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Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine [v54 #7 & 8, July/August 2009] ed. Linda Landrigan (Dell Magazines, $7.99, 192pp, digest, cover by Balaikin) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 4 · Editor’s Notes: What Justice? · Linda Landrigan · ed 4 · The Lineup · Anon. · bg; includes a photo and brief biography of James Lincoln Warren, although no story by Warren appears in this issue. 6 · Soft Lights and Sabotage [The Four Horsemen] · Loren D. Estleman · ss 20 · The Mysterious Cipher · Willie Rose · pz 22 · Silicon Valley Tango [FBI Special Agent Dawna Shepherd] · Diana Deverell · ss; illustrated by Tim Foley 38 · Solution to the June “Dying Words” · Anon. · ms 39 · The High House Writer [K.C. Dunbar] · Brendan DuBois · ss 54 · Shanks on Misdirection [Leopold Longshanks] · Robert Lopresti · ss 61 · Mysterious Photograph · Anon. · cn; $25 given to the best short-short to explain the photograph. 62 · The Disappearance of Billy Dawber [Herbie Sawyer] · D. A. McGuire · nv 86 · Reel Crime · J. Rentilly · mr 90 · How Aunt Pud, Aunt Margaret, and the Family Retainers Kept Me from Hanging · Mike Culpepper · nv 108 · Scavenger · Elaine Menge · nv 126 · Dying Words Acrostic Puzzle · Arlene Fisher · pz 128 · The Powder Room · John M. Floyd · ss 142 · Booked & Printed · Robert C. Hahn · rc 146 · O’Nelligan’s Glory [Mr. O’Nelligan; Lee Plunkett] · Michael Nethercott · na; winner of the Black Orchid Novella Award. 189 · The Story That Won: Committed to Writing · Barry Hawgood · vi; winner of the January/February 2009 “Mysterious Photograph” contest.

Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine [v54 #9, September 2009] ed. Linda Landrigan (Dell Magazines, $4.99, 112pp+, digest, cover by William Aiken Waters) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · Editor’s Notes: First Impressions · Linda Landrigan · ed 3 · The Lineup · Anon. · bg 4 · Runaway · Eric Rutter · nv 26 · Real Men Die [Cyrus Auburn] · John H. Dirckx · nv; illustrated by Tim Foley 48 · Dying Words Acrostic Puzzle · Arlene Fisher · pz 50 · There You Go Sundance · Dan Warthman · ss 63 · The Mysterious Cipher · Willie Rose · pz 64 · Booked & Printed · Robert C. Hahn · rc 68 · The Incense Murder [Sugawara Akitada] · I. J. Parker · ss 86 · Pickup on Route 66 · Joseph B. Atkins · ss 96 · Introduction to ‘Space-Time for Springers’ · James Lincoln Warren · is [Fritz Leiber] 97 · Space-Time for Springers [Gummitch] · Fritz Leiber · ss Star Science Fiction Stories No. 4, ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine 1958; in AHMM’s “Mystery Classic” series. 106 · Solution to the July/August “Dying Words” · Anon. · ms 107 · Mysterious Photograph · Anon. · cn; $25 given to the best short-short to explain the photograph. 109 · The Story That Won: A Vulture’s Eye View · Larry Peterson · vi; winner of the March 2009 “Mysterious Photograph” contest.

Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine [v54 #10, October 2009] ed. Linda Landrigan (Dell Magazines, $4.99, 112pp, digest, cover by Fritz Kocher) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · Editor’s Notes: In the News · Linda Landrigan · ed 3 · The Lineup · Anon. · bg 4 · Constable Smith and the Bone Pointer [Leonard Smith, Aboriginal Liaison Constable] · Rex Burns · ss 18 · A Good Cuppa Joe · Joanne Dobson & Beverle Graves Myers · nv 39 · Mysterious Photograph · Anon. · cn; $25 given to the best short-short to explain the photograph. 40 · The Mound Builders [Laskin, South Dakota] · Eve Fisher · ss 50 · Booked & Printed · Robert C. Hahn · rc 54 · A Life in Books · Janice Law · ss 63 · Death at Syracusa [Kleides the Sophist] · Marianne Wilski Strong · nv 83 · The Mysterious Cipher · Willie Rose · pz 84 · Dying Words Acrostic Puzzle · Arlene Fisher · pz 86 · A Closer Walk with Thee · Tim Chapman · ss 95 · Solution to the September “Dying Words” · Anon. · ms 96 · Colorblind · Mike Wiecek · ss 109 · The Story That Won: Trainman · Patrick Gray · vi; winner of the April 2009 “Mysterious Photograph” contest.

Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine [v54 #11, November 2009] ed. Linda Landrigan (Dell Magazines, $4.99, 112pp, digest, cover by Joel Spector) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · Editor’s Notes: A Killer Year · Linda Landrigan · ed 4 · Deathtown · Dick Stodghill · ss 15 · Death of a Good Man [Laskin, South Dakota] · Eve Fisher · ss 26 · The Necklace of Glass [Colm] · Mike Culpepper · ss; illustrated by Tim Foley 36 · Dying Words Acrostic Puzzle · Arlene Fisher · pz 38 · Rumble Strip [Amos Walker] · Loren D. Estleman · ss 46 · Deadly Passage [Eban & Lucinda Hale] · Donald Moffitt · nv 76 · Booked & Printed · Robert C. Hahn · rc 80 · Regarding Certain Occurrences in a Cottage at the Garden of Allah · Robert S. Levinson · ss 93 · Solution to the October “Dying Words” · Anon. · ms 94 · Mysterious Photograph · Anon. · cn; $25 given to the best short-short to explain the photograph. 95 · Russians Come and Go · Scott Mackay · ss 109 · The Story That Won: Bag of Tricks · Gil Stern · vi; winner of the May 2009 “Mysterious Photograph” contest.

Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine [v54 #12, December 2009] ed. Linda Landrigan (Dell Magazines, $4.99, 112pp+, digest, cover by Maugli) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · Editor’s Notes: Byways of Crime · Linda Landrigan · ed 3 · The Lineup · Anon. · bg 4 · A Sorcerer’s Fate [Anita Ray] · Susan Oleksiw · ss 16 · The Trollfarm Killing [Colm] · Mike Culpepper · ss; illustrated by Tim Foley 25 · The Mysterious Cipher · Willie Rose · pz 26 · Dying Words Acrostic Puzzle · Arlene Fisher · pz 28 · Out of Her Depth · John C. Boland · ss 40 · Solution to the November “Dying Words” · Anon. · ms 41 · Mysterious Photograph · Anon. · cn; $25 given to the best short-short to explain the photograph. 42 · O’Nelligan and the Perfect Man [Mr. O’Nelligan; Lee Plunkett] · Michael Nethercott · ss 59 · Booked & Printed · Robert C. Hahn · rc 62 · Boudin Noir [Remy “The Chevalier”] · R. T. Lawton · ss 75 · The Caretaker · Terence Faherty · ss 90 · Nowhere to Go · Iain Rowan · ss 98 · Introduction to ‘The Man Who Was Kicked to Death’ · Kenneth Wishnia · is [Pablo Palacio] 99 · The Man Who Was Kicked to Death · Pablo Palacio; translated by Kenneth Wishnia · ss; in AHMM’s “Mystery Classic” series.; translated from the Spanish (1927). 107 · The Story That Won: Stepping Stone · Amy Edmonds · vi; winner of the June 2009 “Mysterious Photograph” contest. 108 · Index: Volume Fifty-Four, 2009 · Anon. · ix

Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine [v55 #1 & 2, January/February 2010] ed. Linda Landrigan (Dell Magazines, $7.99, 192pp, digest, cover by Art Valeron) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 4 · Editor’s Notes · Hank Blaustein · ct 5 · The Lineup · Anon. · bg 6 · Okiku and the Nine Plates [Inspector Jiro Fujiwara] · Alan Gratz · ss 20 · The God of Right and Wrong · Steven Gore · ss 33 · Mysterious Photograph · Anon. · cn; $25 given to the best short-short to explain the photograph. 34 · Midnight [New York County Courthouse] · K. J. Egan · ss 45 · Game · Janet E. Irvin · ss 55 · Solution to the December “Dying Words” · Anon. · ms 56 · A Spider in Zanzibar · Michelle Knowlden · ss 68 · Booked & Printed · Robert C. Hahn · rc 72 · Requiem for Antlers [Bubba Simms] · Mitch Alderman · nv; illustrated by Tim Foley 96 · The Mysterious Cipher · Willie Rose · pz 97 · The Case of the Vanishing Boy [Spade & Paladin] · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · nv 120 · Dying Words Acrostic Puzzle · Arlene Fisher · pz 122 · Five Wishes · Gary Alexander · ss 128 · Pretty Rita [John Raven Beau] · O’Neil De Noux · nv 150 · Thunder in the Room · Stringfellow Forbes · ss 158 · Unlikely Hood [Cyrus Auburn] · John H. Dirckx · nv 180 · The Lead Out · David Hagerty · ss 188 · The Story That Won: The Swimming Lesson · Daniel Middleton · vi; winner of the July/August 2009 “Mysterious Photograph” contest.

Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine [v55 #3, March 2010] ed. Linda Landrigan (Dell Magazines, $4.99, 112pp, digest) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · Editor’s Notes: Perils and Predicaments · Linda Landrigan · ed 3 · The Lineup · Anon. · bg 4 · The Hate Tapes · Doug Allyn · ss 22 · Burning Twilight [Kassy] · Kenneth Wishnia · ss 29 · Boundary Bridge · Stephen Ross · ss 38 · Dying Words Acrostic Puzzle · Arlene Fisher · pz 40 · In It Up to My Neck · Jas. R. Petrin · ss 55 · Mysterious Photograph · Anon. · cn; $25 given to the best short-short to explain the photograph. 56 · Don’t Reveal the Beginning [Cyrus Auburn] · John H. Dirckx · nv 77 · Solution to the January/February “Dying Words” · Anon. · ms 78 · Deserters · Chris Muessig · nv 98 · The Mysterious Cipher · Willie Rose · pz 99 · Booked & Printed · Robert C. Hahn · rc 102 · Introduction to ‘The Shape of the Sword’ · Robert Lopresti · is [Jorge Luis Borges] 103 · The Shape of the Sword · Jorge Luis Borges; translated by Donald A. Yates · ss Labyrinths, New Directions 1962; in AHMM’s “Mystery Classic” series. 109 · The Story That Won: Do Not Enter! · Barbara P. Barker · vi; winner of the September 2009 “Mysterious Photograph” contest.

Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine [v55 #4, April 2010] ed. Linda Landrigan (Dell Magazines, $4.99, 112pp, digest, cover by Stephen F. Hayes) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · Editor’s Notes: Men of Mystery · Linda Landrigan · ed 3 · The Lineup · Anon. · bg 4 · Get Sinatra [The Four Horsemen] · Loren D. Estleman · ss 21 · The Art of Deceit [Toby Bridgman] · Christopher Welch · ss 36 · Dying Words Acrostic Puzzle · Arlene Fisher · pz 38 · Thief in the House · Brendan DuBois · ss 45 · Between Minkhe and Mayrev [Rabbi Ben-Akiva; Kassy] · Kenneth Wishnia · nv 68 · Jango Says · Mark Patrick Lynch · ss 74 · As the Screw Turns · Shelley Costa · ss [Henry James]; a recasting of Henry James’ “The Turn of the Screw”. 89 · The Mysterious Cipher · Willie Rose · pz 90 · Booked & Printed · Robert C. Hahn · rc 106 · Solution to the March “Dying Words” · Anon. · ms 108 · Mysterious Photograph · Anon. · cn; $25 given to the best short-short to explain the photograph. 109 · The Story That Won: Den of Thieves · Michael Hamer · vi; winner of the October 2009 “Mysterious Photograph” contest.

Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine [v55 #5, May 2010] ed. Linda Landrigan (Dell Magazines, $4.99, 112pp, digest, cover by Tony Vita) “Our Annual Humor Issue” Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 5 · Editor’s Notes: Hearing Voices · Linda Landrigan · ed 5 · The Lineup · Anon. · bg 6 · Action · Chris F. Holm · ss 19 · Mysterious Photograph · Anon. · cn; $25 given to the best short-short to explain the photograph. 20 · Domestic Drama · Lynn K. Kilpatrick · ss In the House, University of Alabama Press 2010 29 · Solution to the April “Dying Words” · Anon. · ms 30 · True Test [Lt. Walt Johnson; Sgt. Gordon Bolt] · B. K. Stevens · nv; illustrated by Tim Foley 57 · Booked & Printed · Robert C. Hahn · rc 60 · Dingle Dangles and the “Untitled: Number 3 Caper” · Richard F. McGonegal · ss 69 · The Mysterious Cipher · Willie Rose · pz 70 · Drive-Thru · David Dietrich · ss 76 · Dying Words Acrostic Puzzle · Arlene Fisher · pz 78 · Money [Beemer] · Jas. R. Petrin · nv 98 · Somewhere Elsie · Neil Schofield · ss 109 · The Story That Won: With His Boots On · Michael Penncavage · vi; winner of the November 2009 “Mysterious Photograph” contest.

Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine [v55 #6, June 2010] ed. Linda Landrigan (Dell Magazines, $4.99, 112pp, digest, cover by Mark Hess) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · Editor’s Notes: Double Whammy · Linda Landrigan · ed 3 · The Lineup · Anon. · bg 4 · Black Hole Devotion [New York County Courthouse] · K. J. Egan · ss 15 · Kidnapped [Wiki Coffin] · Joan Druett · ss 22 · Ring Toss [John Ceepak] · Chris Grabenstein · nv 45 · Mysterious Photograph · Anon. · cn; $25 given to the best short-short to explain the photograph. 46 · Madame Selina [Madame Selina] · Janice Law · ss 56 · Hard as a Rock [Wilkes-Barre] · Marianne Wilski Strong · ss 71 · Booked & Printed · Robert C. Hahn · rc 80 · Dying Words Acrostic Puzzle · Arlene Fisher · pz 82 · Points · David Braly · ss 94 · Introduction to ‘Sleeping Dog’ · Walter Satterthwait · is [Ross Macdonald] 96 · Sleeping Dog [Lew Archer] · Ross Macdonald · ss Argosy Apr 1965; in AHMM’s “Mystery Classic” series. 109 · The Story That Won: Added Incentive · Margaret Anderson · vi; winner of the December 2009 “Mysterious Photograph” contest.

Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine [v55 #7 & 8, July/August 2010] ed. Linda Landrigan (Dell Magazines, $7.99, 192pp, digest, cover by Patricia Hamilton) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 4 · Editor’s Notes: And Justice for All? · Linda Landrigan · ed 4 · The Lineup · Anon. · bg 8 · Sundown, 290 West · David Dietrich · ss 14 · When the Apricots Bloom · Ellen Larson · ss 30 · No Trouble at All · Douglas Grant Johnson · nv 56 · Mysterious Photograph · Anon. · cn; $25 given to the best short-short to explain the photograph. 57 · Certified [Laskin, South Dakota] · Eve Fisher · ss 67 · They Called Her the Gungirl [Lucien Caye] · O’Neil De Noux · ss 84 · Booked & Printed · Robert C. Hahn · rc 88 · What People Leave Behind · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · nv 113 · Independence Day · R. T. Lawton · ss 126 · Dying Words Acrostic Puzzle · Arlene Fisher · pz 128 · True Literature · Ivan Onate; translated by Kenneth Wishnia · ss; translated from the Spanish. 135 · The Mob Tapes · David Braly · ss 138 · The Silver Pennies [Colm] · Mike Culpepper · ss 151 · Solution to the June “Dying Words” · Anon. · ms 151 · The Mysterious Cipher · Willie Rose · pz 152 · Stranglehold · Steve Liskow · na; winner of the Third Annual Black Orchid Novella Award. 189 · The Story That Won: If a Dog Barks in the Woods...? · Adam Witte · vi; winner of the January/February 2010 “Mysterious Photograph” contest.

Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine [v55 #9, September 2010] ed. Linda Landrigan (Dell Magazines, $4.99, 112pp, digest, cover by Argus Photo) Details supplied by Douglas Greene. 3 · Editor’s Notes: Betting on Crime · Linda Landrigan · ed 3 · The Lineup · Anon. · bg 4 · Grit [Cyrus Auburn] · John H. Dirckx · nv 25 · Tomb Guardian · Anthony Rainone · nv 46 · Dying Words Acrostic Puzzle · Arlene Fisher · pz 48 · The Little Nogai Boy [The Armenian] · R. T. Lawton · ss 58 · Solution to the July/August “Dying Words” · Anon. · ms 59 · Booked & Printed · Robert C. Hahn · rc 62 · Who Murdered Mama? · Robert S. Levinson · ss; illustrated by Tim Foley 68 · The Mysterious Cipher · Willie Rose · pz 69 · Mysterious Photograph · Anon. · cn; $25 given to the best short-short to explain the photograph. 70 · Winning Ticket · Christine Matthews · ss 80 · Dirty Bop to Blighty [FBI Special Agent Dawna Shepherd] · Diana Deverell · ss 94 · Introduction to ‘The Edge’ · Michael Nethercott · is [Agatha Christie] 97 · The Edge · Agatha Christie · ss Pearson’s Magazine Feb 1927; in AHMM’s “Mystery Classic” series. 109 · The Story That Won: Keep Watching This Space · Art Cosing · vi; winner of the March 2010 “Mysterious Photograph” contest.