[Tales of Terror 01] • Alfred Hitchcock Tales of Terror

Be afraid--be very afraid: the master of suspense is serving up 58 bloodcurdling tales for your delectation. These suspenseful stories all appeared in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, and in the words of Hitch himself, they "are guaranteed to chill and unnerve." Bill Pronzini contributes "The Arrowmont Prison Riddle," Margaret B. Maron has "A Very Special Talent," Barry M. Malzberg offers "A Home Away from Home," and Patricia Matthews chronicles "The Fall of Dr. Scourby." Meet a girl who stalks Jack the Ripper, a clairvoyant writer of newspaper obituaries, a homicidal partygoer in a sanatorium, and a police detective who lives vicariously through the exploits of one of his most notorious suspects: they all populate these frightening pages. Caution: not recommended for late-night reading--except for the very brave

CONTENTS

Killed by Kindness ..... Nedra Tyre

Just a Minor Offense ..... John F. Suter

A Home Away From Home ..... Robert Bloch

Death of a Derelict ..... Joseph Payne Brennan

The Arrowmont Prison Riddle ..... Bill Pronzini

The Dettweiler Solution ..... Lawrence Block

The Whitechapel Wantons ..... Vincent McConnor

Cora's Raid ..... Isak Romun

Life or Breath ..... Nelson deMille

A Private Little War ..... William Brittain

Have You Ever Seen This Woman? ..... John Lutz

Joe Cutter's Game ..... Brian Garfield

A Cabin in the Woods ..... John Coyne

The Long Arm of El Jefe ..... Edward Wellen

Kid Cardula ..... Jack Ritchie

Career Man ..... James Holding

The Perfidy of Professor Blake ..... Libby MacCall

Sea Change ..... Henry Slesar

The Blue Tambourine ..... Donald Olson

Graveyard Shift ..... William P. McGivern

A Bottle of Wine ..... Borden Deal

Man Bites Dog ..... Donald Honig

Never Trust an Ancestor ..... Michael Zuroy

Another War ..... Edward D. Hoch

Sparrow on a String ..... Alice Scanlan Reach

The Missing Tattoo ..... Clayton Matthews

The Fall of Dr. Scourby ..... Patricia Matthews

The Loose End ..... Stephen Wasylyk

That So-called Laugh ..... Frank Sisk

A Very Special Talent ..... Margaret B. Maron

The Joker ..... Betty Ren Wright

The Very Hard Sell ..... Helen Nielsen

The Tin Ear ..... Ron Goulart

The Time Before the Crime ..... Charlotte Edwards

After the Unfortunate Accident ..... Barry N. Malzberg

The Grateful Thief ..... Patrick O'Keeffe

The Inspiration ..... Talmage Powell

Death is a Lonely Lover ..... Robert Colby

The Witness was a Lady ..... Fletcher Flora

Scheme for Destruction ..... Pauline C. Smith

To the Manner Born ..... Mary Braund

Black Disaster ..... Richard O. Lewis

The Marrow of Justice ..... Hal Ellson

Innocent Witness ..... Irving Schiffer

We're Really Not That Kind of People ..... Samuel W. Taylor

Pocket Evidence ..... Harold Q. Masur

The Death Desk ..... S.S. Rafferty

A Left-handed Profession ..... Al Nussbaum

Second Spring ..... Theodore Mathieson

Bank Night ..... Arthur Porges

The Contagious Killer ..... Bryce Walton

Bad Actor ..... Gary Brandner

Free Advice, Incorporated ..... Michael Brett

The Real Criminal ..... James M. Gilmore

The Hard Sell ..... William Dolan

The Prosperous Judds ..... Bob Bristow

The Dead Indian ..... Robert W. Alexander

The China Cottage ..... August Derleth