"What is The Blessington Method? There is, you see, a society called The Society for Gerontology, and its primary concern is with the tragic situation of aging. BUT... the problems that the society attempts to solve are not the ones that bother old people. Take Mr. Treadwell. Although he"s only forty-seven and in the pink of health, he has an old-age problem. His seventy-two-year-old father-in-law lives with him... and looks as if he will live on forever. Now, for seemingly impossible problems, problems like Mr. Treadwell"s, The Blessington Method offers a most perfect solution. If you think there"s no crime worse than cold-blooded murder, prepare yourself for the shock of your life." Includes 9 more short stories of the macabre. 127 pages. (This description is from the Feb. 1966 Signet First Printing)