Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine's Fiction Podcast
155 episodes - English - Latest episode: 29 days ago - ★★★★ - 115 ratingsMonthly readings and dramatizations of stories by the world’s leading writers of suspense chosen from the magazine’s archives. The full range of the genre is represented in these riveting audio renditions, from the drawing-room mystery to urban noir—including police procedurals, private-eye tales, psychological suspense, and locked-room and impossible-crime stories. Visit TheMysteryPlace.com for more stories, book reviews, subscription info, and more.
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Episode 174: EPISODE 174: "Schrodinger, Cat" by Anna Scotti
April 01, 2024 00:00 - 34 minutes - 30.2 MBOur latest podcast episode features a celebrated story from our March/April 2022. Here is Anna Scotti's "Schrodinger, Cat," a Macavity Award nominee and third place finisher in our 2022 Readers Award poll.
Episode 173: EPISODE 173: "Judge Not" by Twist Phelan
March 04, 2024 00:00 - 28 minutes - 23 MBWe're pleased to share with you Twist Phelan's reading of "Judge Not," her highly entertaining story of a local judge who faces a serious ethical dilemma, from our May/June 2023 issue. "Judge Not" reached the highly commended category in the 2023 Irish Book Awards short story competition—the only crime fiction story to do so.
Episode 172: EPISODE 172: "Rendering" by Sophia Lynch
February 02, 2024 00:00 - 39 minutes - 36.9 MBOur latest podcast episode features the suspenseful tale of a nude model who finds herself posing for an eccentric and rather creepy artist. Here is "Rendering" by Sophia Lynch, one of the latest entries in EQMM's Department of First Stories.
Episode 171: EPISODE 171: "City of Light" by Josh Pachter
January 02, 2024 00:00 - 35 minutes - 31.1 MBOur latest podcast episode will whisk listeners off to Paris for an adventure filled with fine food and wine, paired with a side of revenge. Here, from our March/April 2020 issue, is "City of Light" by Josh Pachter, one of EQMM's most prolific contributors and translators.
Episode 170: EPISODE 170: “Home for the Holidays” by Andrew Welsh-Huggins
November 30, 2023 00:00 - 37 minutes - 31.5 MBAndrew Welsh-Huggins is an accomplished author who has been nominated for Shamus, Derringer, and ITW Thriller awards. We're thrilled to feature his reading of "Home for the Holidays," a Christmastime thriller from our Jan/Feb 2020 issue, as the latest entry in our podcast series.
Episode 169: EPISODE 169: "The Picardy Third" by Jacqueline Freimor
November 01, 2023 00:00 - 37 minutes - 31.6 MBWhen a murder strikes close to her granddaughter's music class, Private Investigator Jeannie Tannenbaum sets out to solve the case. Here is "The Picardy Third" by Jacqueline Freimor, originally published in our Jan/Feb 2023 issue.
Episode 168: EPISODE 168: "Double Fly Rocket 87" by Eli Cranor
October 02, 2023 00:00 - 35 minutes - 30.3 MBOur latest podcast features the story of two former high school football stars who return to their old stomping grounds for a big payday. This is Eli Cranor's "Double Fly Rocket 87" from our January/February 2022 issue. Cranor is a former professional football player whose novel Don't Know Tough won the 2023 Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best First Novel.
Episode 167: EPISODE 167: “Her Upstairs” by Michael Z. Lewin
August 31, 2023 00:00 - 38 minutes - 29.9 MBLegendary author Michael Z. Lewin reads "Her Upstairs," his excellent story of Greek gods and cribbage from our July/August 2023 issue. Lewin is the creator of the the Albert Samson series of detective novels, the first regional series of of its kind.
Episode 166: EPISODE 166: "The Knight Wizard" by Janice Law
August 01, 2023 00:00 - 27 minutes - 22 MBOur August 2023 podcast episode features "The Knight Wizard," an exciting new story in our July/August 2023 issue from frequent EQMM contributor Janice Law.
Episode 165: EPISODE 165: "Twos on That" by Pat Black
June 30, 2023 00:00 - 59 minutes - 81.1 MBOur latest podcast episode is another thrilling tale from Scottish journalist and author Pat Black, whose stories featuring Inspector Lomond have been appearing in EQMM since 2019. Here is "Twos on That" from our July/August 2023 issue.
