Wicked Twist
Short story by D. A. McGuire
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"Wicked Twist" is the debut short story of American mystery writer D. A. McGuire. It was published in the November 1993 edition of Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, and features a 12 year-old detective.[1] The story won the Robert L. Fish Memorial Award from the Mystery Writers of America,[2] and was republished in the 1994 edition of The Year's Best Mystery and Suspense Stories, edited by Edward D. Hoch.[1] Publishers Weekly declared the short story to be among the best in the collection.[3]
The author is a former high school science teacher from Massachusetts and, as of 2012[update], has published 24 stories in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, and several more in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine.[4]
