in a Soundproof Room · Michael Gilbert · ss This Week January 2 1955 · Return of Verge Likens · Davis Grubb · ss Collier’s July 15 1950

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: The Master’s Choice, Book Two ed. Alfred Hitchcock (ghost written by ed. Harold Q. Masur) (Coronet Books, 1981, pb, an)     Second half of the original hardcover edition (Random House, 1979). · Introduction · Alfred Hitchcock · in (r) · The Fair Chance · James Hay, Jr. · ss The 20-Story Magazine #39, September 1925 · Paste a Smile on a Wall · John Keefauver · ss The Smith #15, 1974 · The Alarming Letters from Scottsdale · Warner Law · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1973 · My Last Book · Clayre & Michel Lipman · ss 20 Great Tales of Murder ed. Helen McCloy & Brett Halliday, Random House, 1951 · Homicidal Hiccup · John D. MacDonald · ss Detective Tales June 1948 · Gone Girl [Lew Archer] · Ross Macdonald · nv Manhunt February 1953, as “The Imaginary Blonde” by John Ross Macdonald · The Interceptor · Barry N. Malzberg · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine August 1972 · Doctor’s Dilemma · Harold Q. Masur · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 1975 · Mother by Protest · Richard Matheson · nv Fantastic September/October 1953 · Coincidence · William F. Nolan · ss The Berserkers ed. Roger Elwood, Trident, 1974 · The Same Old Grind · Bill Pronzini · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine September 1978 · Twenty-Two Cents a Day · Jack Ritchie · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July 1966 · Evil Star · Ray Russell · ss The Paris Review #68, Winter 1976 · A Woman’s Help · Henry Slesar · ss A Crime for Mothers and Others by Henry Slesar, Avon, 1962

Alfred Hitchcock: Stories Not for the Nervous, Part One ed. Alfred Hitchcock (ghost written by ed. Robert Arthur) (Pan, 1966, 187pp, pb, an)     Twelve stories from Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories Not for the Nervous, Random House 1965. · To the Future · Ray Bradbury · ss Collier’s May 13 1950 · River of Riches · Gerald Kersh · ss The Saturday Evening Post March 8 1958 · Levitation · Joseph Payne Brennan · ss Nine Horrors and a Dream by Joseph Payne Brennan, Arkham House, 1958 · Miss Winters and the Wind · Christine N. Govan · ss Tomorrow May 1946 · View from the Terrace · Mike Marmer · ss Cosmopolitan December 1960 · The Man with Copper Fingers [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · nv Lord Peter Views the Body by Dorothy L. Sayers, Gollancz, 1928, as “The Abominable History of the Man with Copper Fingers” · The Twenty Friends of William Shaw · Raymond E. Banks · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine March 1960 · The Other Hangman · Carter Dickson · ss A Century of Detective Stories, Hutchinson, 1935, as by John Dickson Carr · Don’t Look Behind You · Fredric Brown · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #42, May 1947 · No Bath for the Browns · Margot Bennett · ss Lilliput November 1945 · The Uninvited [Daniel John Calder; Samuel Behrens] · Michael Gilbert · ss Argosy December 1960 · Dune Roller · Julian May · nv Astounding Science Fiction December 1951

Alfred Hitchcock: Stories Not for the Nervous, Part Two ed. Alfred Hitchcock (ghost written by ed. Robert Arthur) (Pan, 1969, pb, an)     Thirteen stories from Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories Not for the Nervous, Random House 1965. · A Brief Message from Our Sponsor · Alfred Hitchcock · in (r) · Something Short of Murder · Henry Slesar · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 1957, as by O. H. Leslie · The Golden Girl · Ellis Peters · ss This Week August 16 1964 · The Boy Who Predicted Earthquakes · Margaret St. Clair · ss Maclean’s 1950 · Walking Alone · Miriam Allen deFord · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1957 · For All the Rude People · Jack Ritchie · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 1961 · The Dog Died First · Bruno Fischer · nv Mystery Book Magazine Fall 1949 · Room with a View · Hal Dresner · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July 1962 · Lemmings · Richard Matheson · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1958 · White Goddess · Idris Seabright · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1956 · The Substance of Martyrs · William Sambrot · ss Rogue December 1963 · Call for Help · Robert Arthur · ss Detective Fiction Weekly January 22 1938, as “Distress Call” · Sorry, Wrong Number · Lucille Fletcher & Allan Ullman · n. Random House, 1948

Alfred Hitchcock’s Daring Detectives ed. Alfred Hitchcock (ghost written by ed. Robert Arthur) (Random House, 1969, 208pp, hc, an) 3 · The Day the Children Vanished · Hugh Pentecost · nv This Week April 20 1958 (+2), as “The Children Vanished” 30 · Through a Dead Man’s Eye · Cornell Woolrich · nv Black Mask December 1939 57 · The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch March 28 1923 71 · Green Ice [Hildegarde Withers] · Stuart Palmer · ss The Chicago Tribune April 13 1941, as “The Riddle of the Green Ice” 88 · The Grave Grass Quivers · MacKinlay Kantor · ss The Elks Magazine July 1931 104 · The Case of the Irate Witness [Perry Mason] · Erle Stanley Gardner · ss Collier’s January 17 1953 120 · Adventure of the Grice-Paterson Curse [Solar Pons] · August Derleth · nv The Pursuit Detective Story Magazine #18, November 1956, as “The Curse” 140 · The Headmaster [Daniel John Calder; Samuel Behrens] · Michael Gilbert · ss Argosy (UK) June 1962 153 · The Adventure of the Seven Black Cats [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · nv Mystery October 1934, as “The Black Cats Vanished” 174 · The Wicked Cousin [Simon Templar (The Saint)] · Leslie Charteris · nv The American Magazine October 1936, as “The Saint in Hollywood” 193 · The Footprint in the Sky [Colonel March] · John Dickson Carr · ss The Strand Magazine January 1940, as “Clue in the Snow” by Carter Dickson

Alfred Hitchcock’s Death Bag ed. Alfred Hitchcock (Dell, January 1969, 1814, 60¢, 159pp, pb, an) 9 · Introduction · Alfred Hitchcock · in 13 · Dying a Thousand Deaths · Hal Ellson · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine August 1960 24 · Year-End Clearance · Mary Linn Roby · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1968 29 · Ruby Martinson, Ex-Con [Ruby Martinson] · Henry Slesar · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine April 1958 44 · Beware: Dangerous Man · C. B. Gilford · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1958 64 · Murder and Lonely Hearts · Helen Nielsen · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1958 78 · To Avoid a Scandal · Talmage Powell · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1958 84 · Revenge Is Bitter-Sweet · H. A. DeRosso · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July 1957 97 · Hospitality Most Serene · Jack Ritchie · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1958 103 · The Tenth Part of a Million · Robert Colby · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine August 1967 122 · Horse-Collar Homicide [Dr. Joel Hoffman] · Arthur Porges · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1960 133 · Schedule for an Assassination · Robert Edmond Alter · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine August 1960 141 · Ambition · Michael Brett · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 1966 147 · Successor · Richard H. Hardwick · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1957 155 · Stop Killing Me · Hal Dresner · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 1963