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Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories Not for the Nervous, Book One ed. Alfred Hitchcock (ghost written by ed. Robert Arthur) (Pan Books, December 1968, 0-330-02195-8, 30p, 187pp, pb, an)     First half of Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories Not for the Nervous. 9 · A Brief Message from Our Sponsor · Alfred Hitchcock · in (r) 11 · To the Future · Ray Bradbury · ss Collier’s May 13 1950 27 · River of Riches · Gerald Kersh · ss The Saturday Evening Post March 8 1958 42 · Levitation · Joseph Payne Brennan · ss Nine Horrors and a Dream by Joseph Payne Brennan, Arkham House, 1958 47 · Miss Winters and the Wind · Christine N. Govan · ss Tomorrow May 1946 54 · View from the Terrace · Mike Marmer · ss Cosmopolitan December 1960 66 · 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” 87 · The Twenty Friends of William Shaw · Raymond E. Banks · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine March 1960 97 · The Other Hangman · Carter Dickson · ss A Century of Detective Stories, Hutchinson, 1935, as by John Dickson Carr 113 · Don’t Look Behind You · Fredric Brown · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #42, May 1947 127 · No Bath for the Browns · Margot Bennett · ss Lilliput November 1945 131 · The Uninvited [Daniel John Calder; Samuel Behrens] · Michael Gilbert · ss Argosy December 1960 142 · Dune Roller · Julian May · nv Astounding Science Fiction December 1951

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories Not for the Nervous, Book Two ed. Alfred Hitchcock (ghost written by ed. Robert Arthur) (Pan Books, January 1969, 0-330-02394-2, 30p, 205pp, pb, an)     Second half of Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories Not for the Nervous. 8 · A Brief Message from Our Sponsor · Alfred Hitchcock · in (r) 9 · Something Short of Murder · Henry Slesar · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine November 1957, as by O. H. Leslie 22 · The Golden Girl · Ellis Peters · ss This Week August 16 1964 27 · The Boy Who Predicted Earthquakes · Margaret St. Clair · ss Maclean’s 1950 37 · Walking Alone · Miriam Allen deFord · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1957 51 · For All the Rude People · Jack Ritchie · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 1961 65 · The Dog Died First · Bruno Fischer · nv Mystery Book Magazine Fall 1949 87 · Room with a View · Hal Dresner · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July 1962 96 · Lemmings · Richard Matheson · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1958 98 · White Goddess · Idris Seabright · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1956 104 · The Substance of Martyrs · William Sambrot · ss Rogue December 1963 111 · Call for Help · Robert Arthur · ss Detective Fiction Weekly January 22 1938, as “Distress Call” 127 · Sorry, Wrong Number · Lucille Fletcher & Allan Ullman · n. Random House, 1948

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories Not for the Nervous (var. 1) ed. Alfred Hitchcock (ghost written by ed. Robert Arthur) (Dell, October 1966, 8288, 50¢, 188pp, pb, an)     Thirteen stories from Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories Not for the Nervous. 8 · A Brief Message from Our Sponsor · Alfred Hitchcock · in (r) 9 · To the Future · Ray Bradbury · ss Collier’s May 13 1950 24 · River of Riches · Gerald Kersh · ss The Saturday Evening Post March 8 1958 37 · 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” 56 · Levitation · Joseph Payne Brennan · ss Nine Horrors and a Dream by Joseph Payne Brennan, Arkham House, 1958 61 · Miss Winters and the Wind · Christine N. Govan · ss Tomorrow May 1946 67 · The Dog Died First · Bruno Fischer · nv Mystery Book Magazine Fall 1949 89 · The Twenty Friends of William Shaw · Raymond E. Banks · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine March 1960 98 · The Other Hangman · Carter Dickson · ss A Century of Detective Stories, Hutchinson, 1935, as by John Dickson Carr 112 · Dune Roller · Julian May · nv Astounding Science Fiction December 1951 154 · No Bath for the Browns · Margot Bennett · ss Lilliput November 1945 157 · The Uninvited [Daniel John Calder; Samuel Behrens] · Michael Gilbert · ss Argosy December 1960 168 · The Substance of Martyrs · William Sambrot · ss Rogue December 1963 176 · Don’t Look Behind You · Fredric Brown · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #42, May 1947

