Scary stories and thrillers, similar to plots presented in Alfred Hitchcock's TV programs.
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine is a bi-monthly digest-sized fiction magazine that specialized in crime and detective fiction. The magazine is named after Alfred Hitchcock, the famed director of suspense films and a television series.
The magazine was founded in 1956 by HSD Publications, which licensed the use of the director's name. Although there was no formal connection with the television show, stories published in the magazine were sometimes adapted by the producers of Alfred Hitchcock Presents and, later, The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.
A few writers, such as Henry Slesar, wrote for both1. Other contributors during the magazine’s early years included Evan Hunter/Ed McBain, Ed Lacy, Bill Pronzini, Jim Thompson, Donald E. Westlake and Charles Willeford (who briefly worked for the magazine, as did Patricia Hitchcock, Alfred’s daughter)1.
In 1975, AHMM was acquired by Davis Publications, and since 1992 it has been published by Dell Magazines (which also produces its sister publication, Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine)1.
Cathleen Jordan edited the magazine from 1981 to 2002, and since then it has been edited by Linda Landrigan1. After Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, AHMM is the second-longest-running mystery fiction magazine1.
In addition to original works of short crime or mystery fiction, each issue of AHMM contains a book review column (“Booked & Printed”), a puzzle, a “Mysterious Photograph” story contest, and a “Mystery Classic” reprint1.
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Back Issues (12) at Archive.org: Alfred Hitchock Mystery Mag
