​Blood Runs Cold​
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First Published: 1961
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
​Format: Hardcover    
Bloch: “Somebody suggested that it [Blood Runs Cold] might benefit from a transfusion by Alfred Hitchcock. As I was now supplying stories and scripts for his television show and he had done rather well out of this deal with me on Psycho, it was assumed he might be willing to do an introduction to my collection. The assumption was correct. His company, Shamley Productions, promptly advised my publishers that Mr. Hitchcock would be most happy to have his ghostwriter, Jimmy Allardice, furnish a one-thousand-word introduction to which Hitch would sign his name for one thousand dollars. Inasmuch as my advance payment for the entire collection only amounted to $750, my literary agent regretfully declined.”

​Contents:
  • The Show Must Go On (1960)
  • The Cure (1957)
  • Daybroke (1958)
  • Show Biz (1959)
  • The Masterpiece (1960) 
  • I Like Blondes (1956)
  • Dig That Crazy Grave! (1957)
  • Where the Buffalo Roam (1955)
  • Is Betsy Blake Still Alive? (originally published 1958 as “Betsy Blake Will Live Forever”)
  • Word of Honor (1958)
  • The Final Performance (1960)
  • All on a Golden Afternoon (1956)
  • The Gloating Place (1959)
  • The Pin (1953)
  • I Do Not Love Thee, Dr. Fell (1955)
  • The Big Kick (1959)
  • Sock Finish (1957) 
Bibliography
US: Simon & Schuster; hc 1961
Japan: Hayakawa Shobo & Co; pb 1962
US: Popular Library; pb 1962
Spain: Plaza & Janes ("Hielase la Sangre"); pb 1963
UK: Robert Hale; hc 1963 (does not contain all stories from original)
UK: Corgi; pb 1964 (does not contain all stories from original)
Germany: Scherz ("Nacht der Schrecken"); pb 1968 (abridged version)
Norway: Nordisk Forlag ("Is i Blodet"); pb 1981