Episode 164: EPISODE 164: “Hush-a-Bye, My Baby” by Anton Chekhov
June 01, 2023 00:00 - 17 minutes - 18.6 MBWhen EQMM began publication in 1941, it contained a number of reprints of classic short stories. Founding editor and genre expert Frederic Dannay believed that almost every well known author had a least one work that could be described as mystery or crime fiction. In this month’s episode, we present “Hush-a-Bye, My Baby” by the great Russian playwright and author Anton Chekhov, which was reprinted in the February 1958 issue of EQMM, read by our Senior Managing Editor, Jackie Sherbow...
Episode 163: EPISODE 163: "Rise" by Ashley-Ruth M. Bernier
May 01, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 61.6 MBAlana's grandmother Mavis was a fantastic cook whose johnnycakes may have been the best in the Virgin Islands. But did an old family housekeeper steal Grandma Mavis's recipe? Find out in "Rise" by Ashley-Ruth M. Bernier, which appeared in our 2022 March/April issue.
Episode 162: EPISODE 162: "Lizzie Noel" by Charlotte Hinger
March 31, 2023 00:00 - 40 minutes - 15.6 MBOur latest podcast episode features the Christmastime story of a woman, her cat, and revenge served with a dash of antifreeze. Here is Charlotte Hinger's "Lizzie Noel," from our November/December 2022 issue. Hinger is currently nominated for Spur Award from the Western Writers of America, and she is a member of the Colorado Authors Hall of Fame.
Episode 161: EPISODE 161: "Shame the Devil" by Joseph Goodrich
March 01, 2023 00:00 - 22 minutes - 19 MBJoseph Goodrich is an Edgar Allan Poe Award-winning playwright whose productions have been shown from New York to San Francisco, and many other places. Goodrich also writes poetry, libretti, and short stories. "Shame the Devil" takes place in his home state of Minnesota.
Episode 160: EPISODE 160: Two Stories by Twist Phelan
February 01, 2023 00:00 - 29 minutes - 27.4 MBThis month, we feature the work of Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence and International Thriller Award winner Twist Phelan, who is well known for her novel series: the Pinnacle Peak mysteries and the Finn Teller spy thrillers. The author is a prolific short-story writer, and here she reads two of her shorter-length stories: "Used to Be" and "It's A Small World (After All)" from the pages of EQMM, in the January/February 2020 and current January/February 2023 issues respect...
Episode 159: EPISODE 159: “What Kind of Criminal” by LaToya Jovena
January 03, 2023 00:00 - 23 minutes - 20.5 MBEllery Queen's Mystery Magazine's Fiction Podcast is happy to release another inspired reading by one of our contributors. This time, we have a thrilling tale of art forgery and lofty aspirations that go awry. Here is "What Kind of Criminal" read by author LaToya Jovena. https://www.purple-planet.com/
Episode 158: EPISODE 158: "Book Lovers" by Hollis Seamon
December 01, 2022 00:00 - 32 minutes - 26.9 MBThe latest entry in our podcast series is a 1950s holiday story told by Hollis Seamon, a frequent contributor to EQMM whose story "Black Swallowtail" finished in third place in 2021's EQMM Reader's Award. "Book Lovers" is a story that is sure to entertain mystery fans and lovers of classic literature alike. https://www.purple-planet.com/
Episode 157: EPISODE 157: "A Ghost for Marcy's Garden" by W.W. Mauck
November 01, 2022 00:00 - 30 minutes - 26.1 MBIn this month's episode, W.W. Mauck—a U.S. Army veteran and Beloit College graduate who writes during the day around his night-shift job—reads his story "A Ghost for Marcy's Garden" from the Department of First Stories in our November/December 2022 issue. https://www.purple-planet.com
Episode 156: EPISODE 156: "The Light on the Lagoon" by Elizabeth Elwood
October 03, 2022 00:00 - 43 minutes - 43.8 MBElizabeth Elwood is the 2022 winner of the Crime Writers of Canada Award of Excellence in the short story category, for her 2021 EQMM story “Number 10 Marlborough Place.” For this episode in our podcast series she reads her story “The Light on the Lagoon,” which appears in the current issue of EQMM, September/October 2022. https://www.purple-planet.com/
Episode 155: EPISODE 155: “Sit. Stay. Die.” by Michael Bracken and Sandra Murphy
September 02, 2022 00:00 - 38 minutes - 28.5 MBEQMM was brought into the world by two writers who collaborated on nearly every piece of fiction they wrote, Frederic Dannay and Manfred B. Lee. This month we feature a story by two writers who have collaborated with each other several times, most recently on a story for EQMM. Michael Bracken is the author of well over a thousand published short stories and he’s a recipient of the Edward D. Hoch Memorial Golden Derringer Award for Lifetime Achievement, among other honors. Sandra Mur...
