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Le Serpent qui fredonnait

That master of the macabre Alfred Hitchcock has only scorn for people who dream their nights away. No one should waste those deliciously dark hours between dusk and dawn when the wind howls the loudest and the smallest sounds can reap the greatest dividends of dread. Therefore in his latest collection Hitch has personally selected tales tailored to break the stranglehold of slumber and make sure that all your nightmares are waking ones.

Histoires à ne pas fermer l'oeil de la nuit

On ne peut plus angoissantes, oui, car au fil de cette vingtaine d'histoires choisies avec soin par le Maître, la mort change sans cesse de visage. Pathétique avec La petite fille qui voulait mourir, elle se fait terriblement féminine dans Le thé de l'inimitié, acharnée à la recherche du Meilleur endroit pour mourir, impitoyable pour Tous les coupables, horrifiante dans Pire qu'un cauchemar, perverse dans Je t'aime un peu, trompeuse dans L'auto stoppeur, paraît sans détour dans Profession : tueur, se fait annoncer dans Science ou fiction, et devient expiatoire à La fin de la bataille, mais elle desserre aussi les dents du Piège et s'efface Dans le noir !

Histoires Angoissantes

A Brief Message From Our SponsorThe title of this volume is Stories Not for the Nervous. There are those who will argue that this title could apply to any of the various tomes of terror, sagas of suspense, or groupings of grue which I have, from time to time, gathered together for the delectation of my readers. And indeed the point is well taken.For I am not a man to cater to the nervous. If you are in the habit of chewing your fingernails, jumping from your chair when a door slams, or swooning when someone playfully shouts "Boo!" in your ear, I have only two words of advice--pass on.If, however, you have nerves which are under good control, nerves which are pleasantly tickled by a touch of terror or agreeably stimulated by a soupçon of suspense, then I invite you to join me.Take a seat, any seat, and start wherever you wish. Break for an intermission whenever you choose and return when you are ready. Informality rules in your enjoyment of this smörgåsbord of stories. There is, I think, something for every taste.Except, that is, or the nervous.And now my sixty seconds are up.-Alfred HitchcockIn this collection:"To the Future" by Ray Bradbury"River of Riches" by Gerald Kersh"Levitation" by Joseph Payne Brennan"Miss Winters and the Wind" by Christine Noble Govan"View from the Terrace" by Mike Marmer

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