Night My Friend (43 page)
Authors: Edward D. Hoch
“The Long Way Down” (
Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine,
February 1965). Copyright ©1965 H.S.D. Publications, Inc.; reprinted by permission of the author.
“Dreaming Is a Lonely Thing” (
Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine,
March 1965). Copyright © 1965 H.S.D. Publications, Inc.; reprinted by permission of the author.
“In Some Secret Place” (
The Saint Mystery
Magazine, August 1965). Copyright © 1965 Fiction Publishing Co.; reprinted by permission of the author.
“To Slay an Eagle” (
The Award Espionage Reader,
1965, as by Stephen Dentinger). Copyright © 1965 Universal Publishing and Distributing Corp.; reprinted by permission of the author.
“They Never Come Back” (
Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine
, February 1966). Copyright © 1966 H.S.D. Publications, Inc.; reprinted by permission of the author.
“The Only Girl in His Life” (
Signature,
February 1966). Copyright © 1965 Diners Club, Inc.; reprinted by permission of the author.
“It Happens, Sometimes” (
The Saint Mystery Magazine,
April 1966, as by Stephen Dentinger). Copyright © 1966 Fiction Publishing Co.; reprinted by permission of the author.
“A Girl Like Cathy” (
Signature,
October 1966). Copyright © 1966 Diners Club, Inc.; reprinted by permission of the author.
“What’s It All About?” (
The Saint Magazine,
January 1967, as by Stephen Dentinger). Copyright © 1966 Fiction Publishing Co.; reprinted by permission of the author.
“First Offense” (
Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine,
January 1968, as by Stephen Dentinger). Copyright © 1967 Davis Publications, Inc.; reprinted by permission of the author.
“Hawk in the Valley” (
Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine,
August 1968). Copyright © 1968 H.S.D. Publications, Inc.; reprinted by permission of the author.
“The Ring with the Velvet Ropes” (
With Malice Toward All,
1968). Copyright © 1968 Mystery Writers of America, Inc.; reprinted by permission of the author.
“Homecoming” (
Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine,
April 1969). Copyright © 1969 H.S.D. Publications, Inc.; reprinted by permission of the author.
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