Alfred Hitchcock's A Brief Darkness

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Alfred Hitchcock's A Brief Darkness

• published in June 1987 in the USA by Davis Publications
• subtitle: Anthology #23
• edited by Cathleen Jordan
•  ? pages

Contents

1. Ley De Fuga by Brad Williams
2. A Piece of the World by Jack Ritchie
3. A Murderous Slice by Marguerite Dickinson
4. High Tide by Richard Hardwick — from AHMM 8(5)
5. Number One Suspect by Richard Deming — from AHMM 7(6)
6. Some Lucky License by Charles Willeford — from AHMM 10(8)
7. A Habit for the Voyage by Robert Edmond Alter
8. Diminishing Wife by Michael Zuroy
9. Jambalaya by Douglas Craig — from AHMM 9(5)
10. Tight Fix by Harold Rolseth
11. Homicide, Maybe by Lawrence Treat
12. The Sunburned Fisherman by James Holding
13. The Sheriff's Rainy Day by Elijah Ellis
14. Hijack by Max Van Derveer
15. Dream of a Murder by C.B. Gilford
16. Blood Will Tell by Arthur Porges
17. The Mark of Cain by Allen Lang
18. A.C. from E.B. by Lee Millar and Wayne Hamilton
19. Crime Buff by James H. Schmitz — from AHMM 18(8)
20. Small Town Justice by Leo R. Ellis — from AHMM 9(4)
21. Man with a Hobby by Carroll Mayers
22. Obligations by Beatrice S. Smith
23. $16,940.00 by Larry Niven — from AHMM 19(2)
24. Bertillon's Odds by Talmage Powell — from AHMM 7(9)
25. The Zigzag Line by Don Tothe
26. Something for the Club by Pat Stadley — from AHMM 7(12)
27. The Park Plaza Thefts by Ernest Savage
28. Waiting for the Coroner by Gary Brandner

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Alfred Hitchcock's A Brief Darkness

• published in 1988 in the USA by Castle Books
• 379 pages

Contents

The Castle Book edition adds a further 8 stories:

1. Ley De Fuga by Brad Williams
2. A Piece of the World by Jack Ritchie
3. A Murderous Slice by Marguerite Dickinson
4. High Tide by Richard Hardwick — from AHMM 8(5)
5. Number One Suspect by Richard Deming — from AHMM 7(6)
6. Some Lucky License by Charles Willeford — from AHMM 10(8)
7. A Habit for the Voyage by Robert Edmond Alter
8. Diminishing Wife by Michael Zuroy
9. Jambalaya by Douglas Craig — from AHMM 9(5)
10. Tight Fix by Harold Rolseth
11. Homicide, Maybe by Lawrence Treat
12. The Sunburned Fisherman by James Holding
13. The Sheriff's Rainy Day by Elijah Ellis
14. Hijack by Max Van Derveer
15. Dream of a Murder by C.B. Gilford
16. Blood Will Tell by Arthur Porges
17. The Mark of Cain by Allen Lang
18. A.C. from E.B. by Lee Millar and Wayne Hamilton
19. Crime Buff by James H. Schmitz — from AHMM 18(8)
20. Small Town Justice by Leo R. Ellis — from AHMM 9(4)
21. Man with a Hobby by Carroll Mayers
22. Obligations by Beatrice S. Smith
23. $16,940.00 by Larry Niven — from AHMM 19(2)
24. Bertillon's Odds by Talmage Powell — from AHMM 7(9)
25. The Zigzag Line by Don Tothe
26. Something for the Club by Pat Stadley — from AHMM 7(12)
27. The Park Plaza Thefts by Ernest Savage
28. Waiting for the Coroner by Gary Brandner
29. Ruby Martinson's Poisoned Pen by Henry Slesar
30. The Desperate Theft by Stephen Wasylyk
31. The Girl from Ishikawa by Ann F. Woodward — from AHMM 25(10)
32. The Gun Law by Brian Garfield
33. A Bully's Downfall by John H. Dirckx — from AHMM 23(7)
34. A Matter of Arson by Lawrence Treat
35. Faithful Viewer by Miel Tanburn
36. Alternate by Kevin O'Donnell

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Links

• WorldCat
• Casual Debris - An Alfred Hitchcock Anthology Bibliography