''Alfred Hitchcock's Anthology – Volume 1'' is the first installment of ''

Alfred Hitchcock's Anthology ''Alfred Hitchcock's Anthology'' (AHA) was a seasonally printed collection of suspenseful and Thriller (genre), thrilling short stories reprinted from ''Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine''. Produced from 1977 to 1989, the anthology contains st ...

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Alfred Hitchcock Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) was an English filmmaker. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in the history of cinema. In a career spanning six decades, he directed over 50 featur ...

story collection books; edited by Eleanor Sullivan. Originally published in hardcover in 1976 as ''Alfred Hitchcock's Tales to Keep You Spellbound'', the book is a collection of 30 stories originally published in ''

Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine ''Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine'' (AHMM) is a bi-monthly digest size fiction magazine specializing in crime and detective fiction. ''AHMM'' is named for Alfred Hitchcock, the famed director of suspense films and television. History ''AHMM'' ...

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*''The Pursuer'' by

Holly Roth Helen Holly Roth-Franta (born March 30, 1916) was an American writer who authored novels and short stories in the genres of spy fiction and detective fiction. She also published works under the pseudonyms P.J. Merrill and K.G. Ballard. Roth publi ...

*''Final Arrangements'' by Lawrence Page *''Countdown'' by David Ely *''She is Not My Mother'' by Hilda Cushing *''Spook House'' by Clark Howard *''Second Chance'' by Robert Cenedella *''The Last Witness'' by Robert Colby *''Death à la Newburgh'' by Libby MacCall *''A Cold Day in November'' by

Bill Pronzini Bill Pronzini (born April 13, 1943) is an American writer of detective fiction. He is also an active anthologist, having compiled more than 100 collections, most of which focus on mystery, western, and science fiction short stories. Pronzini is ...

*''A degree of Innocence'' by

Helen Nielsen Helen Nielsen (23 October 1918, Roseville, Illinois – 22 June 2002, Prescott, Arizona) was an author of mysteries and television scripts for such television dramas as ''Perry Mason'' and ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents''. She was born in Roseville, ...

*''The Man We Found'' by

Donald Honig Donald Martin Honig (born 1931 in New York City) is a novelist, historian and editor who mostly writes about baseball. While a member of the Bobo Newsom Memorial Society, an informal group of writers, Honig attempted to convince Lawrence Ritter t ...

*''Night on the Beach'' by Wenzell Brown *''Scott Free'' by Miriam Lynch *''A Very Cautious Boy'' by

Gilbert Ralston Gilbert Alexander Ralston (January 5, 1912 – March 18, 1999) was a British-American screenwriter, journalist and author. He was a television producer in the 1950s and a screenwriter in the 1960s. He created the television series '' The Wild ...

*''A Try for the Big Prize'' by

Borden Deal Borden Deal ( – ) was an American novelist and short story writer. Biography Born Loysé Youth Deal in Pontotoc, Mississippi, Deal attended Macedonia Consolidated High School, after which he joined the Civilian Conservation Corps and fought f ...

*''Killed by Kindness'' by

Nedra Tyre Nedra Tyre (October 6, 1912 – 1990) was an American social worker and author, specializing in crime fiction. A native of Offerman, Georgia, Tyre attended Emory University and the Richmond School of Social Work. She had professional stints as a ...

*''Just a Minor Offense'' by John Suter *''The Long Terrible Day'' by Charlotte Edwards *''Cicero'' by

Edward Wellen Edward is an English given name. It is derived from the Anglo-Saxon name ''Ēadweard'', composed of the elements '' ēad'' "wealth, fortune; prosperous" and '' weard'' "guardian, protector”. History The name Edward was very popular in Anglo-Sax ...

*''Winter Run'' by

Edward D. Hoch Edward Dentinger Hoch (February 22, 1930 – January 17, 2008) was an American writer of detective fiction. Although he wrote several novels, he was primarily known for his vast output of over 950 short stories. Biography Hoch (pronounced ...

*''You Can't Blame Me'' by

Henry Slesar Henry Slesar (June 12, 1927 – April 2, 2002) was an American author, playwright, and copywriter. He is famous for his use of irony and twist endings. After reading Slesar's "M Is for the Many" in ''Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine'', Alfre ...

*''Death of a Derelict'' by

Joseph Payne Brennan Joseph Payne Brennan (December 20, 1918 – January 28, 1990) was an American writer of fantasy and horror fiction, and also a poet. Of Irish ancestry, he was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut and he lived most of his life in New Haven, Connect ...

*''Present for Lona'' by

Avram Davidson Abraham, ; ar, , , name=, group= (originally Abram) is the common Hebrew patriarch of the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In Judaism, he is the founding father of the special relationship between the Jews ...

*''Murderer #2'' by Jean Potts *''The Third Call'' by

Jack Ritchie John George Reitci (February 26, 1922 – April 25, 1983) was an American writer of detective fiction who wrote under the name Jack Ritchie. Although he wrote one novel, he was primarily known for his vast output of short stories. Personal life ...

*''A Home away from Home'' by

Robert Bloch Robert Albert Bloch (; April 5, 1917September 23, 1994) was an American fiction writer, primarily of crime, psychological horror and fantasy, much of which has been dramatized for radio, cinema and television. He also wrote a relatively small ...

*''The Handyman'' (1967) by Clayton Matthews *''Nothing But Human Nature'' by

Hillary Waugh Hillary Baldwin Waugh (June 22, 1920 – December 8, 2008) was a pioneering United States, American Mystery fiction, mystery novelist. In 1989, he was named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America. Pseudonym, Pseudonyms used by Waugh inclu ...

*''Murder, 1990'' by C.B. Gilford *''Panther, Panther in the Night'' by Paul W. Fairman

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