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Alfred Hitchcock Presents: A Month of Mystery ed. Alfred Hitchcock (ghost written by ed. Robert Arthur) (Random House, 1969, 403pp, hc, an)     Published in UK by Max Reinhardt (1970). Derivative anthologies are in US: Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Dates With Death and Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Terror Time (Dell 1972), and UK Alfred Hitchcock Presents: A Month of Mystery, Book One/Book Two (Pan 1972). ix · Introduction · Alfred Hitchcock · in (r) 3 · The Dusty Drawer · Harry Muheim · ss Collier’s May 3 1952 18 · Drum Beat [Chester Drum] · Stephen Marlowe · ss Ed McBain’s Mystery Book #2, 1960 22 · South of Market · Joseph N. Gores · ss Manhunt June 1959, as “Down and Out” 38 · The Uses of Intelligence · Matthew Gant · ss 1952 50 · Love Will Find a Way · David Alexander · ss Hangman’s Dozen by David Alexander, Roy, 1961 59 · Retribution · Michael Zuroy · ss Manhunt April 1961 63 · The Queen’s Jewel · James Holding · ss Crimes Across the Sea ed. John Creasey, Harper & Row, 1964 75 · Pool Party · Andrew Benedict · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine October 1969 88 · That Touch of Genius · William Sambrot · ss Escapade January 1967, as “A Touch of Genius” 97 · The Crooked Road · Alex Gaby · ss Argosy January 1958 112 · A Taste for Murder · Jack Ritchie · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1963 116 · The Twelve-Hour Caper · Mike Marmer · ss Cosmopolitan May 1961 126 · The Amateur [Insp. (Supt.) Hazlerigg] · Michael Gilbert · ss John Bull November 19 1949, as “Amateur in Violence” 137 · Death Wish · Lawrence Block · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1967 149 · The Singing Pigeon [Lew Archer] · Ross Macdonald · nv Manhunt February 1953, as “The Imaginary Blonde” by John Ross Macdonald 180 · Justice Magnifique · Lawrence Treat · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1958 193 · The White Hat [Paul Harley] · Sax Rohmer · nv The Story-teller June 1920 213 · Hard Sell [John J. Malone] · Craig Rice (ghost written by Lawrence Block) · ss Ed McBain’s Mystery Book #1, 1960 221 · Greedy Night · E. C. Bentley · ss Parody Party ed. Leonard Russell, Hutchinson, 1936 232 · A Twilight Adventure [Uncle Abner] · Melville Davisson Post · ss Metropolitan April 1914 243 · Murder Matinee · Harold Q. Masur · ss 1946 261 · A Humanist · Romain Gary · ss The Saturday Evening Post October 26 1963 266 · The Oblong Room [Captain Leopold] · Edward D. Hoch · ss The Saint Magazine July 1967 276 · Love Me, Love Me, Love Me · M. S. Waddell · ss The Sixth Pan Book of Horror Stories ed. Herbert van Thal, Pan, 1965 283 · Special Handling · John Keefauver · ss 288 · Dead Man’s Story · Howard Rigsby · ss Argosy August 27 1938, as “I’ll Be Glad When You’re Dead” 299 · The Legend of Joe Lee · John D. MacDonald · ss Cosmopolitan October 1964 310 · Crooked Bone · Gerald Kersh · nv The Saturday Evening Post August 10 1968 335 · The Janissaries of Emilion · Basil Copper · nv The Eighth Pan Book of Horror Stories ed. Herbert van Thal, Pan, 1967 354 · Chinoiserie · Helen McCloy · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #32, July 1946 377 · Soldier Key [Brigadier Ffellowes] · Sterling E. Lanier · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1968

