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Henry Slesar was such a well-regarded author, I'm surprised there's no comprehensive collection of his stories. There is a book called "Death on Television" that collects his stories that were adapted for the Alfred Hitchock series (called "Death on Television), but no other collections as far as I can tell.
Henry Slesar was best known for the hundreds of mystery stories he wrote under the pseudonym O.H. Leslie. He began writing short stories in the mid-1950s while working as a copywriter for an ad ...
Henry Slesar, young New York advertising executive and by now no longer a new-comer to either this magazine or to this field, describes a strange little town that you, yourself, may blunder into one of these evenings. But, if you do, beware—beware of the Knights!
Examination Day. " Examination Day " is the first segment of the sixth episode of the first season of the television series The Twilight Zone. The segment is based on the short story "Examination Day" by Henry Slesar. The story was first published in Playboy (February 1958).
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Henry Slesar (1927-2002) was an American writer, playwright, and copywriter. He is known for his use of irony and his twist endings. A prolific writer of short fiction, Slesar also wrote many scripts for soap-operas and several television series, and had a successful long-term collaboration with famous English film director Alfred Hitchcock.
Analysis. “Examination Day” by Henry Slesar follows a traditional plot structure, while including narrative elements like backstory and foreshadowing. The characters include Richard Jordan – nicknamed “Dickie” – as the main character, and his parents, Mrs and Mr Jordan, as secondary characters. Other characters – employees of the ...
