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 125: “One Too Many” by Edith Maxwell
March 02, 2020 00:00 - 21 minutes - 33.4 MBA story on a very unusual theme is featured in our podcast series this month. Linguist, novelist, and short-story writer Edith Maxwell tells the tale of a hyperpolyglot—someone with an extraordinary ability to quickly learn many different languages—who turns her talent to criminal purposes. The author, a current Agatha Award nominee, is also the reader for this podcast of “One Too Many,” from the current issue (March/April 2020) of EQMM. https://edithmaxwell.com Recorded at Malice D...
EPISODE 124: “Night of Silken Snow” by Francis M. Nevins
January 31, 2020 00:00 - 45 minutes - 75 MBOur selection this month is by one of our genre’s most celebrated critics, Francis M. Nevins, a former law professor who has also authored a number of well-received novels and short stories. For this podcast, the St. Louis author reads his story “Night of Silken Snow” in conjunction with Christine Gilsinan. The story first appeared in the November 1994 issue of EQMM. Thank you to Rae Purdom, Jonathan Grimm, Gene Carroll, and Saint Louis University. Music from www.purple-planet.com ...
EPISODE 123: “The Engineer’s Thumb” by Terence Faherty
January 02, 2020 00:00 - 27 minutes - 14.8 MBThe tale featured this month in EQMM’s podcast series is by an author who was celebrated in 2017 as guest of honor at the Magna Cum Murder mystery conference. Terence Faherty is the author of two popular series of novels, one the Edgar-nominated Owen Keane mysteries, the other the multiple Shamus Award-winning Scott Elliott private eye series. He is also an Edgar-nominated short story writer whose work has often appeared in EQMM. Most recently he has been writing a series of Sherlock...
EPISODE 122: “My Christmas Story” by Steve Hockensmith
December 02, 2019 00:00 - 49 minutes - 50.8 MBChristmas mysteries have appeared regularly in EQMM’s December or January issues over the years. A frequent contributor of those stories is New York Times best-selling author Steve Hockensmith, whose Edgar-nominated Amlingmeyer Brothers series first saw print in our pages. Last year, his EQMM Christmas tale was an entry in the Amlingmeyer Brothers series. Here he is reading that story, entitled “My Christmas Story,” from our January/February 2019 issue. https://www.stevehockensmith....
EPISODE 121: “Red-Handed” by René Appel
November 01, 2019 00:00 - 15 minutes - 16.5 MBA selection from EQMM’s Passport to Crime department is featured in this episode of our podcast series. Dutch writer René Appel is a two-time winner of the Golden Noose Award for best crime novel—the Dutch equivalent of the U.S.’s Edgar Allan Poe Award. He has written or cowritten several stories for EQMM. His translator and sometime collaborator is frequent EQMM contributor Josh Pachter, whom you’ll hear as reader for this podcast of “Red-Handed” by René Appel (from the December 201...
EPISODE 120: “Race to Judgment” by Craig Faustus Buck
October 01, 2019 00:00 - 46 minutes - 55.1 MBIn this episode of our podcast series we provide listeners with the opportunity to hear a story that is currently nominated for a major award in the mystery field. The Macavity Awards, sponsored by Mystery Readers International, will be presented at the Bouchercon World Mystery Convention in Dallas, Texas (which runs from October 31 to November 3). In the short-story category, screenwriter, novelist, and short-story writer Craig Faustus Buck is nominated for “Race to Judgment,” first...
EPISODE 119: “The Long-Term Tenant” by Tara Laskowski
August 29, 2019 00:00 - 48 minutes - 53.6 MBAn short-story writer whose many honors include the 2019 Agatha Award for best short story, Tara Laskowski will debut as a novelist next month with a thriller that has received a starred review from Publishers Weekly. For this installment in our podcast series she reads her story from the Black Mask Department of EQMM’s July/August 2019 issue, “The Long-Term Tenant." http://taralaskowski.com https://www.purple-planet.com
EPISODE 118: “Oystermen” by Michael Bracken
August 01, 2019 00:00 - 22 minutes - 25.1 MBAuthor of well over 1,000 published short stories, Michael Bracken is possibly the most prolific short-story writer currently working in the mystery genre. He has won two Derringer Awards from the Short Mystery Fiction Society and is a recipient of the Edward D. Hoch Memorial Golden Derringer Award for lifetime achievement in short mystery fiction. “Oystermen,” which the author read for us at the Malice Domestic Convention in Maryland this past spring, is in the current issue of EQMM...