Episode 154: EPISODE 154: "The Man Who Read John Dickson Carr" by William Brittain
August 01, 2022 00:00 - 11 minutes - 15.2 MBOur fiction podcast this month is a classic by author William Brittain, who wrote for EQMM from 1964 to 1983. It’s read by EQMM author and translator Josh Pachter, who has edited three collections of William Brittain’s stories. Here is “The Man Who Read John Dickson Carr,” from the December 1965 issue of EQMM. It was the first in a series of stories, all published in EQMM, whose titles begin “The Man Who." https://www.purple-planet.com/
Episode 153: EPISODE 153: “A Trunk Full of Illegal Fireworks” by Michael Grimala
June 30, 2022 00:00 - 11 minutes - 12.5 MBThis month in our podcast series we feature an Independence Day story by an award-winning writer for the Las Vegas Sun who made his fiction debut in EQMM’s Department of First Stories. Just in time for July 4th, here is Michael Grimala reading his story “A Trunk Full of Illegal Fireworks,” from the July/August 2021 issue of EQMM. https://www.purple-planet.com/
Episode 152: EPISODE 152: “Analogue” by Rob Osler
June 01, 2022 00:00 - 26 minutes - 41.7 MBThis month, Rob Osler reads his 2022 Robert L. Fish Memorial Award winning story “Analogue,” from our January/February 2021 issue. The author is a business writer who recently began writing fiction; he is at work on two mystery novels. “Analogue” is a satire of the business world while also being a twisty suspense tale. https://robosler.com https://www.purple-planet.com/
Episode 151: EPISODE 151: "The Manglik Curse" by Smita Harish Jain
May 02, 2022 00:00 - 21 minutes - 18.6 MBTo introduce our May/June 2022 issue, we bring you Smita Harish Jain's reading of her latest story, "The Manglik Curse." Jain is an accomplished author who grew up in Mumbai and now lives in Virginia. Her work has appeared in a number of anthologies, as well as EQMM, where her first story "The Fraud of Dionysus" was one of the top-10 runners-up in EQMM 2021 Readers' Award poll. Listen on as Jain relates her tale of a lover's plot to escape an arranged marriage that was cursed from t...
Episode 150: EPISODE 150: "The Broken T" by Ellery Queen
April 01, 2022 00:00 - 13 minutes - 11 MBA classic from EQMM’s founding editors, Frederic Dannay and Manfred B. Lee (writing as Ellery Queen), is read for listeners in this episode of our podcast series by EQMM managing editor Jackie Sherbow. Don’t miss the chance to solve this classical puzzle mystery yourself in Ellery Queen’s hallmark Challenge to the Reader. https://www.elleryqueenmysterymagazine.com/ https://www.purple-planet.com/
Episode 149: EPISODE 149: "Pompo's Disguise" by William Burton McCormick
March 01, 2022 00:00 - 14 minutes - 21.1 MBWilliam Burton McCormick is a regular contributor to Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine whose writings have made him a finalist for Shamus, Derringer, and Claymore awards. In this episode of our podcast series, McCormick whisks us away to his vibrant and mysterious vision of ancient Rome as he reads "Pompo's Disguise," which appeared in our March/April 2015 issue. https://www.elleryqueenmysterymagazine.com/ https://www.williamburtonmccormick.com/ https://www.purple-planet.com/
Episode 148: EPISODE 148: “What the Morning Never Suspected” by Anna Scotti
February 01, 2022 00:00 - 33 minutes - 36.3 MBAnna Scotti is an award-winning poet whose work was recently collected in the volume Bewildered by All This Broken Sky. She’s also a novelist and short story writer and has, for the past few years, been contributing to EQMM a series of stories featuring a sleuth in the Witness Security program. For this entry in our podcast series, Anna Scotti reads her story “What the Morning Never Suspected,” the second in her WITSEC series, from the September/October 2020 issue of EQMM. https:/...
