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Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine [v61 #3, March 2016] ed. Linda Landrigan (Dell Magazines, $4.99, 112pp, digest) Details taken from magazine website. Step Light · David Tallerman · ss The Devil You Know [Leo “Skig” Skorzeny] · Jas. R. Petrin · ss The Spiritualist [Madame Selina] · Janice Law · ss Trap and Release · John H. Dirckx · ss Crow Moon [Sheriff Deputy Hector Moody] · David Edgerley Gates · ss Abundance of Patience · Julie Tollefson · ss Introduction to ‘The Norwegian Apple Mystery’ · John Gregory Betancourt · is [James Holding] The Norwegian Apple Mystery [Martin Leroy & King Danforth] · James Holding · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Nov 1960; in AHMM’s “Mystery Classic” series. The Lineup · Anon. · bg Mysterious Photograph · Anon. · cn; $25 given to the best short-short to explain the photograph. Dying Words Acrostic Puzzle · Arlene Fisher · pz The Story That Won: The Interrogation · Peter DiChellis · vi; winner of the September 2015 “Mysterious Photograph” contest. Solution to the January/February “Dying Words” · Anon. · ms The Mysterious Cipher · Willie Rose · pz Booked & Printed · Robert C. Hahn · rc

Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine [v61 #4, April 2016] ed. Linda Landrigan (Dell Magazines, $4.99, 112pp, digest) Details taken from magazine website. Heathen Springs · James L. Ross · ss Lovers and Thieves · Charles John Harper · ss We Walk on Top of Guns [Eureka Kilburn] · Jay Carey · ss; illustrated by Tim Foley The Kneeling Nun · David Edgerley Gates · ss The Last Blue Glass · B. K. Stevens · ss Play Ball · Jim Fusilli · ss The Lineup · Anon. · bg Mysterious Photograph · Anon. · cn; $25 given to the best short-short to explain the photograph. Dying Words Acrostic Puzzle · Arlene Fisher · pz The Story That Won: Easy Come Easy Go · Katherine Sheriff · vi; winner of the October 2015 “Mysterious Photograph” contest. Solution to the March “Dying Words” · Anon. · ms The Mysterious Cipher · Willie Rose · pz Booked & Printed · Robert C. Hahn · rc

Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine [v61 #5, May 2016] ed. Linda Landrigan (Dell Magazines, $4.99, 112pp, digest) Details supplied by Morbus Iff. 3 · What Could Go Wrong? · Linda Landrigan · ed 3 · The Lineup · Anon. · bg 4 · The Cumberland Package · Robert Mangeot · ss; illustrated by Ally Hodges 19 · The Mysterious Cipher · Willie Rose · pz 20 · May Day · R. T. Lawton · ss 30 · The Empty Space · Kurt Bachard · nv; illustrated by Tim Foley 55 · Mysterious Photograph · Anon. · cn; $25 given to the best short-short to explain the photograph. 56 · The Chemistry of Heroes · Catherine Dilts · ss 76 · Dying Words Acrostic Puzzle · Arlene Fisher · pz 78 · Shanks Goes Rogue [Leopold Longshanks] · Robert Lopresti · ss 84 · The Vanishing Vacation · Susan Thibadeau · nv; illustrated by Hank Blaustein 106 · Booked & Printed · Robert C. Hahn · rc 109 · The Story That Won: Here! · Gigi Vernon · vi; winner of the November 2015 “Mysterious Photograph” contest. 112 · Solution to the April “Dying Words” · Anon. · ms

Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine [v61 #6, June 2016] ed. Linda Landrigan (Dell Magazines, $4.99, 112pp, digest, cover by Chuntisel) Details supplied by Morbus Iff. 2 · It Takes a Village · Linda Landrigan · ed 2 · The Lineup · Anon. · bg 3 · Chase Your Dreams · Michael Bracken · ss 10 · Death of a Feminist · Sarah Weinman · ss; illustrated by Tim Foley 23 · The Mysterious Cipher · Willie Rose · pz 24 · The King of K-Pop · Martin Limón · ss 40 · Dying Words Acrostic Puzzle · Arlene Fisher · pz 42 · A Taste of Murder · Janice Law · nv; illustrated by Linda Weatherly 65 · Mysterious Photograph: Words Taking Flight · Anon. · cn; $25 given to the best short-short to explain the photograph. 67 · A Battlefield Reunion · Brendan DuBois · ss 86 · Patsy Cline at Harry’s Last Chance Saloon · Erica Wright · ss; illustrated by Ally Hodges 94 · Mystery Classic · Jane K. Cleland · is 95 · Poor Sherm · Ruth Chessman · ss Manhunt Aug 1958 106 · Booked & Printed · Robert C. Hahn · rc _106 · Death on a Starry Night, by Betsy Draine & Michael Hinden · Robert C. Hahn · br _107 · Capitol Punishment, by Andrew Welsh-Huggins · Robert C. Hahn · br _108 · The Day After Death, by Lynn C. Miller · Robert C. Hahn · br 109 · The Story That Won: A Better Plan · Charles R. McCrary, Jr. · vi; winner of the December 2015 “Mysterious Photograph” contest. 112 · Solution to the May “Dying Words” · Anon. · ms

Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine [v61 #7/8, July/August 2016] ed. Linda Landrigan (Dell Magazines, $7.99, 192pp, digest, cover by LuckyN) Details supplied by Morbus Iff. 4 · A Legacy of Crime · Linda Landrigan · ed 5 · The Lineup · Anon. · bg 6 · The Widow Cleans House · Jason Half · ss; illustrated by A. J. Frena 17 · The Heist [New York County Courthouse] · Kevin Egan · ss 26 · Can’t Undo [Cyrus Auburn] · John H. Dirckx · ss 43 · The Mysterious Cipher · Willie Rose · pz 44 · Mysterious Photograph: The Sign at the Cairn · Anon. · cn; $25 given to the best short-short to explain the photograph. 45 · Great Expectations · Eve Fisher · ss 56 · Mr. Crockett and the Indians · Evan Lewis · ss 74 · The Great Aul [The Armenian] · R. T. Lawton · ss; illustrated by Tim Foley 87 · Margo and the Milk Trap [Margo Banning] · Terence Faherty · ss 96 · Booked & Printed · Robert C. Hahn · rc _96 · Perfect Days, by Raphael Montes · Robert C. Hahn · br _97 · The Final Tap, by Amanda Flower · Robert C. Hahn · br _97 · Plain Dead, by Emma Miller · Robert C. Hahn · br _98 · Fighting Chance, by B.K. Stevens · Jackie Sherbow · br _99 · Chaos Theory, by M. Evonne Dobson · Jackie Sherbow · br _99 · I’m from Nowhere, by Suzanne Meyers · Jackie Sherbow · br 100 · Beauty Shop of Horror · Andrea Smith · ss 115 · The Organ Grinder’s Daughter [Madame Selina] · Janice Law · ss 124 · Shortcut to Gringo Hill · James Nolan · ss; illustrated by Ally Hodges 140 · Dying Words Acrostic Puzzle · Arlene Fisher · pz 142 · The Last Loose End · Alan Orloff · ss 149 · A Meter of Murder · Mark Thielman · nv; winner of the 9th “Black Orchid Novella Award”. 189 · The Story That Won: Mama · Vy Kava · vi; winner of the January/February 2016 “Mysterious Photograph” contest. 192 · Solution to the June “Dying Words” · Anon. · ms

Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine [v61 #9, September 2016] ed. Linda Landrigan (Dell Magazines, $4.99, 112pp, digest, cover by Leonid Andronov) Details taken from magazine website. Playing the Ace [The Four Horsemen] · Loren D. Estleman · ss The Frozen Fiske · Brian Cox · ss First, Dig Two Graves · Wendy Leeds · ss Tout · Russel D. McLean · ss Louisa and the Silver Buckle [Amanda Gillman] · Marianne Wilski Strong · ss Miss West’s First Case · Eve Fisher · ss Introduction to “The Infallible Godahl” · Joseph Goodrich · is The Infallible Godahl [Oliver Armiston] · Frederick Irving Anderson · nv The Saturday Evening Post Feb 15 1913 The Lineup · Anon. · bg The Mysterious Cipher · Willie Rose · pz Mysterious Photograph · Anon. · cn; $25 given to the best short-short to explain the photograph. Booked & Printed · Robert C. Hahn · rc Dying Words Acrostic Puzzle · Arlene Fisher · pz The Story That Won: Awaiting the Battering Ram · Douglas Empringham · vi; winner of the March 2016 “Mysterious Photograph” contest. Solution to the July/August “Dying Words” · Anon. · ms

Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine [v61 #10, October 2016] ed. Linda Landrigan (Dell Magazines, $4.99, 112pp, digest, cover by Andrew Ross) Details taken from magazine website. Editor’s Notes: Trouble in Heels · Linda Landrigan · ed The Lineup · Anon. · bg Votes for Women · Janice Law · ss The Book of Judges [New York County Courthouse] · Kevin Egan · ss; illustrated by Ally Hodges The Crack of Doom · Bill Pronzini & Barry N. Malzberg · ss The Mysterious Cipher · Willie Rose · pz Pandora’s Bluff [Pandora Parson] · Gilbert M. Stack · ss; illustrated by Andrew Wright Mysterious Photograph · Anon. · cn; $25 given to the best short-short to explain the photograph. Variable Winds · Susan Oleksiw · ss; illustrated by Howard John Arey Breakfast with Strange · Martin Limón · ss; illustrated by A. J. Frena The Last Walk of Filips Finks · William Burton McCormick · ss Booked & Printed · Robert C. Hahn · rc Close Scrutiny · Elaine Menge · ss Dying Words Acrostic Puzzle · Arlene Fisher · pz Stella by Starlight · Con Lehane · ss The Story That Won: Whitish Heat · Daniel LeBoeuf · vi; winner of the April 2016 “Mysterious Photograph” contest. Solution to the September “Dying Words” · Anon. · ms

Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine [v61 #11, November 2016] ed. Linda Landrigan (Dell Magazines, $4.99, 112pp, digest) Details supplied by Morbus Iff. 3 · Editor’s Notes: Pay Attention! · Linda Landrigan · ed 3 · The Lineup · Anon. · bg 4 · Death at the Althing · Stephen P. Kelner, Jr. · ss; illustrated by Tim Foley 21 · The Mysterious Cipher · Willie Rose · pz 22 · A Precautionary Tale [R. J. & Ginny Carr] · S. L. Franklin · nv 47 · Mysterious Photograph: There’s One in Every Crowd · Anon. · cn; $25 given to the best short-short to explain the photograph. 48 · Opening Day, 1954 · Diana Deverell · ss 60 · Dying Words Acrostic Puzzle · Arlene Fisher · pz 62 · Proof · Eric Rutter · ss 77 · Booked & Printed · Robert C. Hahn · rc _77 · The Mistletoe Murder and Other Stories, by P.D. James · Robert C. Hahn · br _77 · The Jealous Kind, by James Lee Burke · Robert C. Hahn · br _78 · Night School, by Lee Child · Robert C. Hahn · br _79 · Storm Cell, by Brendan DuBois · Robert C. Hahn · br 80 · Pisan Zapra · Josh Pachter · ss; illustrated by Linda Weatherly 85 · Stone Soup [Mickey Counihan] · David Edgerley Gates · ss 96 · Iron Chef [Laskin, South Dakota] · Eve Fisher · ss; illustrated by A. J. Frena 109 · The Story That Won: Out of the Way · Julie K. Henderson · vi; winner of the May 2016 “Mysterious Photograph” contest. 112 · Solution to the October “Dying Words” · Anon. · ms

Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine [v61 #12, December 2016] ed. Linda Landrigan (Dell Magazines, $4.99, 112pp, digest, cover by Edward Kinsella) Details supplied by Morbus Iff. 3 · Editor’s Notes: 60 Is the New... · Linda Landrigan · ed 3 · The Lineup · Anon. · bg 4 · Beks and the Second Note · Bruce Arthurs · ss; illustrated by Tim Foley 14 · Whatever It Takes · Lawrence Block · ss 17 · The Mysterious Cipher · Willie Rose · pz 18 · Overworked · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · nv 42 · The Woman Who Sold Love Stories · John C. Boland · ss; illustrated by Ally Hodges 55 · Mysterious Photograph: You Want That Other Turkey, Dude · Anon. · cn; $25 given to the best short-short to explain the photograph. 56 · The Silent Order of God · Stephen Ross · ss; subtitled “A Ordem Silenciosa de Deus” on the story itself. 70 · Booked & Printed · Robert C. Hahn · rc _70 · Robert B. Parker’s Debt to Pay, by Reed Farrel Coleman · Robert C. Hahn · br _71 · I Shot the Buddha, by Colin Cotterill · Robert C. Hahn · br _72 · The Eastern Shore, by Ward Just · Robert C. Hahn · br 73 · The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea · David Edgerley Gates · ss 88 · Dying Words Acrostic Puzzle · Arlene Fisher · pz 90 · Lady Appleton and the Creature of the Night [Susanna, Lady Appleton] · Kathy Lynn Emerson · ss; illustrated by Linda Weatherly 99 · 60 Years: Our Writers Remember · Ron Goulart, John Lutz, Josh Pachter, John H. Dirckx, Charles Ardai & Brian Cox · ar 107 · The Story That Won: What the Butler Knew · Tim Hodge · vi; winner of the June 2016 “Mysterious Photograph” contest. 108 · Index: Volume Sixty-One, 2016 · Anon. · ix 112 · Solution to the November “Dying Words” · Anon. · ms

Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine [v62 #1/2, January/February 2017] ed. Linda Landrigan (Dell Magazines, $7.99, 192pp, digest) Details taken from magazine website. Editor’s Notes: Subscriber Note · Linda Landrigan · ed The Lineup · Anon. · bg Chin Yong-Yun Stays at Home [Lydia Chin & Bill Smith] · S. J. Rozan · ss; illustrated by Hank Blaustein Christmas 1953 · Dennis McFadden · ss Mysterious Photograph: The Day After · Anon. · cn; $25 given to the best short-short to explain the photograph. Futures Off at Closing · John H. Dirckx · ss The Hawaii Murder Case [Philo Vance] · Terence Faherty · ss; illustrated by A. J. Frena Dying Words Acrostic Puzzle · Arlene Fisher · pz Resolutions · R. T. Lawton · ss Booked & Printed · Robert C. Hahn · rc O’Nelligan and the Beautiful Dreamer [Mr. O’Nelligan; Lee Plunkett] · Michael Nethercott · ss The Mysterious Cipher · Willie Rose · pz Winter’s Journey · Richard J. Koreto · ss; illustrated by Ron Chironna Alice Stockbridge · Jim Ingraham · ss We Are Trapped at the Morgue [Eureka Kilburn] · Jay Carey · ss; illustrated by Howard John Arey Random Nature · Brendan DuBois · ss The Papergirl · Dashiell Crowe · ss Introduction to “Pierre Chambrun and the Black Days” · Marvin Lachman · is Pierre Chambrun and the Black Days [Pierre Chambrun] · Hugh Pentecost · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Dec 1968 The Story That Won: This Could Work · Trina Giffin · ss; winner of the September 2016 “Mysterious Photograph” contest. The Story That Won: Dark Passage · Tim Hodge · ss; winner of the October 2016 “Mysterious Photograph” contest.

Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine [v62 #3/4, March/April 2017] ed. Linda Landrigan (Dell Magazines, $7.99, 192pp, digest) Details taken from magazine website. Editor’s Notes: Strength of Character · Linda Landrigan · ed The Lineup · Anon. · bg Rough-Hewn Retribution · Nancy Pauline Simpson · ss The Echoes · Charles John Harper · ss; illustrated by Ally Hodges Promo for the Wolfe Pack/AHMM $1000 Black Orchid Novella Contest · Anon. · cn A Little Cariñoso · Chris Knopf · ss Dead Air · Dale Berry · cs Underground Above Ground · Bob Tippee · ss Razor’s Edge · Alan E. Foulds · ss Dying Words Acrostic Puzzle · Arlene Fisher · pz Greed · Gilbert M. Stack · ss Magpie Man · Tony Richards · ss Mysterious Photograph: Ice Falls · Anon. · cn; $25 given to the best short-short to explain the photograph. How Do You Know What You Want · Susan Oleksiw · ss Bygones · Wayne J. Gardiner · ss; illustrated by A. J. Frena & Howard John Arey Booked & Printed · Robert C. Hahn · rc Hominid [Il Yong] · Martin Limón · ss Bleak Future [Bubba Simms] · Mitch Alderman · ss The Mysterious Cipher · Willie Rose · pz The Story That Won: Stiff Competition · Margaret L. Welsh · ss; winner of the July/August 2016 “Mysterious Photograph” contest. The Story That Won: Best in the Field · Caryl Giles · ss; winner of the November 2016 “Mysterious Photograph” contest.

Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine [v62 #5/6, May/June 2017] ed. Linda Landrigan (Dell Magazines, $7.99, 192pp, digest) Details taken from magazine website. The Lineup · Anon. · bg Money Maker [Leo “Skig” Skorzeny] · Jas. R. Petrin · ss; illustrated by Ally Hodges Home from Home [Davie Gray] · S. J. I. Holliday · ss Twelve Angry Days · Paul D. Marks · ss Dying Words Acrostic Puzzle · Arlene Fisher · pz The Kubelsky Block [Tamar Gillespie] · John C. Boland · ss; illustrated by Tim Foley Booked & Printed · Robert C. Hahn · rc If Eye Was Ewe [Cyrus Auburn] · John H. Dirckx · ss The Mysterious Cipher · Willie Rose · pz Hatcheck · Steve Lindley · ss; illustrated by Tom Pokinko It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Girl! · Jeff Cohen · ss The Night They Burned Ms. Dixie’s Place · Debra H. Goldstein · ss Mysterious Photograph: The Final Course · Anon. · cn; $25 given to the best short-short to explain the photograph. Tattersby and the Silence of the Lumbs [Harry Tattersby] · Neil Schofield · ss The Loneliest Night of the Week · Christopher Latragna · ss Unrepentant Sinner · Catherine Dilts · ss; illustrated by Alicia Ballam Introduction to “Daisy Bell” · Jason Half · is Daisy Bell · Gladys Mitchell · nv Detective Stories of To-Day, ed. Raymond Postgate, Faber and Faber 1940 The Story That Won: Amazing Grace · Rudy Uribe, Jr. · vi; winner of the December 2016 “Mysterious Photograph” contest. The Story That Won: Naughty but Nice · Diane Pappas · vi; winner of the January/February 2017 “Mysterious Photograph” contest.