This special Paperbacks from Hell reissue includes an introduction by best-selling author Grady Hendrix. THE KILLER INSTINCT OF HIS BREED HAS NEVER DIED. IT LIVES AGAIN IN HELL HOUND. There is never laughter in this house; only the dull sounds of age and weakness. But I am not weak. I have a strength and resourcefulness that the old woman probably never had. What are the possibilities of my strength? That is a thought I have never had before. What if some morning as the old woman stood at the head of the staircase she were suddenly to feel a weight thrusting against the back of her legs? What if she were to lunge forward, grasping at the air, striking her thin skull against the edge of a stair? What would become of me if she were found unmoving at the bottom of the stairway? Someone else would love me, as she has loved me. I’m certain of that. People have a great interest in love. They see it everywhere; probably even in me.