Episode 147: EPISODE 147: “Stray” by Ken Linn
December 30, 2021 00:00 - 33 minutes - 25.3 MBTo usher in 2022, we’ve chosen a New Year’s story from EQMM’s Department of First Stories. New writer Ken Linn begins his tale on July 4th—but follows his protagonist up to the turn of a new year. It’s a story of renewal perfect for reflecting on new beginnings. Here is Ken Linn reading his story “Stray,” first published in the January/February 2021 issue of EQMM. https://www.purple-planet.com
Episode 146: EPISODE 146: "Feliz Navidead" by Bonnie Hearn Hill
December 01, 2021 00:00 - 22 minutes - 22.8 MBFormer radio worker Bonnie Hearn Hill is the author of sixteen suspense novels, including The River Below. Here she reads her seasonally appropriate story "Feliz Navidead," from the January/February 2020 issue of EQMM and first-place winner of Writer's Digest Magazine's genre short story award. https://www.bonniehhill.com https://www.purple-planet.com
Episode 145: EPISODE 145: "Long Slow Dance Through the Passage of Time" by Marilyn Todd
November 01, 2021 00:00 - 1 minute - 42.1 MBAward-winning novelist and short-story writer Marilyn Todd has been contributing to EQMM since 2000, and her work often visits different historical periods and places, from Ancient Greece to 1960s London. This month, her story "Long Slow Dance Through the Passage of Time" (from the November/December 2018 issue), which begins in the doo-wop era, is read by actor Mandie Davis. http://www.marilyntodd.com https://www.purple-planet.com
Episode 144: EPISODE 144: "A Little Help From My Friend" by John F. Dobbyn
October 01, 2021 00:00 - 12 minutes - 14.3 MBIn our latest podcast episode, John F. Dobbyn—author of the Devlin and Knight legal thrillers as well as several Yukon stories in verse published in EQMM—reads "A Little Help From My Friend," a compelling tale from our March/April 2020 issue. https://www.johndobbyn.com https://www.purple-planet.com
Episode 143: EPISODE 143: Stranger Than Fiction: Arthur Conan Doyle and the Mutineers by Dean Jobb
September 01, 2021 00:00 - 13 minutes - 15.2 MBThis month we offer something new: A reading by Canadian journalist, author, and professor Dean Jobb of his true crime piece "Arthur Conan Doyle and the Mutineers," which was published in the September/October 2020 issue. Dean Jobb's "Stranger Than Fiction" column appears in print in our magazine and online at www.elleryqueenmysterymagazine.com. http://www.deanjobb.com https://www.purple-planet.com
Episode 142: Episode 142: “Four Words” by Dale C. Andrews
August 04, 2021 00:00 - 36 minutes - 20.4 MBAs part of EQMM’s 80th anniversary celebration, we offer a podcast this month featuring some of the characters from the Ellery Queen novels and stories, written by Frederic Danny and Manfred B. Lee (EQMM’s founders). Dale C. Andrews is a longtime, devoted Ellery Queen fan and he’s written several Ellery Queen pastiches for EQMM. Here he is reading the most recent of them, “Four Words,” from the September/October 2020 issue of EQMM. https://www.purple-planet.com
Episode 141: EPISODE 141: “Draw Play” by Hal Charles
July 01, 2021 00:00 - 16 minutes - 17.9 MBEQMM has a tradition of including work written by writing teams and collaborators. Hal Blythe and Charlie Sweet, who have been writing together for more than forty years as Hal Charles, saw their fiction debut in the magazine’s Department of First Stories. In this month’s podcast, Hal Blythe reads “Draw Play” by Hal Charles from the May 2003 issue. https://somethingisgoingtohappen.net/2021/06/09/if-it-werent-for-ellery-queen-by-hal-charles/ https://archive.org
