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Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories to Stay Awake By (book)

US hardback

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories to Stay Awake By

Contents

  1. Success of a Mission by William Arden
  2. The Splintered Monday by Charlotte Armstrong
  3. Death by Judicial Hanging by Francis Beeding
  4. Floral Tribute by Robert Bloch
  5. Red Wine by Lawrence G. Blochman
  6. Canavan's Back Yard by Joseph Payne Brennan
  7. A Murderous Slice by Marguerite Dickinson
  8. The New Deal by Charles Einstein
  9. Boomerang by Guy Fleming
  10. Sleep is the Enemy by Anthony Gilbert
  11. The Second Coming by Joe Gores
  12. From the Mouse to the Hawk by Dion Henderson
  13. Letter to the Editor by Morris Hershman
  14. The Spy Who Came to the Brink by Edward D. Hoch
  15. Second Talent by James Holding
  16. The Ohio Love Sculpture by Adobe James
  17. The Great Three-Month Super Supersonic Transport Stack-Up of 1999 by John Keefauver
  18. Homicide House by Day Keene
  19. A Feline Felony by Lael J. Littke
  20. The Devil-Dog by Jack London
  21. The Homesick Buick by John D. MacDonald
  22. Campaign Fever by Patricia McGerr
  23. Run With the Wind by James McKimmey
  24. Squeakie's Second Case by Margaret Manners
  25. The Silent Butler by Harold Q. Masur
  26. McGowney's Miracle by Margaret Millar
  27. Ten Minutes From Now by Jack Ritchie
  28. See and Tell by Mary Linn Roby
  29. Fair's Fair by Jane Speed
  30. The Doe and the Gantlet by Pat Stadley
  31. The Last Day of All by Fay Grissom Stanley
  32. The Nail and the Oracle by Theodore Sturgeon
  33. Doctor's Orders by John F. Suter
  34. The Man Who Laughs at Lions by Bryce Walton
  35. The Unsuspected by Jay Wilson
US paperback

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories to Stay Awake By

  • published in September 1973 in the USA by Dell Publishing (paperback)
  • 235 pages

Tagline

  • First time in paperback! Hitch wishes you sweet screams.

Contents

  1. Introduction by Alfred Hitchcock (ghost written)
  2. Success of a Mission by William Arden
  3. The Splintered Monday by Charlotte Armstrong
  4. Death by Judicial Hanging by Francis Beeding
  5. Floral Tribute by Robert Bloch
  6. Red Wine by Lawrence G. Blochman
  7. Canavan's Back Yard by Joseph Payne Brennan
  8. A Murderous Slice by Marguerite Dickinson
  9. The New Deal by Charles Einstein
  10. Boomerang by Guy Fleming
  11. Sleep is the Enemy by Anthony Gilbert
  12. The Second Coming by Joe Gores
  13. From the Mouse to the Hawk by Dion Henderson
  14. Letter to the Editor by Morris Hershman
  15. The Spy Who Came to the Brink by Edward D. Hoch
  16. Second Talent by James Holding
  17. The Ohio Love Sculpture by Adobe James
  18. Homicide House by Day Keene

Inner Page

TERROR TIME

When the lights are off in all the other rooms in the house and all the other windows on the block...

When you don't feel like turning off your own bedside lamp just yet...

When you decide to open up this book and just sample the first of the stories before you get drowsy enough to drift off to dreamland...

Don't say we didn't warn you what will happen when you start—

STORIES TO STAY AWAKE BY

(Alfie says you'll love it — but then you know Alfie!)

Introduction

In previous anthologies I have often begun my introduction with the words "Good evening." In all good conscience I cannot do that now.

I believe that such a greeting would be highly inappropriate. The contents of this volume are designed to give you a bad evening. A very bad evening indeed. And perhaps an even worse night. Not in any sense of dissatisfaction with the product herein. If you are an adventurous soul you have sampled my wares before. It will be a bad evening in the sense of wakefulness and delicious nightmare.

Now, that phrase — delicious nightmare — may sound like a contradiction of terms. Perhaps it is. Then again, perhaps not. A very large segment of the species anthropos revels in just such a sensation. I know. For many years, purveying the ingredients of macabre enjoyment has been my livelihood and my pleasure.

You may of course induce an equivalent insomnia by consuming large quantities of pickles, ice cream, caviar, and pastrami just before retiring. A quick glance at my silhouette may lead you to assume that this is a method I adopt. On that, I stand mute. In any event, I do not recommend it. The induced nightmare is delicious only in the transitory sense of taste. I can assure you that the after-effect of such overindulgence is acute discomfort.

On the other hand, the stories in this volume will produce no such effect. They may indeed keep you awake. They may chill you. They may set you to trembling. But you will remember them with pleasure.

I am not certain of the reason for this. They tell me that we are descended from some marauding prehistoric monster. Perhaps so. I am not an anthropologist. But I do know that now, in the twentieth century, if a man wants to stay out of jail, he must satisfy his primitive instincts in a more civilized manner. And to me the most civilized is reading. That is the purpose of this book. So if you are a timid soul, you will find The Bobbsey Twins at the library.

If you enjoy tingling excitement, lock the doors, lock the windows, and begin.

Alfred Hitchcock

Back Cover

SLEEP IS FOR SISSIES

That master of the macabre Alfred Hitchcock has only scorn for people who dream their nights away. No one should waste those deliciously dark hours between dusk and dawn when the wind howls the loudest and the smallest sounds can reap the greatest dividends of dread. Therefore in his latest collection Hitch has personally selected tales tailored to break the stranglehold of slumber and make sure that ail your nightmares are waking ones.

US paperback

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: More Stories to Stay Awake By

  • published in October 1973 in the USA by Dell Publishing (paperback)
  • 238 pages

Tagline

  • Hitch makes sure that you won't want to turn off the lights.

Contents

  1. The Great Three-Month Super Supersonic Transport Stack-Up of 1999 by John Keefauver
  2. A Feline Felony by Lael J. Littke
  3. The Devil-Dog by Jack London
  4. The Homesick Buick by John D. MacDonald
  5. Campaign Fever by Patricia McGeer
  6. Run With the Wind by James McKimmey
  7. Squeakie's Second Case by Margaret Manners
  8. The Silent Butler by Harold Q. Masur
  9. McGowney's Miracle by Margaret Millar
  10. Ten Minutes From Now by Jack Ritchie
  11. See and Tell by Mary Linn Roby
  12. Fair's Fair by Jane Speed
  13. The Doe and the Gantlet by Pat Stadley
  14. The Last Day of All by Fay Grissom Stanley
  15. The Nail and the Oracle by Theodore Sturgeon
  16. Doctor's Orders by John F. Suter
  17. The Man Who Laughs at Lions by Bryce Walton
  18. The Unsuspected by Jay Wilson

Alfred Hitchcock: Stories to Stay Awake By - Part One

  • published in 1974 in the UK by Pan Books Ltd (paperback)
  • 223 pages

Contents

  • not known

Alfred Hitchcock: Stories to Stay Awake By - Part Two

  • published in 1975 in the UK by Pan Books Ltd (paperback)
  • 229 pages

Contents

  • not known

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