EPISODE 117: “50” by Josh Pachter
July 01, 2019 00:00 - 37 minutes - 51.3 MBJosh Pachter took second place in the EQMM Readers Award competition for 2018 with a story that commemorates his EQMM debut of fifty years earlier. Author of more than 100 published stories in the half century between his debut at the age of 17 and the publication of his 50th-anniversary tale, the author is equally well known to EQMM readers as a translator for our Passport to Crime department. Here he is reading his story “50” from the November/December 2018 issue of EQMM. If you ha...
EPISODE 116: “Sofee” by David Dean
June 03, 2019 00:00 - 55 minutes - 68.2 MBDavid Dean took third place in the EQMM Readers Award voting for 2018. The former chief of police has been writing fiction for nearly thirty years and recently sold his fiftieth short story to EQMM. He has been nominated for nearly every major award in the field and is a past winner of the EQMM Readers Award. Here is the scroll-winning story “Sofee” by David Dean, read by the author.
EPISODE 115: “Duty, Honor, Hammett” by Stacy Woodson
May 09, 2019 00:00 - 34 minutes - 56.7 MBStacy Woodson, the most recent winner of the EQMM Readers Award, made her fiction debut in EQMM’s Department of First Stories in the November/December 2018 issue. That debut story is only the second first story in the thirty-four years of Readers Award history to take first place. While in New York City for the awards ceremony last month, the Washington D.C. area author read her winning tale for this podcast. http://stacywoodson.com https://www.purple-planet.com
EPISODE 114: “Bug Appétit” by Barb Goffman
April 01, 2019 00:00 - 33 minutes - 53 MBOne of the current nominees for the Malice Domestic Convention’s Agatha Awards (winners to be determined in May), our featured story this month is set at a most unusual Thanksgiving dinner. Author Barb Goffman’s many previous honors include the Agatha, Macavity, and Silver Falchion awards. Here she is reading “Bug Appétit,” her EQMM debut, from our November/December 2018 issue. http://www.barbgoffman.com
EPISODE 113: "English 398: Fiction Workshop” by Art Taylor
March 01, 2019 00:00 - 33 minutes - 46.1 MBCurrently nominated for both the MWA’s Edgar Allan Poe Award and the Malice Domestic Convention’s Agatha Award for best short story, our selection this month is by Art Taylor, who debuted in EQMM’s Department of First Stories in 1995 and has become a star in the field of the mystery and crime short story. Here he is reading “English 398: Fiction Workshop,” from the July/August 2018 EQMM. Both the author and EQMM wish to thank several staff members from the English Department at Georg...
EPISODE 112: “The Cuban Prisoner” by John Lantigua
February 01, 2019 00:00 - 38 minutes - 53.1 MBA tale from Edgar nominee John Lantigua’s popular Willie Cuesta private eye series is featured in this episode of our podcast series. Readers are sure to enjoy this intriguing case, set in Miami’s Little Havana. Here is “The Cuban Prisoner” by John Lantigua, originally published in the September/October 2018 issue of EQMM and read for us by professional actor and voiceover artist Carlos Alayeto. http://johnlantigua.com
EPISODE 111: “Still Life No. 41” by Teresa Solana
January 02, 2019 00:00 - 21 minutes - 33.6 MBTeresa Solana received a nomination for the Edgar Allan Poe Award for her first contribution to EQMM, “Still Life No. 41.” The story was translated from Catalan by her husband, Peter Bush, and was featured in EQMM’s Passport to Crime department in March/April 2012. Reading that celebrated story for this podcast is EQMM’s associate editor, Jackie Sherbow. The tale is also included in a new digital anthology co-edited by Emily Hockaday and Jackie Sherbow, entitled Terror at the Crossro...
