![]() ![]() Masur’s story, “The $2,000,000 Defense”, is a sly little tale of a showboating lawyer who can’t quite figure out how to get his client out of a murder charge and the death penalty, until the client offers him 2 million to do so. Rose Million Healey’s “Guessing Game” is a sick little tale of a young boy trying to get the family maid to guess what he’s got in a box that he’s carrying, and what he wants from her if she can’t finger figure it out. Even in 1973 I wouldn’t have thought a Hitchcock branded publication (or Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, where the story first appeared) would have included that word. I was surprised at seeing “fuck” in a letter, though. Malzberg’s “Agony Column” is a neat little story of depersonalization told through letters to various magazines and politicians and the responses to those letters that show how little the writer is paid attention to. I’ll highlight a few of the more interesting stories, but it’s safe to say that nearly all of them are worth a look.īarry N. A few aren’t grade-A primo stuff, but overall this is a high quality collection. There’s not really a bad story in the bunch. It even would have been worth it for the cover price of a buck and a half! ![]() ![]() There are 20 stories in this paperback that I happened to snag for free at a local library, and it was well worth it. Masur, who is thanked by “the editor” is, in fact, said editor, and he also includes a story of his own that is one of the nastier little tales. 2) is a collection of various stories of crime and suspense. Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Breaking the Scream Barrier (Stories to be Read With the Lights On, Vol. ![]()
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