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Contents and Blurb:
TO THE FUTURE - Ray Bradbury
RIVER OF RICHES - Gerald Kersh
THE MAN WITH COPPER FINGERS (novelette) - Dorothy L. Sayers
LEVITATION - Joseph Payne Brennan
MISS WINTERS AND THE WIND - Christine Noble Govan
THE DOG DIED FIRST (novelette) - Bruno Fischer
THE TWENTY FRIENDS OF WILLIAM SHAW - Raymond E. Banks
THE OTHER HANGMAN - Carter Dickson
DUNE ROLLER (novelette) - Julian May
NO BATH FOR THB BROWNS - Margot Bennet
THE UNINVITED - Michael Gilbert
THE SUBSTANCE OF MARTYRS - William Sambrot
DON'T LOOK BEHIND YOU - Frederic Brown
The 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, for the nervous.
And now my sixty seconds are up.
-Alfred Hitchcock”