EPISODE 110: “Edward at the Edge” by John Morgan Wilson
November 30, 2018 00:00 - 39 minutes - 65.1 MBEdgar Allan Poe Award winner John Morgan Wilson has been contributing short stories to EQMM since 2003. Many listeners will know his long fiction, which includes the Benjamin Justice mystery series and several novels cowritten with band leader Peter Duchin. The California author’s short stories range from suspense to the classical whodunit. For this podcast he chose to read his twisty tale “Edward at the Edge,” from the January 2005 issue of EQMM.
EPISODE 109: “E.Q. Griffen Earns His Name” by Josh Pachter
November 01, 2018 00:00 - 28 minutes - 39.5 MBThis month’s podcast takes us back to 1968 and the debut of one of EQMM’s youngest contributors ever, Josh Pachter. At the age of sixteen the budding author and Ellery Queen fan produced this story, which saw print in EQMM's December 1968 issue, in the Department of First Stories. This month marks the fiftieth anniversary of that issue going on sale. In the ensuing years Josh Pachter has produced dozens of other distinguished short stories and collaborative works, as well as crime-fi...
EPISODE 108: “Bias” by Chris Muessig
October 01, 2018 00:00 - 57 minutes - 98.3 MBOur selection this month is by a writer who debuted in EQMM and has gone on to have work chosen for the yearly Best American Mystery Stories anthology and to appear again in EQMM and other publications, such as Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine. Here is Chris Muessig reading his story “Bias,” from the July 2009 issue of EQMM. Dramatic Interlude by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0 Internation...
EPISODE 107: “How Does He Die This Time?” by Nancy Novick
August 31, 2018 00:00 - 36 minutes - 62.8 MBEQMM’s famous Department of First Stories is the source for this month’s podcast. The debut story, which appears in EQMM’s current issue, takes us into the life of a new writer who enjoys success, but at a cost. Author Nancy Novick, a medical writer, editor, and writing instructor, came to EQMM’s offices to do this recording of her story “How Does He Die This Time?” from the September/October 2018 EQMM. https://nancynovick.com Impatience by Punch Deck | https://soundcloud.com/punch...
EPISODE 106: “The Gentleman From Paris” by John Dickson Carr
August 01, 2018 00:00 - 59 minutes - 103 MBAt the Malice Domestic convention in Bethesda, Maryland, this past spring, EQMM had the pleasure of recording Shelly Dickson Carr, author of the award-winning YA novel “Ripped,” reading a story by her grandfather, the great Golden Age mystery writer John Dickson Carr. The most celebrated master of the “locked room” mystery, John Dickson Carr contributed both fiction and book reviews to EQMM. His April 1950 story “The Gentleman From Paris" was one of the winners of EQMM’s Worldwide Sh...
EPISODE 105: “Come Back, Paddy Reilly” by Con Lehane
July 02, 2018 00:00 - 40 minutes - 55 MBA tale from EQMM’s Black Mask department is featured in this month’s podcast. We caught up with Con Lehane, author of two popular mystery series, at this year’s Malice Domestic convention in Bethesda, Maryland, where he did this reading of his September/October 2017 EQMM story “Come Back, Paddy Reilly”—a classic noir tale of a flawed character caught in an unresolvable dilemma. http://conlehane.com
EPISODE 104: “Literally Dead” by Dale C. Andrews
June 01, 2018 00:00 - 41 minutes - 69 MBThis month we feature an Ellery Queen pastiche by Dale C. Andrews. The third entry in a series begun on the heels of the Ellery Queen Centenary Symposium at Columbia University in 2005, the story brings an elderly Ellery Queen, still at the height of his deductive powers, out of retirement. The first story in this series earned an EQMM Readers Award scroll and a nomination for the Barry Award. Here is Dale Andrews reading his story “Literally Dead,” from the December 2013 issue of EQ...
EPISODE 103: "Dysperception" by Larry Light
May 01, 2018 00:00 - 37 minutes - 51.9 MBAward-winning financial journalist Larry Light is also the author of three novels, two starring financial reporter Karen Glick. This year he made his EQMM debut with the story he reads for this episode in our podcast series, "Dysperception," from the January/February 2018 issue of EQMM. http://www.lawrencelight.com
EPISODE 102: “The Gilbert and Sullivan Clue” by Jon L. Breen
April 02, 2018 00:00 - 30 minutes - 42.3 MBLast month a long-awaited anthology of Ellery Queen pastiches and parodies entitled The Misadventures of Ellery Queen was released by Wildside Press. Most of the stories it contains were first published in EQMM. To celebrate the book’s publication we decided to have one of the stories recorded for this podcast series. Here is Darcy Bearman, Dell Magazines’ manager for social-media marketing, reading “The Gilbert and Sullivan Clue” by Jon L. Breen, first published in EQMM September/Oc...
