title: Alfred Hitchcock's Supernatural Tales of Terror and Suspense
author: Alfred Hitchcock
description: Attention, suspense fans! Here I am back again with as spooky a collection of ghosts and other supernatural things as ever kept anybody awake at night. In these stories, you will discover astonishing things about the long dead, the recent dead, and the un-dead, see horrifying sights and hear terrifying sounds . . . a vampire bat wing with an evil odor and strange powers . . . some sinister adventures aboard a model train. You will encounter a doorway with something exceedingly peculiar on the other side . . . a flying saucer of remarkable design . . . an uneasy grave where the wishes of the deceased have been ignored. If you are bold enough to read these eleven stories all the way through, I'll wager that you will see some familiar things in quite a new light. Happy reading! Or should I say happy shuddering? -- Alfred Hitchcock. Contents include: The Triumph of Death by H. Russell Wakefield, The Strange Valley by T. V. Olsen, The Christmas Spirit by Dorothy B. Bennett, The Bronze Door by Raymond Chandler, Slip Stream by Sheila Hodgson, The Quest for "Blank Claveringi" by Patricia Highsmith, Miss Pinkerton's Apocalypse by Muriel Spark, The Reunion After Three Hundred Years by Alexis Tolstoy, The Attic Express by Alex Hamilton, The Pram by A. W. Bennett, and Mr. Ash's Studio by H. Russell Wakefield.
zlib_text: 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ![cover](images/cover-image.jpg)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  SHOCK THERAPY
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Alfred Hitchcock says that the Freudians,
  
  
  the Jungians, the Reichians, and all the
  
  
  others should move over and make room
  
  
  for the master—namely himself. For Hitch
  
  
  has developed his own marvelous methods
  
  
  of freeing you from irrational fears and
  
  
  repressed emotions.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  After the Hitchcock treatment, we guarantee that all your fears will be real
  ones. You
  
  
  won’t even be troubled by bad dreams—you just won’t go to sleep at all. And
  you
  
  
  don’t need to lie down on the couch—any
  
  
  old coffin will do.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  So give yourself the ultimate in terror treatment with fourteen unforgettable
  masterpieces of shattering suspense in—
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  BEHIND THE DEATH BALL
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  MR. HITCHCOCK
  
  
  
  
  
  NEEDS YOUR HELP
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Any artist is only as good as his audience, and
  
  
  that master orchestrator of terror, Alfred
  
  
  Hitchcock, is no exception. What good is his
  
  
  fearful brand of fiendish tun if 