Episode 140: EPISODE 140: "The Cards You're Dealt" by Michael Z. Lewin
June 01, 2021 00:00 - 44 minutes - 50.9 MBA longtime EQMM contributor, Michael Z. Lewin is a prolific novelist and short-story writer. An American by birth, he lives in the U.K. Michael Lewin is the author of the P.I. Albert Samson series; another of his popular series features Indianapolis detective Sergeant Leroy Powder, who is the central character of the story he reads here, “The Cards You’re Dealt” from the November/December 2020 issue of EQMM. http://www.michaelzlewin.com https://www.purple-planet.com
Episode 139: EPISODE 139: "The Interpreter and the Killer" by Jeff Soloway
April 30, 2021 00:00 - 30 minutes - 34.1 MBNovelist and short-story author Jeff Soloway was the winner of the 2014 Robert L. Fish Award for Best First Short Story by an American Author. Here he reads his EQMM debut from the January/February 2021 issue, "The Interpreter and the Killer," which features a central character in a job we don't see often in mystery fiction. http://www.randomhousebooks.com/authors/jeff-soloway https://www.purple-planet.com
Episode 138: EPISODE 138: “All Shook Down” by Libby Cudmore
April 05, 2021 00:00 - 36 minutes - 42 MBThis month we’ve selected a private-eye story for the podcast: “All Shook Down,” from the September/October 2020 issue of EQMM. It’s the first contribution to the magazine by Libby Cudmore, author of the highly acclaimed novel The Big Rewind. If you like it—and we’re sure you will!—there’s another story in the series coming up in our next issue, May/June 2021. https://libbycudmore.com https://www.purple-planet.com
Episode 137: EPISODE 137: "The President's Half Disme" by Ellery Queen
March 02, 2021 18:55 - 44 minutes - 45.9 MBAs part of EQMM's 80th-year anniversary celebration this year (2021), we offer a seasonally appropriate history-laden mystery by the multitalented writing team of Ellery Queen: "The President's Half Disme," originally published in EQMM in February 1947.
Episode 136: EPISODE 136: "The President's Half Disme" by Ellery Queen
March 02, 2021 00:00 - 45.9 MBAs part of EQMM's 80th-year anniversary celebration this year (2021), we offer a seasonally appropriate history-laden mystery by the multitalented writing team of Ellery Queen: "The President's Half Disme," originally published in EQMM in February 1947.
Episode 136: EPISODE 136: “The Man Who Drowned in Champagne” by Edward D. Hoch
February 01, 2021 00:00 - 17 minutes - 19.4 MBEdward D. Hoch had a thirty-five-year streak of unbroken publication in each issue of Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine until his death in early 2008. We have no doubt that he still has many fans among our readers. 2021 is the magazine’s 80th year of publication, and as part of our celebration of highlights of our history we wanted to be sure to include some of Edward D. Hoch’s work. The Rochester author was a Grand Master of the Mystery Writers of America, an Edgar Allan Poe Award win...
Episode 135: EPISODE 135: "The Noble Bachelor" by Terence Faherty
January 04, 2021 00:00 - 29 minutes - 17 MBTerence Faherty is the author of the Scott Elliott and Owen Keane series. He has also been penning a series of Sherlock Holmes parodies that appear in our January/February issues, coinciding with the Baker Street Irregulars' celebration of Sherlock Holmes's Twelfth Night birthday. Here he reads "The Noble Bachelor" from our January/February 2018 issue.
