Category Archives: History

“Untouchable Truth” (by Max Allan Collins)

Posted on August 8, 2018 by

This year, for the first time in nearly seventy-seven years of publication, EQMM brought a true-crime column (Stranger Than Fiction by Dean Jobb) under its banner. The connections between crime fiction and true crime are many, and a number of … Continue reading →

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CHANGES TO THE PROCESS

Posted on July 18, 2018 by

In a recent interview for the blog SleuthSayers, I was asked, “What does a typical work day for you look like?” I replied that there is no typical day. And there really isn’t anymore. There are reading days and issue-release … Continue reading →

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“A Talent for Historical Accuracy” (by Thomas K. Carpenter)

Posted on June 13, 2018 by

Thomas K. Carpenter’s first paid print publication was in EQMM’s Department of First Stories in February of 2015. The story featured an ancient Roman sleuth,  Magistrate Ovid, working in Alexandria. The Magistrate Ovid series now includes a story for AHMM, … Continue reading →

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“I’m a Hardy Boy” (by Timothy O’Leary)

Posted on June 6, 2018 by

Timothy O’Leary is the author of the 2017 short-story collection Dick Cheney Shot Me in the Face: And Other Tales of Men in Pain and the nonfiction book Warriors, Workers, Whiners, and Weasels (based on his business career). His stories … Continue reading →

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“Cultivating Crime in the College Classroom” (by Hollis Seamon)

Posted on April 25, 2018 by

Hollis Seamon‘s first short story for EQMM appears in our current issue (May/June 2018). She is the author of two novels and two critically acclaimed short-story collections, and the 2009 winner of the Al Blanchard Award for best crime story. … Continue reading →

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“EXIT WITH THE BODY”

Posted on April 11, 2018 by

In the September 1966 issue of EQMM, editor Frederic Dannay responded enthusiastically to a reader’s assertion that William Shakespeare, in his plays, anticipated the modern detective story. He included the letter in the magazine—along with his own notes—and reprinted 101 … Continue reading →

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DONALD A. YATES: LIFELONG DEVOTEE OF MYSTERY FICTION

Posted on March 28, 2018 by

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

Posted on March 7, 2018 by

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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“Poster Child” (by Michael Bracken)

Posted on February 14, 2018 by

Michael Bracken is the winner of two Derringer Awards for his short fiction, and in 2016 he received the Edward D. Hoch Memorial Golden Derringer for Lifetime Achievement in Short Mystery Fiction. That award has special significance in regard to … Continue reading →

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“From Noir to Golden Age” (by Carlos Orsi)

Posted on February 7, 2018 by

Carlos Orsi is a Brazilian writer and journalist with three novels and five short-story collections published in Portuguese. His work first appeared in EQMM in the July 2014 issue, translated for our Passport to Crime department by Cliff Landers. Since … Continue reading →

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