Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (AHMM)

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About

For over sixty years, Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine has been one of the foremost publishers of mystery, crime, and suspense short stories, offering mystery fiction of the broadest range and the highest quality. Home to many renowned authors, including Martin Limón, Jane K. Cleland, Loren Estleman, Rhys Bowen, and Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Hitchcock’s stories represent every subgenre of mystery fiction, from the classic whodunit to the hardboiled tale of suspense, and everything in between. AHMM has also introduced numerous new authors who have taken their places among the luminaries of the genre. Stories featured in AHMM have won dozens of awards, including many Robert L. Fish awards for Best First Mystery Short Story of the year.

Country of Publication & Year Established

United States

Established in 1956

Publication Medium & Frequency

Print Publication Print Publication: Published 6 x per year

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Statistics Synopsis

Slower: Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine's overall average response time is slower than most magazines.
More Challenging: Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine's overall acceptance rate is lower than most magazines.
Less Responsive: Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine's overall rate of non-response is higher than most magazines.

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Fiction Open

We are interested in nearly every kind of mystery: stories of detection of the classic kind, police procedurals, private eye tales, suspense, courtroom dramas, stories of espionage, and so on. We ask only that the story be about a crime (or the threat or fear of one). We sometimes accept ghost stories or supernatural tales, but those also should involve a crime.

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Genres:

Mystery/Crime Open to all/most Subgenres, including: Crime, Police Procedural, Private Investigator, Supernatural
Suspense/Thriller Open to all/most Subgenres, including: Crime, Espionage

Lengths:

Flash Fiction: Up to 1,000 words.
Short Story: 1,000 - 7,500 words.
Novelette: 7,500 - 12,000 words.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Mainstream.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Payment:

Unknown payment Unknown payment.

Submissions:

Methods: Submission manager. Postal.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Unknown.
Media: Text.

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Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine Submission Statistics

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This project ranks among the 25 Slowest Fiction Publishers in our database.

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Accuracy

We have received 34 reports from 30 different members within the past 12 months, not including pending responses (see below). The more responses reported, the more accurate the information.

Days Reported

30 min | 391.3 mean avg | 442.5 median | 564 max days (370.0 std dev)

Responses

61.76 %

Acceptances:

2.94 % of submissions accepted (564.0 avg. days per acceptance) | 3.33 % of submitters accepted

Rejections:

58.82 % (443.9 avg. days per rejection) | 30.0 % personal, 60.0 % form, 10.0 % unspecified

Non-Responses

8.82 %

Lost/Returned:

Never Responded:

8.82 % (474.0 avg. days before reporting submissions as never responded)

Withdrawals

29.41 % (165.3 avg. days per withdrawal)

Pending

31 responses are pending (15 min | 233.6 mean avg | 221.0 median | 512 max days waiting | 683.8 std dev) from 27 different members

Other Information

Most submissions are acknowledged on the same day.
Most recent response reported was received on 09 Jul 2026.
Responses have been received for submissions sent as recently as 24 Apr 2025.
Date compiled: 05 Sep 2026 14:26 UTC (46 minutes ago).

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Dates

Last Updated: 27 Aug 2026

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