Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (May 1969)
cover by Marguerite Blair Deacon |
Details
- journal: Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (May 1969)
- issue: volume 14, number 5
Introduction
Dear Reader:
This would seem the logical season in which to wonder what I will spring on you next. The surprises are indeed infinite herein, as ever, and they continue the tradition of this magazine. However, you should expect no further clues from me, except a mention of a few of the people you will meet, as created by some of the foremost mystery writers.
Consider, for example, a best-selling author, a confidence racket team, a hard-bitten business speculator, a blackmailer, a handicapped veteran of some wealth ... If these arouse your curiosity, just remember there are many more.
My forecast for your reading days immediately ahead is for cold hands, chills through the spinal region, and tremors of the knees. Be glad it is only fiction — but lock your doors tonight.
— Alfred Hitchcock
Contents
Short Stories
- Where's Milo - Fletcher Flora
- Emergency - Edward D. Hoch
- To Lay a Ghost - M.G. Ogan
- The Snatch - Bill Pronzini
- The Filing Cabinet - Jack Burris
- The Clock is Cuckoo - Richard Deming
- Delayed Delivery - W. Sherwood Hartman
- The Wrinkle - Max Van Derveer
- The Weapon - John Lutz
- Bad Medicine - Richard M. Ellis
- Period of Mourning - Charles Einstein
Novelettes
- No Experience Necessary - Robert Colby
Notes
- Where's Milo was reprinted in Alfred Hitchcock's Mortal Errors (1984)
- The Snatch was reprinted in Alfred Hitchcock's Borrowers of the Night (1983)
- The Clock is Cuckoo was reprinted in Alfred Hitchcock: This One Will Kill You (1971) and Alfred Hitchcock's Tales to Send Chills Down Your Spine (May 1979)
- The Weapon was reprinted in Alfred Hitchcock's Grave Suspicions (1984)
Magazine Credits
- Richard E. Decker - Publisher
- Gladys Foster Decker - Editorial Director
- Ernest M. Hutter - Editor
- Patricia Hitchcock - Associate Editor
- Nick J. Sartorio - Circulation Director
- Marguerite Blair Deacon - Art Director
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