Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine. Vol. 39, No. 6, June, 1994

Editors Notes by Cathleen Jordan

We are glad to announce that the Robert L. Fish Memorial Award for Best First Mystery Short Story of 1993 was won by D. A. McGuire for “Wicked Twist,” the cover story in our October issue. We thought it was an excellent story, too, and we’re so pleased that the Mystery Writers of America’s short story committee agreed.

In this issue, as it happens, we lead off with “Virtual Fog,” a second story by Ms. McGuire. Like its predecessor, this one stars Herbie Sawyer and detective sergeant Jake Valari.

The Fish award will be presented on April 27th at the MWA’s annual awards banquet in New York.

Various activities will be going on in New York that week as part of the Edgar Week program. Those of you who will be in town will find author signings taking place on Monday, April 25th, at Barnes & Noble, 2289 Broadway (at West 82nd Street), from eight p.m. on, and on Thursday, April 28th, the Mysterious Bookshop at 129 West 56th Street will have an open house from eleven a m. till six p.m. There will also be an all-day symposium on Tuesday, April 26th, at Vanderbilt Hall, New York University School of Law, 40 Washington Square South, with registration at nine fifteen A.M. Panelists will include such writers as Elmore Leonard, Gregory Mcdonald, Margaret Maron, and Sue Grafton.

The fee for nonmembers of MWA is $40.