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Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980), auteur, showman and famed director, had a career spanning five decades and over 50 films. Among his other interests, he lent his name to the short mystery fiction magazine and the short story anthologies are today household words. Discuss these collections here!
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Hello everyone,
I'm looking for a short story published in one of Alfred's books. It's about a guy who digs up a well in his backyard I think, and soon realizes that there are strange living beings underneath, kind of like little monsters. So he starts to feed them I think, or send them stuff from above earth, and I won't tell you the climax because as I remember it was just too good! I just can't remember the name of this story. I read it once, loved it, and then lost the book. Does this story ring a bell to anybody?
Help!
Looking for story about little girl and a trunk in the attic. She has a friend that protects her. It was in one of Alfred's books I believe. Please let me know.
Hi everyone, i am a big fan of this mans acapable mind to think up all his movies and books I am a writer my self but non sold yet.
My question is this, back in the 60's I read one of his short storie books my mom had I would read at night before bed about these wemon that had never maired, and there was a killer in there part of the place where they lived, and he strangled them, well these wemon desidedsd to go to the movies in town and they meet up and watched the movie,and soon after they stopped off for a sota and a friend was up in a tree saying he was the lonly one because thats what they called the killer.
Well they all desided to go home and one girl lived the farest away and she was asked to stay with the other girls, and they said it was to far to walk alone by the revean which a girl was found dead that day, so she is brave and she says no ill be ok, well as she leves and starts to walk home she is near the revean and she hears foot steeps following her, and its creeping her out so she hurries, and as she is counting the stepts to her door and then finding the key, she the whole time won't look behind her she is scared stiff too.
At the door she finds her key and hurries she opens the door and shuts it , her heart is pounding so hard and she finely starts to feel safe and as her hand slips tord the light some one in the room clears his throught, this scared the pants off me as a kid and i would love to read it again, when i became a christian i burnt it thinking it was evil to read but i wish i still had it along with all his books we once had. please reply soon ty.
Hi again I am also looking for the name of a movie of his its back in the 70's i seen it, about these two teens that sleep over and they make prank calls and say i seen or i know what you did, this man that answers the phone had just killed a women in the shower and he starts to panic and realize he may be caught so he bargens with the girls to give them money or something if they keep quit but his plot is to kill them as well, so they tell him the address and start to think soething is wrong so they call the police, but they don't belive them its really scary movie and i don't remember the actor or the name of it but if anyone knows please reply maybe i know what you did is the name ty.
The story referenced below is "The Candidate" by Henry Slesar (1961) and can be found in "Stories That Scared Even Me".
"Hey guys, I've been looking for a long time for one of Alfred Hitchcock's short stories, which I read when I was a youngster, and I was amazed by it but of course I can't recall the name. The story is about a guy who visits another guy and tells him everything about a society of people (which he himself belongs to) who put together their efforts and all together hate one person till this person dies as a result of all the hating. Ring any bell? I would be very thankful if anybody would care to mail me at hugo@sunking.no, thank you so much!"
I would like to have the hard cover anthology that contains the story "The Emissaries of Jamilion". The book dates back to around 1972.
Please, help!
Barbara Daniels
This is for Peggy Nance. If you haven't found the answer, the story is called " The whole town's sleeping", By Ray Bradbury. The book is " Twelve Stories for late at Night". My sister and I read this aloud to each other one night when our parents were out. We were in high school. It scared the bejeebers out of us.
Can anyone tell me about a show that had the quote"You will be there forever",it's had a man who sealed someone in a hidden cave or basement.Can anyone help me remember?
I am trying to locate a short story called "Party Games". I believe it was in an Alfred Hitchchock collection. Can anyone tell me who wrote this story? Thanks



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