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

Be afraid–be very afraid: the master of suspense is serving up 58 bloodcurdling tales for your delectation. These suspenseful stories all appeared in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, and in the words of Hitch himself, they “are guaranteed to chill and unnerve.” Bill Pronzini contributes “The Arrowmont Prison Riddle,” Margaret B. Maron has “A Very Special Talent,” Barry M. Malzberg offers “A Home Away from Home,” and Patricia Matthews chronicles “The Fall of Dr. Scourby.” Meet a girl who stalks Jack the Ripper, a clairvoyant writer of newspaper obituaries, a homicidal partygoer in a sanatorium, and a police detective who lives vicariously through the exploits of one of his most notorious suspects: they all populate these frightening pages. Caution: not recommended for late-night reading–except for the very brave

CONTENTS
Killed by Kindness ….. Nedra Tyre
Just a Minor Offense ….. John F. Suter
A Home Away From Home ….. Robert Bloch
Death of a Derelict ….. Joseph Payne Brennan
The Arrowmont Prison Riddle ….. Bill Pronzini
The Dettweiler Solution ….. Lawrence Block
The Whitechapel Wantons ….. Vincent McConnor
Cora’s Raid ….. Isak Romun
Life or Breath ….. Nelson deMille
A Private Little War ….. William Brittain
Have You Ever Seen This Woman? ….. John Lutz
Joe Cutter’s Game ….. Brian Garfield
A Cabin in the Woods ….. John Coyne
The Long Arm of El Jefe ….. Edward Wellen
Kid Cardula ….. Jack Ritchie
Career Man ….. James Holding
The Perfidy of Professor Blake ….. Libby MacCall
Sea Change ….. Henry Slesar
The Blue Tambourine ….. Donald Olson
Graveyard Shift ….. William P. McGivern
A Bottle of Wine ….. Borden Deal
Man Bites Dog ….. Donald Honig
Never Trust an Ancestor ….. Michael Zuroy
Another War ….. Edward D. Hoch
Sparrow on a String ….. Alice Scanlan Reach
The Missing Tattoo ….. Clayton Matthews
The Fall of Dr. Scourby ….. Patricia Matthews
The Loose End ….. Stephen Wasylyk
That So-called Laugh ….. Frank Sisk
A Very Special Talent ….. Margaret B. Maron
The Joker ….. Betty Ren Wright
The Very Hard Sell ….. Helen Nielsen
The Tin Ear ….. Ron Goulart
The Time Before the Crime ….. Charlotte Edwards
After the Unfortunate Accident ….. Barry N. Malzberg
The Grateful Thief ….. Patrick O’Keeffe
The Inspiration ….. Talmage Powell
Death is a Lonely Lover ….. Robert Colby
The Witness was a Lady ….. Fletcher Flora
Scheme for Destruction ….. Pauline C. Smith
To the Manner Born ….. Mary Braund
Black Disaster ….. Richard O. Lewis
The Marrow of Justice ….. Hal Ellson
Innocent Witness ….. Irving Schiffer
We’re Really Not That Kind of People ….. Samuel W. Taylor
Pocket Evidence ….. Harold Q. Masur
The Death Desk ….. S.S. Rafferty
A Left-handed Profession ….. Al Nussbaum
Second Spring ….. Theodore Mathieson
Bank Night ….. Arthur Porges
The Contagious Killer ….. Bryce Walton
Bad Actor ….. Gary Brandner
Free Advice, Incorporated ….. Michael Brett
The Real Criminal ….. James M. Gilmore
The Hard Sell ….. William Dolan
The Prosperous Judds ….. Bob Bristow
The Dead Indian ….. Robert W. Alexander
The China Cottage ….. August Derleth