Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine

23/05/2024

Check out out latest blog post, where Marcelle Dubé discusses the origins of her upcoming story, "Chuck Berry Is Missing," which will appear our July/August issue!

Håkan Henriksson (Narking), CC BY 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons I read all kinds of fiction—fantasy, crime, suspense, thriller, science fiction—but they all have to have one thing, or I won’t finish th…

06/05/2024

Check out this week's blog post, where Robert Lopresti tells readers how a Seattle-area kids show helped inspire his latest story, "Professor Pie Is Going to Die," from our May/June issue

Sometimes I have no idea where I get the idea for a short story but I can tell you exactly what inspired “Professor Pie is Going to Die” in the May/June issue of AHMM. It was “Mr. Jolly Gets His J…

29/04/2024

Our May/June issue, on sale now!

05/04/2024

Looking for a little inspiration? Then check out our latest blog post, where Ken Linn discusses the writing process behind his story "Murder, with Resignation"

Computer Science pioneer and U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Grace Hopper said, “A ship in port is safe, but that’s not what ships are built for.” There are a lot of ships leaving port the…

04/04/2024

Congratulations to Michael Bracken, whose story "Denim Mining," originally published in our May/June 2023 issue, has just been announced as a 2024 Derringer Award finalist.

15/03/2024

Learn how the political realm can inspire great mysteries in this week's blog post by Andrew Welsh-Huggins, whose latest story will appear in our May/June issue

Andrew Welsh-Huggins discusses some of the political inspiration behind his upcoming story featured in our [May/June issue, on sale mid-April!] I love a mystery or thriller set in Washington D.C.’s…

13/03/2024

"Regarding writing, stuff will stay in my head for a long time, and sometimes, I don’t know when it’s ready. When it’s ready, I go. I must get the first draft out. You must get it out because you don’t know what it’s about until it's done. Writing is rewriting."

Clay Stafford has a conversation with award-winning writer Robert Mangeot on writing and selling short stories, including how he gets ideas, manages the middle of stories, finds fiction markets, and much more.

22/02/2024

Valued authors: We are aware of the problem with our submission system's e-mail responses not being delivered and are working to fix it. Thank you for your patience!

22/02/2024

Check out our latest blog post, where Robert Lopresti tells a story from his college days that inspired his story "Shank's Role Model," featured in our March/April issue

I am delighted to have a story in the March/April issue of AHMM. In “Shanks’s Role Model” my mystery writer protagonist goes to a college reunion and is reminded of some strange events from his un…

13/02/2024

My AHMM Valentine!

07/02/2024

Congratulations to Shelley Costa, whose AHMM story "The Knife Sharpener" has been nominated for an Agatha Award from Malice Domestic! Kudos to all the nominees.

12/12/2023

ATTENTION: We lost all manuscripts sent to us in late September/early October 2023 due to a glitch in our database. If you believe your story may have been affected by our technical difficulties, please resubmit it. We apologize for the inconvenience.

08/12/2023

Our editor Linda Landrigan is the featured guest on the Sisters in Crime Writers' Podcast! You can listen here:

Linda Landrigan has had a longtime love affair with mystery. Earning her undergraduate degree from New College in Florida and her Master’s degree from Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, Linda held a variety of jobs before landing a position as associate editor of Hitchcock under the magazine’s ...

30/11/2023

Tune in to the latest episode of our podcast series! This time around, we're featuring a sensational mystery set in northern Wales narrated by none other than Sherlock Holmes's friend and confidant, Dr. John H. Watson.

The latest episode in our podcast series features a mystery featuring Sherlock Holmes's friend and confidant Dr. John H. Watson. This time around, Dr. Watson travels to coal-mining country in northern Wales to investigate corrupt railroad barons. Please enjoy "The Green Man" by James G. Tipton, from...

17/11/2023

In this week's blog post, learn about the milk strike that helped inspire Michael Bracken's latest AHMM story, "Spilt Milk," in our Nov/Dec issue, on sale now!

When I married Temple Walker in November 2015, I did not realize I was marrying into a crime family. I’m not certain she realized it, either. Not long after our marriage, Temple and her father—Jame…

08/11/2023

In this week's blog post, learn how the city of Louisville, KY helped inspire Robert Mangeot's latest story, "Know Thyself," from our November/December issue

A mile from where I grew up stands the Crescent Hill Free Public Library. It was built along Frankfort Avenue in 1905, one of over a thousand U.S. libraries built on money from none other than Andr…

20/10/2023

Find out how Star Trek inspired Sharon Jarvis's latest story for AHMM, "Beam Me Up, Elsie," now available in our November/December issue!

Although I spent my entire childhood (and beyond) in the library, I also spent it watching television. (My father claimed he bought the first television owned by any family on our block in Brooklyn…

18/10/2023

We're thrilled to bring you an exclusive interview of best-selling crime fiction author Peter James by AHMM contributor William Burton McCormick! Please enjoy this special feature in our Trace Evidence blog series

Best-selling author Peter James (credit: James Clarke) With over twenty-one million books sold and 19 Sunday Times No.1 sellers, Peter James is among the most accomplished crime writers in British …

16/10/2023

Grab a copy of our November/December issue, on sale tomorrow, Oct. 17th, and enjoy a host of suspenseful stories from our John M. Floyd, Mark Thielman, and more![alfredhitchcockmysterymagazine.com/store/]

12/09/2023

Find out what co-writing a story for the first time is like in this week's blog post by Sandra Murphy.

If you’ve ever watched a cooking show like Iron Chef or Chopped, there’s always one chef who uses every possible ingredient, every pot and pan in the kitchen, and who knocks one or more of them ont…

31/08/2023

Check out this week's blog post! This time, we're featuring a short essay from former boxer and fireman Mark Hannon, whose latest story, "Doing Business," appears in our Sept/Oct issue.

Many years ago, when I had dreams of athletic glory, I used to box and I started learning the fistic science at Gleason’s Gym in N.Y. when they were located on West 30th Street in what was th…

18/08/2023

Start your weekend early by listening to the exciting new episode of our podcast series! This time we're featuring "The Beano," a story of murder and music memorabilia by Floyd Sullivan.

Find out what happens when a photographer gets wrapped up in a murder case involving a very famous guitar and a sports memorabilia collector. Here is "The Beano" by Floyd Sullivan, from our September/October 2021 issue.

17/08/2023

Read Elizabeth Zelvin's essay about the many reasons to love mystery fiction, and don't miss her latest story in our September/October issue, on sale this week!

What aspect of mystery stories gives you the most pleasure?  Is it the puzzle? Do you adore a locked room? A brain teaser? The slow elimination of suspect after suspect? Do you love to re-read…

14/08/2023

Learn about the writing tips that helped Kevin Egan write his latest story for AHMM and sustain a writing career for nearly 40 years.

Summer 1986—my track record as a writer: one published short story and a completed novel. After months of trolling for an agent by snail-mailing hard-copy packages made up of the first three chapte…

07/08/2023

Check out Kell Brigan's dynamic writing style in this week's blog post, which features a short story about looking for clues in the desert of the southwestern US

Compasses aren’t fashionable, anyway, even if you had remembered to bring one. We’re supposed to charge into the badlands relying on our shiny new GPS app, even it if does sometimes tell us to driv…

04/08/2023

You may have noticed that AHMM is currently closed to submissions until September. We value our authors and the many people who submit their stories to us each year. However, we have temporarily closed while we turn out attention to reading the Black Orchid Novella Award submissions. Thank you for your patience.