EPISODE 101: “Skinny’s Beach” by Rob Brunet
March 01, 2018 00:00 - 35 minutes - 45.4 MBCanadian author Rob Brunet, a creative-writing instructor and cohost of Noir at the Bar Toronto, joins us in this episode in our podcast series. His evocative short stories, often set in the Kawarthas, have been appearing in EQMM since 2015. Here he is reading his story “Skinny’s Beach,” from the February 2016 issue of EQMM. http://www.robbrunet.com
EPISODE 100: “For the Jingle” by Jack Fredrickson
February 02, 2018 00:00 - 43 minutes - 68.4 MBOur selection this month is from the work of Jack Fredrickson, creator of the Dek Elstrom private eye series. The author made his fiction debut in EQMM’s Department of First Stories in 2002. We caught up with him at the Bouchercon World Mystery Convention in Toronto, Canada in 2017, where he read his story “For the Jingle,” from the May 2009 issue of EQMM, for this podcast.
EPISODE 99: “White Tights and Mary Janes” by Edwin Hill
January 03, 2018 00:00 - 27 minutes - 47.4 MBThis month EQMM is making simultaneously available in print and audio podcast a Department of First Stories tale by Boston writer Edwin Hill. The author has also posted some reflections about his EQMM story, the upcoming publication of his first novel, and the editorial process on EQMM’s blog at www.somethingisgoingtohappen.net. A longtime editor, and the current vice president and editorial director for Bedford/St. Martin’s, his remarks should be of interest to many, especially writ...
EPISODE 98: “A Letter to Santa” by Ragnar Jónasson
November 30, 2017 16:38 - 13 minutes - 21.3 MB2017’s Bouchercon World Mystery Convention in Toronto, Canada had an international theme and drew writers from around the globe. One of those writers was Iceland’s Ragnar Jónasson, whose novels have made their way onto bestseller lists around the world in recent years. While at Bouchercon, EQMM had the pleasure of recording the author for our podcast series. Here he is reading his tale “A Letter to Santa,” originally published in the January 2015 issue of EQMM. http://ragnar-jonasso...
EPISODE 97: “Roller-Coaster Ride” by Christine Poulson
November 01, 2017 00:00 - 33 minutes - 52.3 MBAt the Bouchercon World Mystery Convention in Toronto, in mid October of this year, 1,700 authors and fans gathered from around the globe. U.K. writer Christine Poulson, author of the Cassandra James mysteries and the stand-alone thrillers Invisible and Cold, Cold Heart, attended and recorded her story “Roller-Coaster Ride,” from the December 2014 EQMM, for this podcast. http://www.christinepoulson.co.uk/
EPISODE 96: “The Wolf of Fenrir” by Paul Halter
September 29, 2017 00:00 - 43 minutes - 71.9 MBOur selection this month is from EQMM’s Passport to Crime department, which features stories in translation from around the world. Paul Halter is a bestselling author in his native France, and more of his work is becoming available in English, chiefly through the publisher Locked Room International. “The Wolf of Fenrir,” which first appeared in English in EQMM’s March/April 2015 issue, was translated by John Pugmire, who shares a few thoughts about Halter’s work prior to EQMM associa...
EPISODE 95: “Just Below the Surface” by Robert Shepherd
September 01, 2017 00:00 - 56 minutes - 71.8 MBOne of EQMM’s most famous features is the Department of First Stories. Over the decades, many important authors in the field have debuted there. This month we present a story from that department. “Just Below the Surface” by Robert Shepherd appeared in the March/April 2017 EQMM. Here is the Michigan author reading his first published fiction.
