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Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine
Monthly digest fiction magazine
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (AHMM) is a bi-monthly digest size fiction magazine specializing in crime and detective fiction.
AHMM is named for Alfred Hitchcock, the famed director of suspense films and television.
Alfred hitchcock mystery magazine
History
AHMM was founded in 1956 by HSD Publications, which licensed the use of the director's name. Though there was no formal connection with the television show, stories published in the magazine were sometimes adapted by the producers of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, and later, The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.
A few writers, such as Henry Slesar, wrote for both. Other contributors during the magazine’s early years included Evan Hunter (under the pen name Ed McBain), Ed Lacy, Bill Pronzini, Jim Thompson, Donald E. Westlake and Charles Willeford (who briefly worked for the magazine).
Pat Hitchcock, Alfred's daughter, also briefly worked for the magazine.
In 1975, AHMM was acqu