Welcome to Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine! Discover original, spine-tingling stories by top-notch authors and new writers from all corners of the mystery genre, plus news, reviews, and more… to make your blood run cold!
To our print subscribers: Due to declining print quality and unacceptable delays with our previous partner, we are switching to a new printing company. This transition is causing delays with the March/April and May/June issues, but once our agreement with the new printer is finalized, we’ll be launching them in quick succession. Thank you so much for your patience and continued support while we make this transition.
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“The Silent Partner,” by Nick Guthrie
“The Man Who Loved Halloween” by Janice Law
“The Dog Dazer” by Jeff Soloway
“We, the Aging” by Gabriela Stiteler
OVER 60 YEARS OF AWARDS
157 Nominations from the full breadth of mystery genres
37 Award-winning stories
Edgar, Agatha, Barry, Arthur Ellis, Robert L. Fish, Macavity, Shamus, Thriller, Anthony
FROM THE EDITOR
Great stories of any genre are rooted in characters — well-drawn, individual, and credibly motivated…
ABOUT AHMM
Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine is one of the oldest and most influential magazines of short mystery and crime fiction in the world. Launched over 60 years ago, today AHMM maintains a tradition of featuring both promising aspiring writers and talented authors, spanning the full spectrum of sub-genres from dark noir to graphic works.
AUTHORS’ CORNER
Meet the Who’s Who of Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine authors! View The Lineup of contributors in the current issue, see what motivates our writers, and much more.
To commit a crime is to roll the dice: Will it go as planned or will chance intervene? Can you trust your partners or will you be betrayed? The most carefully plotted murder can unravel faster than a spontaneous crime of passion. This issue is full of stories about characters who are hoping for the favor of Lady Luck, whether ferreting out corporate espionage or raiding a bathroom vanity for unused meds, weighing the odds that they will be a serial killer’s next victim or transporting a dangerous armed robber to a hospital. The turn of a card, the flip of a coin—any situation or choice subject to sudden reversal or surprise can propel a good mystery plot.
We’ve doubled down on our bet that you’ll find these stories worthwhile
THE CRIME SCENE
“Skeletons in the Closet”… Get the latest news, check out Editor Linda Landrigan’s blog, enjoy lively podcasts, test your mystery puzzling mettle, see if you have what it takes to be a mystery writer. It’s all here.
by David Hagerty
“Ice, ice, ice,” people shouted at the mayor of New York each time he appeared in public. The price had doubled over a year’s time, and voters were angry. They relied on ice to keep their food fresh in summer and to cool their fevers in winter. And beer. The ice kept the beer chilled and flavorful even when temperatures outside rose. In a generation, New Yorkers had come to expect a steady flow of ice from the rivers and lakes upstate. READ MORE
by Will Ferguson
In murmuring voices, they discuss my murder. And every time they do, Maria comes closer and closer to capitulating. “I can’t,” she whispers. I can hear the swallowed sob in her voice. I can’t. “You must,” they whisper back. You must. READ MORE
