Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine's Podcast

Rex Burns reads his story "Shadow People" from the June 2006 issue of AHMM. http://www.rexburns.com/

Tom Savage reads his story "The Method in Her Madness" from the June 2005 issue of AHMM. His newest story for AHMM is in the current issue (June 2013). http://tomsavagebooks.com/

Shelley Costa reads her story "Strangle Vine" from the November 2012 issue of AHMM. http://www.shelleycosta.com

Recorded live at Bouchercon 2012, L. A. Wilson Jr. reads his story "Jazreen," which was originally featured in the November 1997 issue and was reprinted in AHMM's electronic anthology. http://amzn.to/XJHEQG

Live from Bouchercon 2011, Gary Alexander reads his two companion stories "Four Wishes" (AHMM January/February 2001) and "Five Wishes" (AHMM January/February 2010). Featuring introductions by the author. http://www.mysterywriters.org/user/3507

For this episode, we reach back in our archives to the April 1969 issue for the story “The First Day of Spring” by Howell Hurst. More than forty years after the story’s publication, Mr. Hurst is turning it into a feature-length film, also called “The First Day of Spring,” set in the present. Mr. Hurst reads the story and answers some questions we had about the creative process of translating a sho...

B. K. Stevens reads her story "Adjuncts Anonymous" from the June 2009 issue of AHMM. www.bkstevensmysteries.com www.trace-evidence.net

Stephen Ross reads his story "Boundary Bridge" from the March 2010 issue of AHMM. Featuring original music, written and performed by the author. http://www.stephenross.net/

Elaine Viets reads her story "After the Fall" from the January/February 2006 issue of AHMM. Featuring a question and answer session with editor Linda Landrigan. http://www.elaineviets.com/

John Lutz reads his story from the September 1967 issue of AHMM. Recorded live at Bouchercon 2011. http://www.johnlutzonline.com/

Rhys Bowen reads her story "The Wall" from the July/August 2005 issue of AHMM, followed by a brief question and answer session between the author and editor Linda Landrigan. http://www.rhysbowen.com/

New Hampshire native Brendan DuBois reads his story "The High House Writer" from the July/August 2009 issue of AHMM. http://www.brendandubois.com/

Russel D. McLean reads his AHMM story "Dudman's Word," featuring Private Eye Sam Bryson and set in a vividly drawn Dundee, Scotland. http://www.russeldmclean.com/ http://www.theseayemeanstreets.blogspot.com/

What does a top secret government project have to do with the invention of pizza as we know it? Steve Hockensmith reveals all in this story from our December 2005 issue.

In this Shamus Award-winning story, which takes place in 11th century Japan, law clerk Sugawara Akitada is hired by a father whose daughter has suddenly disappeared. I.J. Parker is the author of seven Akitada novels, including the just-released The Masuda Affair (Severn House).

Douglas Greene, publisher of Crippen & Landru reads "The People Across the Canyon" by Margaret Millar, from her collection of stories The Couple Next Door , published by Crippen & Landru. The story was reprinted in AHMM in the November 2005 issue as a Mystery Classic.

In this cozy, read by the author, bookstore owner Margaret Welsh has noticed books disappearing from her store's shelves over several months, and now her elephant dung garden sculpture is missing too--could the garden thief and the bookworm be the same person?

A horrible crime might never have been uncovered if not for a retired schoolteacher's empathy with a young girl in distress. From the July/August 2010 issue.

Jim Fusilli reads his Edgar-nominated story "Digby, Attorney at Law."

Characters from THE FIFTH SERVANT continue their adventures in 16th century Eastern Europe.

A lady apothecary faces community suspicion in a tie-in with Mr. Wishnia’s new novel, The Fifth Servant.

"A Crust of Rice" by Martin Limón is a tale of survival in the aftermath of the Korean War. A desperate young woman, Ji-na, searches for her erstwhile boyfriend, an American G.I., claiming that he beat and robbed her. She finds unexpected help in the form of Kimiko, an older and wiser "business woman."

"The End of the Train" by Mike Wiecek takes us to the Newark, New Jersey, train yards, where it appears a train loaded with dangerous chemicals has been inexplicably stolen. This story is from the June 2007 issue of AHMM.

The author herself reads her award-nominated mystery story featuring Josie Prescott, an antiques dealer in New Hampshire.