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: A Month of Mystery, Book One ed. Alfred Hitchcock (ghost written by ed. Robert Arthur) (Pan Books, 1973, 30p, pb, an)     First half of Alfred Hitchcock Presents: A Month of Mystery. · If Indeed, It Is Evening— · Alfred Hitchcock · in (r) · The Dusty Drawer · Harry Muheim · ss Collier’s May 3 1952 · Drum Beat [Chester Drum] · Stephen Marlowe · ss Ed McBain’s Mystery Book #2, 1960 · South of Market · Joseph N. Gores · ss Manhunt June 1959, as “Down and Out” · The Uses of Intelligence · Matthew Gant · ss 1952 · Love Will Find a Way · David Alexander · ss Hangman’s Dozen by David Alexander, Roy, 1961 · Retribution · Michael Zuroy · ss Manhunt April 1961 · The Queen’s Jewel · James Holding · ss Crimes Across the Sea ed. John Creasey, Harper & Row, 1964 · Pool Party · Andrew Benedict · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine October 1969 · That Touch of Genius · William Sambrot · ss Escapade January 1967, as “A Touch of Genius” · The Crooked Road · Alex Gaby · ss Argosy January 1958 · A Taste for Murder · Jack Ritchie · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1963 · The Twelve-Hour Caper · Mike Marmer · ss Cosmopolitan May 1961 · The Amateur [Insp. (Supt.) Hazlerigg] · Michael Gilbert · ss John Bull November 19 1949, as “Amateur in Violence” · Death Wish · Lawrence Block · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1967 · The Singing Pigeon [Lew Archer] · Ross Macdonald · nv Manhunt February 1953, as “The Imaginary Blonde” by John Ross Macdonald · Justice Magnifique · Lawrence Treat · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1958

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: A Month of Mystery, Book Two ed. Alfred Hitchcock (ghost written by ed. Robert Arthur) (Pan Books, 1973, 0-330-23731-4, 30p, xii+241pp, pb, an)     First half of Alfred Hitchcock Presents: A Month of Mystery. ix · If Indeed, It Is Evening— · Alfred Hitchcock · in (r) 1 · The White Hat [Paul Harley] · Sax Rohmer · nv The Story-teller June 1920 25 · Hard Sell [John J. Malone] · Craig Rice (ghost written by Lawrence Block) · ss Ed McBain’s Mystery Book #1, 1960 34 · Greedy Night · E. C. Bentley · ss Parody Party ed. Leonard Russell, Hutchinson, 1936 47 · A Twilight Adventure [Uncle Abner] · Melville Davisson Post · ss Metropolitan April 1914 60 · Murder Matinee · Harold Q. Masur · ss 1946 78 · A Humanist · Romain Gary · ss The Saturday Evening Post October 26 1963 84 · The Oblong Room [Captain Leopold] · Edward D. Hoch · ss The Saint Magazine July 1967 95 · Love Me, Love Me, Love Me · M. S. Waddell · ss The Sixth Pan Book of Horror Stories ed. Herbert van Thal, Pan, 1965 103 · Special Handling · John Keefauver · ss Alfred Hitchcock Presents: A Month of Mystery ed. Alfred Hitchcock, Random House, 1969 108 · Dead Man’s Story · Howard Rigsby · ss Argosy August 27 1938, as “I’ll Be Glad When You’re Dead” 121 · The Legend of Joe Lee · John D. MacDonald · ss Cosmopolitan October 1964 134 · Crooked Bone · Gerald Kersh · nv The Saturday Evening Post August 10 1968 160 · The Janissaries of Emilion · Basil Copper · nv The Eighth Pan Book of Horror Stories ed. Herbert van Thal, Pan, 1967 183 · Chinoiserie · Helen McCloy · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #32, July 1946 210 · Soldier Key [Brigadier Ffellowes] · Sterling E. Lanier · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1968

