The Birds & Don’t Look Now

In this volume we present two short stories by Daphne Du Maurier. Like Many of Du Maurier's works, the two included here, "The Birds" and "Don't Look Now," have been adapted for other media. Though we perhaps know these two disturbing tales better from Alfred Hitchcock's classic film The Birds and Nicolas Roeg's masterful occult thriller Don't Look Now, listening to their original versions still produces a terrifying, dramatic effect that typifies the work of this first-rate storyteller.

In "The Birds," Cornwall, England is under attack by flocks of kamikaze seagulls. Soon, all of England is under fire and a national emergency is declared.

In "Don't Look Now," a grieving couple travels to Venice in an attempt to overcome the death of their young daughter. There, they encounter psychic sisters and an uncanny red-cloaked figure, foretelling of a future tragedy.