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Matheson, Richard
SHOCK II
book-date: 1964
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Richard Matheson's fourth story collection: Shock II, from 1964. A 1978 British paperback reprint of this appeared as SHOCK 2 (titles changed to match other Matheson collections with "Shock" in the title - the books have no connection or relation other than the publishing gimmick.)

A Flourish of Strumpets
Brother to the Machine
No Such Thing as a Vampire
Descent
Deadline
The Man Who Made the World
Graveyard Shift - (original title: "The Faces" / a.k.a. "Day of Reckoning")
The Likeness of Julie
Lazarus II
Big Surprise - (original title: "What Was In the Box")
Crickets
Mute
From Shadowed Places

These stories appeared from 1952 to 1962 - in Playboy (2), IF (2), Rogue, Imagination, Ed McBain's, Fantastic Story Magazine, Ellery Queen's, Shock, Magazine of F&SF, Alone By Night and The Fiend in You.