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Bar the Doors ed. Alfred Hitchcock (ghost written by ed. Don Ward) (Dell, July 1965, 0436, 50¢, 192pp, pb, an)     Omits one story from Bar the Doors. Published in UK by Mayflower Books (1972). 7 · Speaking of Terror · Alfred Hitchcock · in (r) 9 · Pollock and the Porroh Man · H. G. Wells · ss New Budget May 23 1895 28 · The Storm · McKnight Malmar · ss Good Housekeeping February 1944 45 · Moonlight Sonata · Alexander Woollcott · ts The New Yorker October 3 1931 48 · The Half-Pint Flask · DuBose Heyward · ss The Bookman May 1927 68 · The Kill · Peter Fleming · ss Creeps by Night ed. Dashiell Hammett, John Day, 1931 83 · The Upper Berth · F. Marion Crawford · nv Unwin’s Annual 1886, 1885 110 · Midnight Express · Alfred Noyes · ss This Week November 3 1935 116 · The Damned Thing · Ambrose Bierce · ss Tales from New York Town Topics December 7 1893 127 · The Metronome · August Derleth · ss Terror by Night ed. Christine Campbell Thomson, Selwyn & Blount, 1934 134 · The Pipe-Smoker · Martin Armstrong · ss The Fortnightly Review October 1932 144 · The Corpse at the Table · Samuel Hopkins Adams · ss The Saturday Review of Literature September 5 1942 149 · The Woman at Seven Brothers · Wilbur Daniel Steele · nv Harper’s Magazine December 1917 173 · The Book · Margaret Irwin · nv The London Mercury September 1930

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Dates With Death ed. Alfred Hitchcock (ghost written by ed. Robert Arthur) (Dell Books, January 1972, 1722, 75¢, 214pp, pb, an)     Reprint of part of Alfred Hitchcock Presents: A Month of Mystery. See also Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Terror Time. ix · Introduction · Alfred Hitchcock · in (r) 1 · The Dusty Drawer · Harry Muheim · ss Collier’s May 3 1952 17 · Drum Beat [Chester Drum] · Stephen Marlowe · ss Ed McBain’s Mystery Book #2, 1960 21 · The Uses of Intelligence · Matthew Gant · ss 1952 33 · The Queen’s Jewel · James Holding · ss Crimes Across the Sea ed. John Creasey, Harper & Row, 1964 44 · That Touch of Genius · William Sambrot · ss Escapade January 1967, as “A Touch of Genius” 53 · The Crooked Road · Alex Gaby · ss Argosy January 1958 69 · The Amateur [Insp. (Supt.) Hazlerigg] · Michael Gilbert · ss John Bull November 19 1949, as “Amateur in Violence” 80 · The Singing Pigeon [Lew Archer] · Ross Macdonald · nv Manhunt February 1953, as “The Imaginary Blonde” by John Ross Macdonald 114 · Justice Magnifique · Lawrence Treat · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1958 129 · Greedy Night · E. C. Bentley · ss Parody Party ed. Leonard Russell, Hutchinson, 1936 141 · A Humanist · Romain Gary · ss The Saturday Evening Post October 26 1963 147 · The Oblong Room [Captain Leopold] · Edward D. Hoch · ss The Saint Magazine July 1967 157 · Dead Man’s Story · Howard Rigsby · ss Argosy August 27 1938, as “I’ll Be Glad When You’re Dead” 169 · The Janissaries of Emilion · Basil Copper · nv The Eighth Pan Book of Horror Stories ed. Herbert van Thal, Pan, 1967 190 · Chinoiserie · Helen McCloy · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #32, July 1946

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Don’t Look a Gift Shark in the Mouth ed. Alfred Hitchcock (ghost written by ed. Patricia O’Connell)--- see under Alfred Hitchcock Presents: More of My Favorites in Suspense ed. Alfred Hitchcock, Dell, 1961.

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Fear and Trembling ed. Alfred Hitchcock--- see under Fear and Trembling ed. Alfred Hitchcock, Dell, 1948.

