Tales of Terror (book)

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Tales of Terror: 58 Short Stories Chosen by the Master of Suspense

• published in September 1986 in the USA by Galahad Books (hardback)
• edited by Eleanor Sullivan
• ISBN 0883657104
• 631 pages

Contents

1. Killed by Kindness by Nedra Tyre
2. Just a Minor Offense by John F. Suter
3. A Home Away from Home by Robert Bloch
4. Death of a Derelict by Joseph Payne Brennan
5. The Arrowmont Prison Riddle by Bill Pronzini
6. The Dettweiler Solution by Lawrence Block
7. The Whitechapel Wantons by Vincent McConnor
8. Cora's Raid by Isak Romun
9. Life or Breath by Nelson DeMille
10. A Private Little War by William Brittain
11. Have You Ever Seen this Woman? by John Lutz
12. Joe Cutter's Game by Brian Garfield
13. A Cabin in the Woods by John Coyne
14. The Long Arm of El Jefe by Edward Wellen
15. Kid Cardula by Jack Ritchie
16. Career Man by James Holding
17. The Perfidy of Professor Blake by Libby MacCall
18. Sea Change by Henry Slesar
19. The Blue Tambourine by Donald Olson
20. Graveyard Shift by William P. McGivern
21. A Bottle of Wine by Borden Deal
22. Man Bites Dog by Donald Honig
23. Never Trust an Ancestor by Michael Zuroy
24. Another War by Edward D. Hoch
25. Sparrow on a String by Alice Scanlan Reach
26. The Missing Tattoo by Clayton Matthews
27. The Fall of Dr. Scourby by Patricia Matthews
28. The Loose End by Stephen Wasylyk
29. That So-Called Laugh by Frank Sisk
30. A Very Special Talent by Margaret B. Maron
31. The Joker by Betty Ren Wright
32. The Very Hard Sell by Helen Nielsen
33. The Tin Ear by Ron Goulart
34. The Time Before the Crime by Charlotte Edwards
35. After the Unfortunate Accident by Barry N. Malzberg
36. The Grateful Thief by Patrick O'Keeffe
37. The Inspiration by Talmage Powell
38. Death is a Lonely Lover by Robert Colby
39. The Witness was a Lady by Fletcher Flora
40. Scheme for Destruction by Pauline C. Smith
41. To the Manner Born by Mary Braund
42. Black Disaster by Richard O. Lewis
43. The Marrow of Justice by Hal Ellson
44. Innocent Witness by Irving Schiffer
45. We're Really Not that Kind of People by Samuel W. Taylor
46. Pocket Evidence by Harold Q. Masur
47. The Death Desk by S.S. Rafferty
48. A Left-Handed Profession by Al Nussbaum
49. Second Spring by Theodore Mathieson
50. Bank Night by Arthur Porges
51. The Contagious Killer by Bryce Walton
52. Bad Actor by Gary Brandner
53. Free Advice, Incorporated by Michael Brett
54. The Real Criminal by James M. Gilmore
55. The Hard Sell by William Dolan
56. The Prosperous Judds by Bob Bristow
57. The Dead Indian by Robert W. Alexander
58. The China Cottage by August Derleth

Notes

• The Joker appeared in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (August 1962)
• Innocent Witness appeared in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (September 1962)
• Killed by Kindness appeared in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (July 1963)
• The Contagious Killer appeared in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (January 1966)
• Sparrow on a String appeared in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (February 1969)
• The Inspiration appeared in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (October 1970)
• Life or Breath and Kid Cardula appeared in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (June 1976)
• Tales of Terror appeared in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (August 1976)
• A Left-Handed Profession appeared in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (November 1975)

Links

• An Alfred Hitchcock Anthology Bibliography