Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (July 1968)

Details

• journal: Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (July 1968)
• issue: volume 13, number 7

Introduction

Dear Reader:

As Independence Day draws near, we are reminded that freedom inspires daring deeds. History is replete with such accounts, and so is this magazine, though herein there often develops certain changes in that inspirational condition.

Soon now — actually, at the flip of a page — another convention of some of the most highly qualified writers of suspense in the land will be called to order, each of them striving to win the nomination. The politicking is varies and admirable, and there promises to be more than a few surprises. A bludgeon here, a shot there — live coverage becomes difficult.

However, as your reported on the scene, I switch you with confidence from one spectacle to the next. No matter that so much else occurring this year is fraught with uncertainty. I, for one, feel quite comfortable that every issue of this magazine will prove to be, as those that have gone before, a rousing assemblage of the macabre. You are entitled to register as a continuing delegate on Page 160 or the inside back cover.

— Alfred Hitchcock

Contents

Short Stories

• Fat Jow and The Demon - Robert Alan Blair
• A Flower in Her Hair - Pauline C. Smith
• You Can Bet on Ruby Martinson - Henry Slesar
• Second Talent - James Holding
• The Creator of Spud Moran - John Lutz
• Nobody to Play With - Irwin Porges
• The Philanderer - Lawrence E. Orin
• Night Storm - Max Van Derveer
• Good-bye Now - Gil Brewer
• You Can't Fight City Hall, Pete - Bill Pronzini
• What Difference Now? - Clayton Matthews
• A Nice Wholesome Girl - Robert Colby
• Step No. VII - Harold Rolseth

Novelette

• Shadow Against Shadow - Edward Y. Breese

Notes

• "Good-bye Now" was reprinted in Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Get Me to the Wake On Time (1970)
• "Second Talent" was reprinted in Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories to Stay Awake By (1971)
• "Nobody to Play With" was reprinted in Alfred Hitchcock's Murder-Go-Round (1978)
• "What Difference Now?" was reprinted in Alfred Hitchcock's Tales to Make Your Teeth Chatter (1980)
• "A Flower in Her Hair" was reprinted in Alfred Hitchcock's Tales to Make Your Blood Run Cold (1978), The Best of Mystery (1980) and Alfred Hitchcock's Book of Horror Stories: Book 5 (1986)
• "Night Storm" was reprinted in Alfred Hitchcock's Borrowers of the Night (1983)

Magazine Credits

• Richard E. Decker - Publisher
• Gladys Foster Decker - Editorial Director
• Ernest M. Hutter - Editor
• Pat Hitchcock - Associate Editor
• Marguerite Blair Deacon - Art Director

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