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: I Am Curious (Bloody) ed. Alfred Hitchcock (Dell, March 1971, 3976, 75¢, 208pp, pb, an) 9 · Introduction · Alfred Hitchcock · in 13 · One-Armed Bandit · Dan Sontup · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 1962 24 · Never Kill for Love · C. B. Gilford · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine April 1960 53 · These Daisies Told [Prof. Ulysses Price Middlebie] · Arthur Porges · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 1962 64 · Canine Accomplice · Grover Brinkman · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 1962 75 · The Accidental Widow · Robert Colby · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine February 1968 90 · Twilight Thunder · Edward D. Hoch · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1962 105 · Images · Michael Brett · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1969 114 · The Skim · Richard Deming · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1969 136 · One Way · John Lutz · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1969 143 · That Guy What Laughs Last · Phillip Tremont · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 1960 153 · The Private Eye of Irving Anvil · Richard H. Hardwick · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine April 1966 182 · Holiday · Hal Ellson · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1969 194 · The Heir · Talmage Powell · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine August 1969

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: I Want My Mummy ed. Alfred Hitchcock (ghost written by ed. Harold Q. Masur)--- see under Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories to Be Read with the Door Locked (Volume II) ed. Alfred Hitchcock, Dell, 1977.

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: More Stories My Mother Never Told Me ed. Alfred Hitchcock (ghost written by ed. Robert Arthur) (Dell, November 1965, 5816, 50¢, 190pp, pb, an)     Fourteen stories from Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories My Mother Never Told Me. 9 · Introduction · Alfred Hitchcock · in (r) 11 · The Wind · Ray Bradbury · ss Weird Tales March 1943 21 · Congo · Stuart Cloete · ss Story #100, March/April 1943 30 · Dip in the Pool · Roald Dahl · ss The New Yorker January 19 1952 42 · I Do Not Hear You, Sir · Avram Davidson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1958 52 · The Arbutus Collar · Jeremiah Digges · ss Story #49, August 1936 62 · The Man Who Was Everywhere · Edward D. Hoch · ss Manhunt March 1957 66 · Courtesy of the Road · Mack Morriss · ss Collier’s November 5 1949 70 · Remains to Be Seen · Jack Ritchie · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 1961, as by Steve O’Connell 80 · The Man Who Sold Rope to the Gnoles · Idris Seabright · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1951 85 · Lost Dog · Henry Slesar · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine February 1958 94 · Slime · Joseph Payne Brennan · nv Weird Tales March 1953 120 · How Love Came to Professor Guildea · Robert S. Hichens · na Pearson’s Magazine October 1897, as “The Man Who Was Beloved” 167 · Natural Selection · Gilbert Thomas · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #81, August 1950 176 · Simone · Joan Vatsek · ss Today’s Woman 1949

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: More Stories Not for the Nervous ed. Alfred Hitchcock (ghost written by ed. Robert Arthur) (Dell, March 1967, 5814, 50¢, 188pp, pb, an)     Eleven stories from Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories Not for the Nervous. 9 · Room with a View · Hal Dresner · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July 1962 19 · Lemmings · Richard Matheson · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1958 21 · White Goddess · Idris Seabright · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1956 27 · Call for Help · Robert Arthur · ss Detective Fiction Weekly January 22 1938, as “Distress Call” 43 · View from the Terrace · Mike Marmer · ss Cosmopolitan December 1960 53 · Something Short of Murder · Henry Slesar · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 1957, as by O. H. Leslie 67 · The Golden Girl · Ellis Peters · ss This Week August 16 1964 72 · The Boy Who Predicted Earthquakes · Margaret St. Clair · ss Maclean’s 1950 81 · Walking Alone · Miriam Allen deFord · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1957 95 · For All the Rude People · Jack Ritchie · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 1961 109 · Sorry, Wrong Number · Lucille Fletcher & Allan Ullman · n. Random House, 1948