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories That Go Bump in the Night ed. Alfred Hitchcock (ghost written by ed. Harold Q. Masur) (Random House, 1977, 0-394-41216-8, $8.95, 307pp, hc, an)     Published in UK by Max Reinhardt (1977) and in pb by Coronet Books in two volumes (1980). ix · Introduction · Alfred Hitchcock · in (r) 1 · The Damned Thing · Ambrose Bierce · ss Tales from New York Town Topics December 7 1893 8 · Edward the Conqueror · Roald Dahl · ss The New Yorker October 31 1953 25 · By the Scruff of the Soul · Dorothy Salisbury Davis · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1963 39 · Murder on St. Valentine’s Day [James Wickwire] · Mignon G. Eberhart · ss This Week April 4 1954, as “The Valentine Murder” 48 · Hey, Look at Me! · Jack Finney · ss Playboy September 1962 60 · Muldoon and the Numbers Game · Robert L. Fish · ss The Saturday Evening Post July/August 1973 69 · The Capture · James Hay, Jr. · ss The Saturday Evening Post January 10 1914 80 · The Guide’s Story · Dion Henderson · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1969 89 · Woodrow Wilson’s Necktie · Patricia Highsmith · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1972 103 · Something for the Dark · Edward D. Hoch · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 1968 114 · The Gray Shroud · Anthony Horner · ss (r) 117 · The Gentleman Caller · Veronica Parker Johns · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1955 133 · The Coconut Trial · Don Knowlton · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1966 138 · Man in a Trap · John D. MacDonald · ss This Week June 15 1958 148 · The Bearded Lady [Lew Archer] · Ross Macdonald · nv The American Magazine October 1948, as by Kenneth Millar 196 · Dead Game · Harold Q. Masur · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine August 1975 209 · No Such Thing as a Vampire · Richard Matheson · ss Playboy October 1959 217 · A Piece of the World · Steve O’Connell · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 1965, as by Jack Ritchie 227 · Easy Mark · Talmage Powell · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1971 233 · Proof of Guilt · Bill Pronzini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1973 243 · The Operator · Jack Ritchie · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 1963 269 · The Other Celia · Theodore Sturgeon · ss Galaxy Science Fiction March 1957 285 · An Evening in Whitechapel · Nancy C. Swoboda · ss (r), as “An Evening in Soho” 289 · Wile Versus Guile [Ephraim Tutt] · Arthur C. Train · ss The Saturday Evening Post July 5 1919

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories That Go Bump in the Night, Book 1 ed. Alfred Hitchcock (ghost written by ed. Harold Q. Masur) (Coronet Books, 1980, 0-340-25831-4, £1.10, pb, an)     First half of Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories That Go Bump in the Night. · Introduction · Alfred Hitchcock · in (r) · The Damned Thing · Ambrose Bierce · ss Tales from New York Town Topics December 7 1893 · Edward the Conqueror · Roald Dahl · ss The New Yorker October 31 1953 · By the Scruff of the Soul · Dorothy Salisbury Davis · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1963 · Murder on St. Valentine’s Day [James Wickwire] · Mignon G. Eberhart · ss This Week April 4 1954, as “The Valentine Murder” · Hey, Look at Me! · Jack Finney · ss Playboy September 1962 · Muldoon and the Numbers Game · Robert L. Fish · ss The Saturday Evening Post July/August 1973 · The Capture · James Hay, Jr. · ss The Saturday Evening Post January 10 1914 · The Guide’s Story · Dion Henderson · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1969 · Woodrow Wilson’s Necktie · Patricia Highsmith · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1972 · Something for the Dark · Edward D. Hoch · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 1968 · The Gray Shroud · Anthony Horner · ss (r) · The Gentleman Caller · Veronica Parker Johns · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1955 · The Coconut Trial · Don Knowlton · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1966 · Man in a Trap · John D. MacDonald · ss This Week June 15 1958

