Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories to Stay Awake By (book)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories to Stay Awake By
- published in 1971 in the USA by Random House (hardback)
- edited by Robert Arthur
- 466 pages
Contents
- Success of a Mission by William Arden
- The Splintered Monday by Charlotte Armstrong
- Death by Judicial Hanging by Francis Beeding
- Floral Tribute by Robert Bloch
- Red Wine by Lawrence G. Blochman
- Canavan's Back Yard by Joseph Payne Brennan
- A Murderous Slice by Marguerite Dickinson
- The New Deal by Charles Einstein
- Boomerang by Guy Fleming
- Sleep is the Enemy by Anthony Gilbert
- The Second Coming by Joe Gores
- From the Mouse to the Hawk by Dion Henderson
- Letter to the Editor by Morris Hershman
- The Spy Who Came to the Brink by Edward D. Hoch
- Second Talent by James Holding
- The Ohio Love Sculpture by Adobe James
- The Great Three-Month Super Supersonic Transport Stack-Up of 1999 by John Keefauver
- Homicide House by Day Keene
- A Feline Felony by Lael J. Littke
- The Devil-Dog by Jack London
- The Homesick Buick by John D. MacDonald
- Campaign Fever by Patricia McGerr
- Run With the Wind by James McKimmey
- Squeakie's Second Case by Margaret Manners
- The Silent Butler by Harold Q. Masur
- McGowney's Miracle by Margaret Millar
- Ten Minutes From Now by Jack Ritchie
- See and Tell by Mary Linn Roby
- Fair's Fair by Jane Speed
- The Doe and the Gantlet by Pat Stadley
- The Last Day of All by Fay Grissom Stanley
- The Nail and the Oracle by Theodore Sturgeon
- Doctor's Orders by John F. Suter
- The Man Who Laughs at Lions by Bryce Walton
- The Unsuspected by Jay Wilson
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
- Introduction by Alfred Hitchcock (ghost written)
- Success of a Mission by William Arden
- The Splintered Monday by Charlotte Armstrong
- Death by Judicial Hanging by Francis Beeding
- Floral Tribute by Robert Bloch
- Red Wine by Lawrence G. Blochman
- Canavan's Back Yard by Joseph Payne Brennan
- A Murderous Slice by Marguerite Dickinson
- The New Deal by Charles Einstein
- Boomerang by Guy Fleming
- Sleep is the Enemy by Anthony Gilbert
- The Second Coming by Joe Gores
- From the Mouse to the Hawk by Dion Henderson
- Letter to the Editor by Morris Hershman
- The Spy Who Came to the Brink by Edward D. Hoch
- Second Talent by James Holding
- The Ohio Love Sculpture by Adobe James
- 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.
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
- The Great Three-Month Super Supersonic Transport Stack-Up of 1999 by John Keefauver
- A Feline Felony by Lael J. Littke
- The Devil-Dog by Jack London
- The Homesick Buick by John D. MacDonald
- Campaign Fever by Patricia McGeer
- Run With the Wind by James McKimmey
- Squeakie's Second Case by Margaret Manners
- The Silent Butler by Harold Q. Masur
- McGowney's Miracle by Margaret Millar
- Ten Minutes From Now by Jack Ritchie
- See and Tell by Mary Linn Roby
- Fair's Fair by Jane Speed
- The Doe and the Gantlet by Pat Stadley
- The Last Day of All by Fay Grissom Stanley
- The Nail and the Oracle by Theodore Sturgeon
- Doctor's Orders by John F. Suter
- The Man Who Laughs at Lions by Bryce Walton
- 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
Notes
- Ten Minutes From Now appeared in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (October 1963)
- See and Tell appeared in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (April 1967)
- Second Talent appeared in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (July 1968)
Links
- Open Library - available to borrow as an eBook
- Casual Debris - An Alfred Hitchcock Anthology Bibliography
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