Monster Museum by Alfred Hitchcock

Contents:
Introduction: A Variety of Monsters • essay by Alfred Hitchcock
• The Day of the Dragon (1934) • novelette by Guy Endore
• The King of the Cats (1929) • shortstory by Stephen Vincent Benét
• Slime (1953) • novelette by Joseph Payne Brennan
• The Man Who Sold Rope to the Gnoles (1951) • shortstory by Margaret St. Clair [writing as Idris Seabright ]
• Henry Martindale, Great Dane (1954) • shortstory by Miriam Allen deFord
• The Microscopic Giants (1936) • shortstory by Paul Ernst
• The Young One (1954) • novelette by Jerome Bixby
• Doomsday Deferred (1949) • shortstory by Murray Leinster [as by Will F. Jenkins ]
• "Shadow, Shadow, on the Wall ..." (1951) • shortstory by Theodore Sturgeon
• The Desrick on Yandro (1952) • shortstory by Manly Wade Wellman
• The Wheelbarrow Boy (1950) • shortstory by Richard Parker
• Homecoming (1946) • shortstory by Ray Bradbury (variant of The Homecoming)  

I just love the Alfred Hitchcock short story collections. "Monster Museum" is definitely strange and not for those who don't like fantasy, a little gore, and some messed up plots. Overall, the stories are a bit long to be taught in one classroom lesson. Most would have to be taught over a two day span to allow for a thorough reading and then discussion/analysis. I still think there are a few pieces I could pull and use with my 7th graders. Another great, rare find! For a longer, creepy tale I would use "Slime" by Joseph Payne Brennan. Other good stories from the collection include; "The Man Who Sold Rope to the Gnoles" by Idris Seabright, "Henry Martindale, Great Dane" by Miriam Allen deFord, and "The Wheelbarrow Boy" by Richard Parker