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories That Go Bump in the Night, Book 2 ed. Alfred Hitchcock (ghost written by ed. Harold Q. Masur) (Coronet Books, 1980, 0-340-25832-2, £1.10, 206pp, pb, an)     Second half of Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories That Go Bump in the Night. 9 · Introduction · Alfred Hitchcock · in (r) 11 · The Bearded Lady [Lew Archer] · Ross Macdonald · nv The American Magazine October 1948, as by Kenneth Millar 70 · Dead Game · Harold Q. Masur · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine August 1975 85 · No Such Thing as a Vampire · Richard Matheson · ss Playboy October 1959 95 · A Piece of the World · Steve O’Connell · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 1965, as by Jack Ritchie 107 · Easy Mark · Talmage Powell · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1971 115 · Proof of Guilt · Bill Pronzini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1973 127 · The Operator · Jack Ritchie · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 1963 158 · The Other Celia · Theodore Sturgeon · ss Galaxy Science Fiction March 1957 178 · An Evening in Whitechapel · Nancy C. Swoboda · ss (r), as “An Evening in Soho” 183 · Wile Versus Guile [Ephraim Tutt] · Arthur C. Train · ss The Saturday Evening Post July 5 1919

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories That Scared Even Me ed. Alfred Hitchcock (ghost written by ed. Robert Arthur) (Random House, 1967, LC:67-22678, $6.95, 463pp, hc, an)     Derivative anthologies: Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories That Scared Even Me (Max Reinhardt 1967), Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Scream Along with Me, Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Slay Ride, and Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories That Scared Even Me, Part One & Part Two. xiii · Ahem! If I May Have a Moment- · Alfred Hitchcock · in (r) 3 · Fishhead · Irvin S. Cobb · ss The Cavalier January 11 1913 13 · Camera Obscura · Basil Copper · nv The Sixth Pan Book of Horror Stories ed. Herbert van Thal, Pan, 1965 33 · A Death in the Family · Miriam Allen deFord · ss The Dude November 1961 46 · Men Without Bones · Gerald Kersh · ss Esquire August 1954 55 · Not with a Bang · Damon Knight · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Winter/Spring 1950 61 · Party Games · John Burke · ss The Sixth Pan Book of Horror Stories ed. Herbert van Thal, Pan, 1965 73 · X Marks the Pedwalk · Fritz Leiber · ss Worlds of Tomorrow April 1963 79 · Curious Adventure of Mr. Bond · Nugent Barker · nv The Cornhill Magazine July 1939 102 · Two Spinsters [Nicholas Goade] · E. Phillips Oppenheim · nv The Grand Magazine June 1926, as “The Spinsters” 114 · The Knife · Robert Arthur · ss The Mysterious Traveler Magazine November 1951 122 · The Cage · Ray Russell · ss Rogue November 1959, as by Roger Thorne 129 · It · Theodore Sturgeon · nv Unknown August 1940 154 · Casablanca · Thomas M. Disch · nv 174 · The Road to Mictlantecutli · Adobe James · ss Adam Bedside Reader #20, 1965 189 · Guide to Doom · Ellis Peters · ss This Week November 10 1963 195 · The Estuary · Margaret St. Clair · ss Weird Tales May 1950, as “The Last Three Ships” 200 · Tough Town · William Sambrot · ss 1957, as “Stranger in Town” 207 · The Troll · T. H. White · ss Gone to Ground, 1935 219 · Evening at the Black House · Robert Somerlott · ss Cosmopolitan October 1964 230 · One of the Dead · William Wood · nv The Saturday Evening Post October 31 1964 258 · The Real Thing · Robert Specht · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine April 1966 263 · Journey to Death · Donald E. Westlake · ss Mystery Digest June 1959 272 · The Master of the Hounds · Algis Budrys · nv The Saturday Evening Post August 27 1966 301 · The Candidate · Henry Slesar · ss Rogue August 1961 309 · Out of the Deeps · John Wyndham · n. Ballantine, 1953

