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From: barry@adelie.UUCP (Barry A. Burke)
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Subject: Re: Where does the finger chopping story come from?
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Date: Thu, 12-Dec-85 21:31:34 EST
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Several years ago, when I was just in 5th grade, I won an Alfred
Hitchcock anthology of mystery stories which included this story in a
Poster Contest for my parochial school's library.  I think the book was
"Spellbinder's of Suspense", but I'm not sure.  The book also included a
story about a man who lived on an island, and invited vistors to join
him in a "hunt", with them as the prey!  These two stories were my first
real exposure to "Hitchcock Horror", and I've been hooked ever since.

I'm happy to see that this story still carries its special intrigue for
those who've never been exposed to it before.  It's that attraction that
makes "classics" (with a lower-case "c").  I only half-wish that people
would READ this type of story first- Television still doesn't do
Hitchcock's collections justice, in my opinion.

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