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Post by dem on Jan 6, 2012 9:34:48 GMT
this one was recently posted on Vault's wordpress abomination, and it's got me stumped. any takers?
Really hoping someone will know this one.
About 15 years ago, I read a short story where a young wife tries to play a game with her husband - "Guess what I did for you today?" and the other person is supposed to guess silly things, but eventually try to guess what was done. She eventually has a boy and a girl and teaches them the game. (spoiler) The husband ends up being a royal jerk, and he gets thrown off the balcony to his death. The stinger of the story is that after this happens, the kids come running into the room to get their mother, pulling her towards the balcony, saying, "Guess what we did for you today?"
I want to say I read this in one of the Alfred Hitchcock Presents anthologies (although definitely not Stories For Late at Night, because I own that one), but since I can't remember the name of it, it's hard to double check.
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Post by Craig Herbertson on Jan 6, 2012 10:06:21 GMT
Sounds like a Hammer House of Horror Episode rather than a story.
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Post by mattofthespurs on Jan 6, 2012 10:48:35 GMT
The story is called "View From The Terrace" by Mike Marmer.
It's in the Hitchcock anthology "Stories Not For The Nervous".
If you have the paperback editions then it's in volume one (page 54).
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Post by dem on Jan 6, 2012 11:08:01 GMT
thanks Matt! i've posted a link back to this thread so the young lady in question will know who to thank.
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Post by mattofthespurs on Jan 6, 2012 12:02:05 GMT
My pleasure  |
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