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories That Scared Even Me, Part One ed. Alfred Hitchcock (ghost written by ed. Robert Arthur) (Pan, 1970, 0-330-02581-3, 25p, 204pp, pb, an)     Fifteen stories from Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories That Scared Even Me. 9 · Ahem! If I May Have a Moment- · Alfred Hitchcock · in (r) 13 · Fishhead · Irvin S. Cobb · ss The Cavalier January 11 1913 24 · Camera Obscura · Basil Copper · nv The Sixth Pan Book of Horror Stories ed. Herbert van Thal, Pan, 1965 46 · A Death in the Family · Miriam Allen deFord · ss The Dude November 1961 59 · Men Without Bones · Gerald Kersh · ss Esquire August 1954 69 · Not with a Bang · Damon Knight · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Winter/Spring 1950 75 · Party Games · John Burke · ss The Sixth Pan Book of Horror Stories ed. Herbert van Thal, Pan, 1965 87 · X Marks the Pedwalk · Fritz Leiber · ss Worlds of Tomorrow April 1963 93 · Curious Adventure of Mr. Bond · Nugent Barker · nv The Cornhill Magazine July 1939 118 · Two Spinsters [Nicholas Goade] · E. Phillips Oppenheim · nv The Grand Magazine June 1926, as “The Spinsters” 131 · The Cage · Ray Russell · ss Rogue November 1959, as by Roger Thorne 138 · Tough Town · William Sambrot · ss 1957, as “Stranger in Town” 145 · The Troll · T. H. White · ss Gone to Ground, 1935 158 · Evening at the Black House · Robert Somerlott · ss Cosmopolitan October 1964 169 · The Candidate · Henry Slesar · ss Rogue August 1961 178 · It · Theodore Sturgeon · nv Unknown August 1940

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories That Scared Even Me, Part Two ed. Alfred Hitchcock (ghost written by ed. Robert Arthur) (Pan Books, 1970, 25p, pb, an)     Remaining stories from Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories That Scared Even Me. · Ahem! If I May Have a Moment- · Alfred Hitchcock · in (r) · The Knife · Robert Arthur · ss The Mysterious Traveler Magazine November 1951 · One of the Dead · William Wood · nv The Saturday Evening Post October 31 1964 · The Master of the Hounds · Algis Budrys · nv The Saturday Evening Post August 27 1966 · The Body Snatchers · Jack Finney · n. Dell, 1955

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories That Scared Even Me (var. 1) ed. Alfred Hitchcock (ghost written by ed. Robert Arthur) (Max Reinhardt, 1967, 20/-, 384pp, hc, an)     revised from Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories That Scared Even Me. · Ahem! If I May Have a Moment- · Alfred Hitchcock · in (r) · Fishhead · Irvin S. Cobb · ss The Cavalier January 11 1913 · Camera Obscura · Basil Copper · nv The Sixth Pan Book of Horror Stories ed. Herbert van Thal, Pan, 1965 · A Death in the Family · Miriam Allen deFord · ss The Dude November 1961 · Men Without Bones · Gerald Kersh · ss Esquire August 1954 · Not with a Bang · Damon Knight · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Winter/Spring 1950 · Party Games · John Burke · ss The Sixth Pan Book of Horror Stories ed. Herbert van Thal, Pan, 1965 · X Marks the Pedwalk · Fritz Leiber · ss Worlds of Tomorrow April 1963 · Curious Adventure of Mr. Bond · Nugent Barker · nv The Cornhill Magazine July 1939 · Two Spinsters [Nicholas Goade] · E. Phillips Oppenheim · nv The Grand Magazine June 1926, as “The Spinsters” · The Knife · Robert Arthur · ss The Mysterious Traveler Magazine November 1951 · The Cage · Ray Russell · ss Rogue November 1959, as by Roger Thorne · It · Theodore Sturgeon · nv Unknown August 1940 · Tough Town · William Sambrot · ss 1957, as “Stranger in Town” · The Troll · T. H. White · ss Gone to Ground, 1935 · Evening at the Black House · Robert Somerlott · ss Cosmopolitan October 1964 · One of the Dead · William Wood · nv The Saturday Evening Post October 31 1964 · The Master of the Hounds · Algis Budrys · nv The Saturday Evening Post August 27 1966 · The Candidate · Henry Slesar · ss Rogue August 1961 · The Body Snatchers · Jack Finney · n. Dell, 1955

