Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories for Late at Night (book)

US hardback

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories for Late at Night

• published in 1961 in the USA by Random House (hardback)

Contents

1. Death Is a Dream by Robert Arthur
2. It's a Good Life by Jerome Bixby
3. The Whole Town's Sleeping by Ray Bradbury
4. Lady's Man by Ruth Chatterton
5. Evening Primrose by John Collier
6. The Sound Machine by Roald Dahl
7. The Cocoon by John B.L. Goodwin
8. Vintage Season novella by Henry Kuttner & C.L. Moore
9. Pieces of Silver by Brett Halliday
10. The Whistling Room by William Hope Hodgson
11. Told for the Truth by Cyril Hume
12. The Ash Tree by M.R. James
13. Side Bet by Murray Leinster (as Will F. Jenkins)
14. Second Night Out by Frank Belknap Long (variant of "The Black, Dead Thing")
15. Our Feathered Friends by Philip MacDonald
16. The Fly novelette by George Langelaan (translation of "La Mouche")
17. Back There in the Grass by Gouverneur Morris
18. The Mugging by Edward L. Perry
19. Finger! Finger! by Margaret Ronan
20. A Cry from the Penthouse by Henry Slesar
21. The People Next Door by Pauline C. Smith
22. D-Day by Robert Trout
23. The Man Who Liked Dickens by Evelyn Waugh
24. The Iron Gates novel by Margaret Millar

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front cover of the US paperback

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: 12 Stories for Late at Night

• published in 1962 in the USA by Dell Publishing (paperback)
• Reprinted as a "New Dell Edition" in June 1966 in the USA by Dell Publishing (paperback)

Acknowledgements

• The editor gratefully acknowledges the invaluable assistance of Robert Arthur in the preparation of this volume

Contents

1. Death Is a Dream by Robert Arthur
2. The Whole Town's Sleeping by Ray Bradbury
3. Evening Primrose by John Collier
4. The Cocoon by John B.L. Goodwin
5. Vintage Season novella by Henry Kuttner & C.L. Moore
6. The Ash Tree by M.R. James
7. Side Bet by Murray Leinster (as Will F. Jenkins)
8. Second Night Out by Frank Belknap Long (variant of "The Black, Dead Thing")
9. Our Feathered Friends by Philip MacDonald
10. Back There in the Grass by Gouverneur Morris
11. D-Day by Robert Trout
12. The Man Who Liked Dickens by Evelyn Waugh

Back Cover

12 nightmares from ingenious minds that never sleep

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front cover of the US paperback

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: More Stories for Late at Night

• published in 1962 in the USA by Dell Publishing (paperback)
• Also published as Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Skeleton Crew

Contents

1. It's a Good Life by Jerome Bixby
2. Lady's Man by Ruth Chatterton
3. The Sound Machine by Roald Dahl
4. Pieces of Silver by Brett Halliday
5. The Whistling Room by William Hope Hodgson
6. Told for the Truth by Cyril Hume
7. The Fly novelette by George Langelaan (translation of "La Mouche")
8. The Mugging by Edward L. Perry
9. Finger! Finger! by Margaret Ronan
10. A Cry from the Penthouse by Henry Slesar
11. The People Next Door by Pauline C. Smith

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front cover of the UK paperback

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories for Late at Night - Part 1

• published in 1964 in the UK by Pan Books Ltd (paperback)

Contents

1. Death Is a Dream by Robert Arthur
2. It's a Good Life by Jerome Bixby
3. The Whole Town's Sleeping by Ray Bradbury
4. Lady's Man by Ruth Chatterton
5. Evening Primrose by John Collier
6. The Cocoon by John B.L. Goodwin
7. Vintage Season novella by Henry Kuttner & C.L. Moore
8. Pieces of Silver by Brett Halliday
9. The Whistling Room by William Hope Hodgson
10. Told for the Truth by Cyril Hume
11. The Ash Tree by M.R. James
12. Side Bet by Murray Leinster (as Will F. Jenkins)
13. Second Night Out by Frank Belknap Long (variant of "The Black, Dead Thing")
14. Our Feathered Friends by Philip MacDonald
15. The Fly novelette by George Langelaan (translation of "La Mouche")

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front cover of the UK paperback

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories for Late at Night - Part 2

• published in 1965 in the UK by Pan Books Ltd (paperback)

Contents

1. The Iron Gates novel by Margaret Millar
2. Finger! Finger! by Margaret Ronan
3. The Man Who Liked Dickens by Evelyn Waugh
4. The People Next Door by Pauline C. Smith
5. A Cry from the Penthouse by Henry Slesar
6. The Mugging by Edward L. Perry
7. D-Day by Robert Trout

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Notes

• Death Is a Dream appeared in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (June 1957)
• The second paperback was also released under the title Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Skeleton Crew
• published in France as Histoires à ne pas lire la nuit by Éditions Robert Laffont (1963)

Links

• Open Library - available to borrow as an eBook (Alfred Hitchcock Presents: 12 Stories for Late at Night)
• The Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Casual Debris - An Alfred Hitchcock Anthology Bibliography

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