Episode 138: EPISODE 134: "Beijingle All the Way" by Fei Wu
December 01, 2020 00:00 - 39 minutes - 40.9 MBFei Wu is an author, translator, freelance editor, and literary agent who resides outside of Shanghai. He has played a key role in introducing Chinese readers to Golden Age detective fiction. Here, his suspenseful, unique, and clever Christmas tale "Beijingle All the Way" from our January/February 2020 issue is read by the translator of the story—and longtime contributor to EQMM—Josh Pachter. https://www.purple-planet.com
EPISODE 133: “On the Road With Mary Jo” by John M. Floyd
October 30, 2020 00:00 - 21 minutes - 35.5 MBJohn M. Floyd is one of the mystery genre’s most prolific short story writers. His work has appeared in more than three hundred different publications, and has earned four Derringer awards and a nomination for the Edgar Allan Poe Award for best short story. In 2018, he received the Edward D. Hoch Memorial Golden Derringer for Lifetime Achievement. His most recent honor came this year, when he won the best short story Derringer for the story he reads for this podcast, “On the Road Wit...
EPISODE 132: "Dear Emily Etiquette" by Barb Goffman
October 01, 2020 00:00 - 32 minutes - 34.7 MBBarb Goffman is a mystery author, editor, and anthologist. She has won the Agatha, Macavity, and Silver Falchion awards for her writing, and has received more than two dozen award nominations. In this episode, she reads her tale "Dear Emily Etiquette" from the current September/October 2020 issue of EQMM. http://www.barbgoffman.com https://www.purple-planet.com
EPISODE 131: "The Secret Lagoon" by Josh Pachter
September 01, 2020 00:00 - 25 minutes - 29.2 MBDerringer Award winner Josh Pachter is a translator, editor, and short-story writer. His translations and tales appear regularly in our pages—the former in the Passport to Crime department—and his recent editorial work has been published in anthologies from Untreed Reads, Mysterious Press, and Akashic Books. Here he reads his story "The Secret Lagoon" from the September/October 2019 issue. http://joshpachter.com https://www.purple-planet.com
EPISODE 130: "Sac-a-Lait Man" by O'Neil De Noux
August 03, 2020 00:00 - 52 minutes - 85.2 MBThis year's Shamus Award for Best Short Story went to Louisiana author O'Neil De Noux for his tale "Sac-a-Lait Man," from EQMM's September/October 2019 issue. The author also won the 2017 Shamus Award and has won a Derringer Award for Best Novelette. De Noux is the author of over thirty novels. The sixth book in the Lucien Caye series, to which this story belongs, is forthcoming. http://www.oneildenoux.com
EPISODE 129: "The Duelist" by David Dean
July 02, 2020 00:00 - 53 minutes - 47.9 MBIn this episode, New Jersey author David Dean reads his moving and suspenseful tale "The Duelist" from the May/June 2019 issue. The story, which won that year's EQMM Readers Award contest, is a historical one that brilliantly recreates the antebellum period in the United States.
EPISODE 128: Poetry from the Pages of EQMM
June 01, 2020 00:00 - 21 minutes - 22.4 MBIn this month's episode, we turn our attention to poetry. EQMM has a long history of including occasional poems in our pages. From humorous limericks to serious free verse, poetry gives another lens through which to view the crime and mystery genre. Here we include a story in epic verse by John F. Dobbyn and poems by James Sallis, Stephen D. Rogers, Kevin Mims, Marilyn Todd, John V. Mercurio, K.D. Hart, and Diane Yetman, read by the authors, EQMM Managing Editor Jackie Sherbow, and a...
EPISODE 127: “Collector’s Find” by V. S. Kemanis
May 01, 2020 00:00 - 50 minutes - 58.4 MBA former attorney for the Manhattan District Attorney’s office, V.S. Kemanis often writes fiction with legal themes. That’s true of the first of her three stories for EQMM, which she reads for this podcast. The author has five collections of short stories in print, including the Eric Hoffer Award-winning volume Your Pick: Selected Stories. She’s also the author of the Dana Hargrove novels. Here she is reading her story “Collector’s Find,” from our September/October 2013 issue. https...
EPISODE 126: "The Father of the Corpse"
April 02, 2020 20:27 - 45 minutes - 51.3 MBThis month’s podcast episode features “Father of the Corpse” by Department of First Stories author Cecilia Fulton. The author and former prosecutor grew up in California and now lives on the East Coast with her family. Her short stories have appeared in publications by Akashic Books. https://www.fultonstories.com https://www.purple-planet.com