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: More Stories for Late at Night ed. Alfred Hitchcock (ghost written by ed. Robert Arthur) (Dell, December 1962, 5815, 50¢, 207pp, pb, an)     Eleven stories from Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories for Late at Night, also as Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Skeleton Crew. 7 · It’s a Good Life · Jerome Bixby · ss Star Science Fiction Stories No. 2 ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1953 31 · Lady’s Man · Ruth Chatterton · ss Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories for Late at Night ed. Alfred Hitchcock, Random House, 1961 51 · The Sound Machine · Roald Dahl · ss The New Yorker September 17 1949 69 · Pieces of Silver · Brett Halliday · ss Argosy July 30 1938, as by Davis Dresser 85 · The Whistling Room [Thomas Carnacki] · William Hope Hodgson · ss The Idler March 1910 107 · Told for the Truth · Cyril Hume · ss Street of the Malcontents and Other Stories by Cyril Hume, Doran, 1927 127 · The Fly · George Langelaan · nv Playboy June 1957 169 · The Mugging · Edward L. Perry · ss Murder December 1956, as “A Mugging at Midnight” 175 · Finger! Finger! · Margaret Ronan · ss Unknown Worlds October 1941 187 · A Cry from the Penthouse · Henry Slesar · ss Playboy November 1959 201 · The People Next Door · Pauline C. Smith · ss The Mysterious Traveler Magazine June 1952

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: More Stories to Stay Awake By ed. Alfred Hitchcock (ghost written by ed. Robert Arthur) (Dell, October 1973, 5833, 95¢, 238pp, pb, an)     18 stories from Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories to Stay Awake By. 9 · Introduction · Alfred Hitchcock · in (r) 11 · The Great Three-Month Super Supersonic Transport Stack-Up of 1999 · John Keefauver · ss Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories to Stay Awake By ed. Alfred Hitchcock, Random House, 1971 18 · A Feline Felony · Lael J. Littke · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1968 25 · The Devil-Dog · Jack London · ss The Cosmopolitan June 1902, as “Diable—A Dog” 38 · The Homesick Buick · John D. MacDonald · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #82, September 1950 53 · Campaign Fever · Patricia McGerr · ss This Week 1964 59 · Run with the Wind · James McKimmey, Jr. · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1966 72 · Squeakie’s Second Case [Squeakie Meadows] · Margaret Manners · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #22, May 1945 95 · Silent Butler [Scott Jordan] · Harold Q. Masur · ss Ed McBain’s Mystery Book #2, 1960 112 · McGowney’s Miracle · Margaret Millar · ss Cosmopolitan July 1954 130 · Ten Minutes from Now · Jack Ritchie · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine October 1963 148 · See and Tell · Mary Linn Roby · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine April 1967 160 · Fair’s Fair · Jane Speed · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1967 169 · The Doe and the Gantlet · Pat Stadley · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1957 177 · The Last Day of All · Fay Grissom Stanley · ss 20 Great Tales of Murder ed. Helen McCloy & Brett Halliday, Random House, 1951 186 · The Nail and the Oracle · Theodore Sturgeon · nv Playboy October 1965 207 · Doctor’s Orders · John F. Suter · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1959 210 · The Man Who Laughs at Lions · Bryce Walton · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1965 225 · The Unsuspected · Jay Wilson · ss The Saturday Evening Post February 8 1958

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: More of My Favorites in Suspense ed. Alfred Hitchcock (ghost written by ed. Patricia O’Connell) (Dell, May 1961, F130, 50¢, 287pp, pb, an)     Seven stories from Alfred Hitchcock Presents: My Favorites in Suspense, also as Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Don’t Look a Gift Shark in the Mouth. 9 · Preface · Alfred Hitchcock · pr (r) 13 · Of Missing Persons · Jack Finney · ss Good Housekeeping March 1955 36 · Island of Fear · William Sambrot · ss The Saturday Evening Post January 18 1958 50 · Getting Rid of George · Robert Arthur · ss Bestseller Mystery Magazine May 1959 71 · Treasure Trove · F. Tennyson Jesse · ss McCall’s Magazine April 1928 81 · The Body of the Crime · Wilbur Daniel Steele · nv Ladies’ Home Journal March 1931 112 · A Nice Touch · Mann Rubin · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine February 1958 125 · Composition for Four Hands · Hilda Lawrence · na Good Housekeeping April 1947 (+1)