Question: Who was the writer of a collection of short stories originally published in 1952 as The Apple Tree, which was made into a 1963 American horror-thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock ?
Sentence (from "The Borders Just Beyond"): Many of the stories originally appeared in the magazines "Whispers", "Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine", "Macabre", "Pinnacle", "Arkham Sampler" and "Fantasy Macabre".
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