“Sifting Through EQMM Buried Treasures” (by Sarah Weinman)
Many of EQMM’s subscribers, over the magazine’s long history, have been collectors of the magazine. Sometimes one hears of whole runs of the magazine being offered for sale, but more often several...
View Article“You Do WHAT With Your Short Stories?” (by Brendan DuBois)
EQMM has published many prolific short-story writers over the years, most notably Edward D. Hoch, who, in the course of his lifetime, sold more than 900 short stories. A tenth of that number would be a...
View ArticleMEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND DIGITAL-EDITION SALE
Are you starting to put together your summer-reading list? If you have an e-reader, you’ll find it easy to download and enjoy EQMM while traveling. And to gear up, Magzter is running a Memorial Day...
View ArticleINDEPENDENCE DAY DIGITAL-EDITION SALE
Still looking for the perfect vacation reading? From July 1 through July 7, you can enjoy 50% off on digital subscriptions to both EQMM and AHMM. Available only through Zinio with the code SAVE50.
View ArticleHAPPY HOLIDAYS
All of the staff at EQMM would like to wish our readers joyful holidays and a happy new year! We will not be posting again on this site until Wednesday, January 8, 2014. We hope the following cartoon,...
View Article“Inspired to Travel!” (by Joan Richter)
Not many mystery writers can claim to have had Ellery Queen as their writing instructor, but Joan Richter was not only a student but a star pupil of Frederic Dannay (half the Ellery Queen team). He...
View ArticleVALENTINE’S DAY DIGITAL-EDITION SALE
Treat yourself or someone you love this Valentine’s Day with 40% off a one-year digital subscription, from now through February 15th from Magzter.
View Article“How I Do What I Do, and Why” (by Percy Spurlark Parker)
Percy Spurlark Parker’s fiction debut was a story for EQMM’s Department of First Stories in 1972. Since then he’s authored two published novels and dozens of short stories, which have appeared not only...
View ArticleNEITHER LOST NOR FORGOTTEN
Permanence for the written word was a quest of authors and other lovers of books long before the rise of digital publishing, but the new publishing formats have exacerbated concerns about valuable...
View Article“Who Wrote the First Whodunit?” (by Steven Saylor)
Steven Saylor’s first novel, Roman Blood, introduced Gordianus the Finder, a private detective, of sorts, in ancient Rome. The critically acclaimed Roma Sub Rosa series now numbers a dozen novels,...
View Article“Saved by Ellery Queen” (by Russell Atwood)
When I first came to EQMM in June of 1991, editor-in-chief Eleanor Sullivan was no longer able to work due to illness and the magazine was being run by Russell Atwood, EQMM’s managing editor. Russell...
View ArticleCRIME FICTION IN JAPAN
Over the past few years EQMM has received a number of excellent stories from Japanese writers, and that has inspired me to expand on a post I made on EQMM’s Web-site forum four years ago, shortly after...
View Article“The Series P.I.—Some Pros and a Con” (by Harley Mazuk)
Harley Mazuk’s first published work of fiction appeared in EQMM’s January 2011 issue. Normally a “first” is assigned to our Department of First Stories, but the tale was so thoroughly rooted in the...
View Article“Books to Die For” (by Jeffrey Marks)
Jeffrey Marks is one of the best-known contemporary biographers working in the mystery genre. After writing numerous short mystery-author profiles he produced his first book-length biography, Who Was...
View ArticleEDWARD D. HOCH’S “PAUL REVERE’S BELL”
In celebration of Independence Day, instead of posting an article this week, I’d like to direct readers to the full text of a story by Edward D. Hoch, from his Revolutionary War series starring...
View ArticleOUR DIAMOND ANNIVERSARY YEAR
Last week, EQMM January 2016, the first issue in our 75th year in continuous publication, went on sale. I hope you’ve seen it! In celebration of this diamond anniversary year, special features are...
View ArticleMYSTERY ART
I spent part of this week looking over comments on the Readers Award ballots EQMM received for the 2015 awards. One reader suggested that we institute an award for artwork—covers, interiors, or both....
View Article“Analog Ellery and the Paperback Hoarder” (by Joseph D’Agnese)
Award-winning journalist Joseph D’Agnese has written for the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and many other papers, but the dream of writing fiction was born for him in childhood. His first...
View Article“Confessions of a Literary Safecracker” (by Joseph Goodrich)
Joseph Goodrich will make his EQMM debut in this year’s issue in tribute to our magazine’s previous editors (August 2016). The star of his tale is EQMM‘s founding editor, Frederic Dannay, who joins...
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