Short Stories
Much of Slesar's short fiction appears in collections and anthologies. He collaborated a few times with Harlan Ellison. His collections are:
- Clean Crimes and Neat Murders: Alfred Hitchcock's Hand Picked Selection of Stories by Henry Slesar. Introduction by Alfred Hitchcock. New York: Avon, 1960.
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- Cover title: A Bouquet of Clean Crimes and Neat Murders.
- Spine title: Alfred Hitchcock Presents Clean Crimes and Neat Murders.
- A Crime for Mothers and Others. New York, N.Y.: Avon, 1962.
- Murders Most Macabre. New York, N.Y.: Avon, 1986. (paperback; ISBN 0-380-89975-2)
- Death on Television: The Best of Henry Slesar's Alfred Hitchcock Stories. Edited by Francis M. Nevins, Jr. and Martin H. Greenberg. Introduction by Henry Slesar. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1989. (ISBN 0-809-31500-9)
Many stories were later made available as downloadable and online audio versions, such as 1957's "Dream Town" and "Heart."
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