Found: Robert Bloch short stories
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I am trying to remember three short stories which I believe were all written by Robert Bloch. Spoilers are ahead.
The first involves a man who was convicted of crimes against women, probably assault. To prove his guilt, police need his blood, but he does not consent to a blood draw. Eventually, the police figure out a way to draw the blood in secret: they use mosquitoes. The irony is that he was convicted of crimes against women, and only female mosquitoes bite.
The second involves a man who runs a circus show involving big cats, like panthers. It is eventually revealed that the "cats" are actually people, including his wife, who he turns into cats.
The third involves a man being confused about his past/identity. He eventually realizes he is a vampire.
Any help is appreciated. Thanks! Robert Bloch wrote much more than Psycho, although that is his most famous work.
The first involves a man who was convicted of crimes against women, probably assault. To prove his guilt, police need his blood, but he does not consent to a blood draw. Eventually, the police figure out a way to draw the blood in secret: they use mosquitoes. The irony is that he was convicted of crimes against women, and only female mosquitoes bite.
The second involves a man who runs a circus show involving big cats, like panthers. It is eventually revealed that the "cats" are actually people, including his wife, who he turns into cats.
The third involves a man being confused about his past/identity. He eventually realizes he is a vampire.
Any help is appreciated. Thanks! Robert Bloch wrote much more than Psycho, although that is his most famous work.
2vorkosigan
>1 EKLC: I believe that the circus one will be Fangs of Vengeance written under his pen name, Nathan Hindin. (There's a link but I don't think it's helpful.)
4keachachu
I'm looking at the list of Robert Bloch stories on isfdb: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?152
"A question of identity" looks like the third one. You can read it on openlibrary in Flowers from the Moon and Other Lunacies: https://openlibrary.org/books/OL350709M/Flowers_from_the_moon_and_other_lunacies
I'll keep browsing to see if I can find the first one, but I'll have to make a lucky guess on the title.
"A question of identity" looks like the third one. You can read it on openlibrary in Flowers from the Moon and Other Lunacies: https://openlibrary.org/books/OL350709M/Flowers_from_the_moon_and_other_lunacies
I'll keep browsing to see if I can find the first one, but I'll have to make a lucky guess on the title.

