Monthly Archives: March 2018

DONALD A. YATES: LIFELONG DEVOTEE OF MYSTERY FICTION

Posted on March 28, 2018 by somethingisgoingtohappen

In my first days as editor of Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine I was fortunate to have the hand of friendship extended to me by some of the magazine’s earliest contributors—people whose connection to EQMM went back to founding editor Frederic … Continue reading →

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“Balancing with Your Eyes Closed” (by Susan Dunlap)

Posted on March 21, 2018 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Susan Dunlap got her start in EQMM’s Department of First Stories in 1978. Her body of work in the mystery field since that auspicious debut includes twenty-five novels in four popular series, featuring, respectively, Berkeley Police Officer Jill Smith, PG&E … Continue reading →

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“The Misadventures of Ellery Queen” (by Josh Pachter and Dale C. Andrews)

Posted on March 14, 2018 by somethingisgoingtohappen

In the mid twentieth century, critic and writer Anthony Boucher said (in the New York Times): “Ellery Queen is the American detective story.” But despite the enormous popularity of the Ellery Queen novels, stories, radio plays, TV shows, and movies during the … Continue reading →

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“Ides of March: Relevant, Whether You Like it or Not” (by Steven Saylor)

Posted on March 7, 2018 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Steven Saylor’s Gordianus the Finder series first saw print with the story “A Will Is a Way,” published in EQMM twenty-six years ago, in March 1992. A spellbinding historical set in Ancient Rome, that first Gordianus tale went on to … Continue reading →

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