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories They Wouldn’t Let Me Do on TV ed. Alfred Hitchcock (ghost written by ed. Robert Arthur) (Simon & Schuster, 1957, LC:57-7307, $3.95, 372pp, hc, an)     Published in UK by Max Reinhardt (1957). Derivative anthologies: Alfred Hitchcock Presents: 12 Stories They Wouldn’t Let Me Do on TV and Alfred Hitchcock Presents: 13 More Stories They Wouldn’t Let Me Do on TV. UK paperbacks as Part One & Part Two (Pan Books 1960). vii · Preface · Alfred Hitchcock · pr (r) 1 · Being a Murderer Myself · Arthur Williams · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #57, August 1948 15 · Lukundoo · Edward Lucas White · ss Weird Tales November 1925 30 · A Woman Seldom Found · William Sansom · ss A Contest of Ladies and Other Stories by William Sansom, Hogarth Press, 1956 34 · The Perfectionist · Margaret St. Clair · ss Mystery Book Magazine May 1946 47 · The Price of the Head · John Russell · ss Collier’s May 20 1916 59 · Love Comes to Miss Lucy · Q. Patrick · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #41, April 1947 73 · Sredni Vashtar · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette May 28 1910 78 · Love Lies Bleeding · Philip MacDonald · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #84, November 1950 102 · The Dancing Partner · Jerome K. Jerome · ex from Novel Notes, Leadenhall Press, 1893 109 · Casting the Runes · M. R. James · nv More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by M. R. James, Arnold, 1911 130 · The Voice in the Night · William Hope Hodgson · ss The Blue Book Magazine November 1907 143 · How Love Came to Professor Guildea · Robert S. Hichens · na Pearson’s Magazine October 1897, as “The Man Who Was Beloved” 188 · The Moment of Decision · Stanley Ellin · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1955 212 · A Jungle Graduate · James Francis Dwyer · ss Harper’s Weekly September 10 1910 223 · Recipe for Murder · C. P. Donnel, Jr. · ss The American Legion Magazine January 1947 228 · Nunc Dimittis · Roald Dahl · nv Collier’s September 4 1953, as “The Devious Bachelor” 250 · The Most Dangerous Game · Richard Edward Connell · nv Collier’s January 19 1924 272 · The Lady on the Grey · John Collier · ss The New Yorker June 16 1951 280 · The Waxwork · A. M. Burrage · ss Someone in the Room by Ex-Private X, Jarrolds, 1931, as by Ex-Private X 293 · The Dumb Wife [Limehouse] · Thomas Burke · ss Whispering Windows by Thomas Burke, Grant Richards, 1921 303 · Couching at the Door · Dorothy K. Broster · nv The Cornhill Magazine December 1933 326 · The October Game · Ray Bradbury · ss Weird Tales March 1948 334 · Water’s Edge · Robert Bloch · ss Michael Shayne Mystery Magazine September 1956 351 · The Jokester · Robert Arthur · ss The Mysterious Traveler Magazine March 1952, as by Anthony Morton 359 · The Abyss · Leonid Andreyev; translated by John Cournos · ss Treasury of Russian Life and Humor ed. John Cournos, Coward-McCann, 1943 translated from the Russian (“Bezdna”, 1902).