Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (May 1969)


cover by Marguerite Blair Deacon

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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

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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