“The Man at the Top” Copyright © 1972 by Edward D. Hoch. First appeared in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine.
“Burial Monuments Three” Copyright © 1972 by Edward D. Hoch. First appeared in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine.
“The Scorpion Girl” Copyright © 1976 by Edward D. Hoch. First appeared in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine.
“The Price of Wisdom” Copyright © 1977 by Edward D. Hoch. First appeared in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine.
“Second Chance” Copyright © 1977 by Edward D. Hoch. First appeared in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine.
“Three Weeks in a Spanish Town” Copyright © 1978 by Edward D. Hoch. First appeared in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine.
“The Rattlesnake Man” Copyright © 1979 by Edward D. Hoch. First appeared in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine.
Copyright © 2001 by Edward D. Hoch
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