Alfred Hitchcock Presents: The Master's Choice (book)

US hardback

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: The Master's Choice

• published in 1979 in the USA by Random House (hardback)
• ISBN 0394504194

Tagline

• Twenty-seven Tantalizing Stories Selected by the World-Renowned Connoisseur of the Ultimate in Mystery and Suspense

Contents

1. Introduction by Alfred Hitchcock (ghost written)
2. She Fell Among Thieves by Robert Edmond Alter
3. The Hills Beyond Furcy by Robert G. Anderson
4. A Gun Is a Nervous Thing novelette by Charlotte Armstrong
5. See How They Run by Robert Bloch
6. Nothing Short of Highway Robbery by Lawrence Block
7. Puppet Show by Fredric Brown
8. De Mortuis by John Collier
9. Snowball by Ursula Curtiss
10. Here, Daemos! by August Derleth
11. The Cookie Lady by Philip K. Dick
12. The Wager by Robert L. Fish
13. Scream in a Soundproof Room by Michael Gilbert
14. Return of Verge Likens by Davis Grubb
15. The Fair Chance by James Hay, Jnr
16. Paste a Smile on a Wall by John Keefauver
17. The Alarming Letters from Scottsdale by Warner Law
18. My Last Book by Clayre Lipman & Michel Lipman
19. Homicidal Hiccup by John D. MacDonald
20. Gone Girl novelette by Ross MacDonald (variant of "The Imaginary Blonde")
21. The Interceptor by Barry N. Malzberg
22. Doctor's Dilemma by Harold Q. Masur
23. Mother by Protest novelette by Richard Matheson
24. Coincidence by William F. Nolan
25. The Same Old Grind by Bill Pronzini
26. Twenty-two Cents a Day by Jack Ritchie
27. Evil Star by Ray Russell
28. A Woman's Help by Henry Slesar

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front cover of the paperback edition

Alfred Hitchcock: Tales to Make Your Blood Run Cold

• published in 1979 in the UK by Coronet-Hodder & Stoughton (paperback)
• ISBN 0370304845 (UK 1983)

Contents

1. She Fell Among Thieves by Robert Edmond Alter
2. The Hills Beyond Furcy by Robert G. Anderson
3. A Gun Is a Nervous Thing novelette by Charlotte Armstrong
4. See How They Run by Robert Bloch
5. Nothing Short of Highway Robbery by Lawrence Block
6. Puppet Show by Fredric Brown
7. De Mortuis by John Collier
8. Snowball by Ursula Curtiss
9. Here, Daemos! by August Derleth
10. The Cookie Lady by Philip K. Dick
11. The Wager by Robert L. Fish
12. Scream in a Soundproof Room by Michael Gilbert
13. Return of Verge Likens by Davis Grubb

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Notes

• De Mortuis was adapted as an "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" episode in 1956.
• A Woman's Help was adapted as an "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" episode in 1961.
• The Return of Verge Likens was adapted as a "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour" episode in 1964.

Links

• The Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Casual Debris - An Alfred Hitchcock Anthology Bibliography

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