Rod Serling's Triple W: Witches, Warlocks and Werewolves

by Rod Serling

Overview

Twelve horrifying tales for the demon in you collected by the man who wrote Stories from the Twilight Zone

ROD SERLING’S FAVORITE STORIES—

THE WITCH—there was the little girl who always wanted to be a witch. She tried everything she could think of but she never made it until she learned to hate everybody—including herself...

AND THE WARLOCK WHO WAITED AND WAITED

“It was a wonderful attack, Captain. Nothing human could have lived through it—nothing human did. We were deep underground where they buried us long ago—the stakes through our hearts. Your fire burned the stakes away—” The warlock waved a scaly hand at the waiting shadows. They came down relentlessly.

AND THE WEREWOLF

Early morning at the zoo, and the naked man behind the bars was sound asleep. Suddenly, his eyes flickered and his right hand smashed down at the flies that buzzed on the bone he’d been gnawing last night. The flies left, but the naked man stayed immobile, his eyes on his hand. Outside the cage a sign read,

LOBO,

TIMBER WOLF,

Canis occidentalis.

AND NINE MORE STORIES ABOUT WITCHES, WARLOCKS AND WEREWOLVES ALL HERE IN ROD SERLING’S TRIPLE W

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781787202320
Publisher:	Hauraki Publishing
Publication date:	10/27/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	186
Sales rank:	607,714
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Rodman Edward "Rod" Serling (December 25, 1924 - June 28, 1975) was an American screenwriter, playwright, television producer, and narrator known for his live television dramas of the 1950s and his science-fiction anthology TV series, The Twilight Zone. He was active in politics, both on and off the screen, and helped form television industry standards.

Born to a Jewish family in upstate New York, he enlisted at age 18 when WWII broke out. His time as a paratrooper in the Pacific theatre would inform much of his work. He was discharged only after being seriously wounded and later in life would suffer from nightmares and flashbacks, which heavily influenced many of his later classic Twilight Zone episodes.

Serling began his career by writing radio ads and TV continuity bits in Cincinnati, and between 1951 and 1955 had 70 scripts produced for a variety of shows. His big break came with “Patterns,” an Emmy-winning story about the ethics of corporate ladder climbing. This was followed by the even more well-received “Requiem for a Heavyweight,” a Playhouse 90 live drama. By the time he won his third Emmy for “The Comedian” he was one of the most successful dramatic writers of television’s Golden Age.

Eight years later he left the prestigious world of live TV drama (a short-lived, dying format even then) for a science fiction anthology series of his own creation—The Twilight Zone. Freed from the bounds of realism, it allowed him to write about death, war, racism, mass hysteria and capital punishment—all off-limit topics with the more conservative early 1960s advertisers. The show became an instant hit amongst critics and, eventually, wider audiences.

When the show was cancelled after three seasons, Serling returned to teaching and voiceovers. He continued working on projects for both film and television. He died of a heart attack in 1975 aged 50.