EPISODE 94: “The Oxford Tarts” by G. M. Malliet
August 02, 2017 00:00 - 26 minutes - 38.3 MBAgatha Award winner G.M. Malliet has penned two critically acclaimed series of traditional mystery novels. An American who currently lives in the Washington D. C. area, she traveled widely growing up, and almost always chooses British settings for her fiction. Here she is reading her story “The Oxford Tarts,” from the March/April 2017 EQMM. http://gmmalliet.com
EPISODE 93: “If Anything Happens to Me” by Helena Edwards
June 29, 2017 00:00 - 18 minutes - 27 MBIn EQMM’s June 2015 issue, Helena Edwards made her fiction debut with a story that had previously been short-listed for the Margery Allingham Short Story Competition, sponsored by Britain’s Crime Writers’ Association. Here she is reading that memorable first story, “If Anything Happens to Me.”
EPISODE 92: “The Truth of the Moment” by E. Gabriel Flores
June 01, 2017 00:00 - 27 minutes - 30.6 MBDepartment of First Stories author E. Gabriel Flores reads her debut tale, “The Truth of the Moment,” for this episode in our podcast series. The story won the 2016 Robert L. Fish Memorial Award for best short story by a new American author. It was first published in the December 2016 issue of EQMM. http://merenguemysteries.com/
EPISODE 91: “Ghosts of Bunker Hill” by Paul D. Marks
May 02, 2017 00:00 - 41 minutes - 58.6 MBThis month we’re delighted to present a reading by author Paul D. Marks of the most recent winner of the EQMM Readers Award, his tale “Ghosts of Bunker Hill,” published in the December 2016 EQMM. A native of Los Angeles, Paul Marks evokes that city’s history hauntingly in this story, the first in a series featuring private eye Howard Hamm. www.pauldmarks.com
EPISODE 90: “The Client, the Cat, the Wife, and the Autopsy” by Peter Hochstein
March 31, 2017 00:00 - 30 minutes - 43.4 MBThis month’s episode is from the private-eye genre, the second in a series of stories featuring an offbeat former newspaper reporter turned P.I. The author, Peter Hochstein, is himself a former newspaper reporter who has had a number of novels published under various pseudonyms. Here is Peter Hochstein reading his darkly humorous tale “The Client, the Cat, the Wife, and the Autopsy,” from our January/February 2017 issue. http://peterhochstein.com/
EPISODE 89: “The Adventure of the Man Who Could Double the Size of Diamonds” by Ellery Queen
March 01, 2017 00:00 - 33 minutes - 53.9 MBOur selection this month is a clever script from The Adventures of Ellery Queen radio series of the late 1930s and the 1940s. “The Adventure of the Man Who Could Double the Size of Diamonds” (which was reprinted in EQMM in May 1943 and August 2005) is read here by Mark Lagasse.
EPISODE 88: “The Old Man and the Seashore” by Marilyn Todd
February 01, 2017 00:00 - 22 minutes - 24.7 MBNovelist and short-story writer Marilyn Todd has been contributing to EQMM since 2000, when she appeared in our May issue with the first short story in her series of mysteries set in Ancient Rome. She has since become one of EQMM’s most prolific and popular contributors, sending us stories from a variety of different time periods, including a few, like the one we feature this month, that are set near our own time. “The Old Man and the Seashore” by Marilyn Todd, from the January 2016...
EPISODE 87: "Cleaning Up" by Steve Steinbock
January 04, 2017 00:00 - 20 minutes - 28.6 MBWriter and reviewer Steve Steinbock is best known for his criticism in the mystery field; EQMM readers are sure to have read his numerous special-feature articles and interviews for us, as well as “The Jury Box” book-review column, where he has been at the helm since 2011. Steve is also an author of fiction, having debuted in our Department of First Stories in the March/April 2010 issue. The author reads that first story, “Cleaning Up,” in our first podcast of the new year.
EPISODE 86: “The Nine Mile Walk” by Harry Kemelman
December 01, 2016 00:00 - 22 minutes - 31.8 MBThroughout 2016 Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine has been celebrating its 75th anniversary. This last recording for 2016 is particularly appropriate for an anniversary celebration. Harry Kemelman is one of a number of notable authors who got their start in the pages of EQMM. The creator of the bestselling Rabbi David Small series, his work first appeared in print in the April 1947 issue of EQMM. He had entered the magazine’s second annual worldwide short story contest, and was awarde...
EQMM 75th Anniversary Symposium Part 4
November 22, 2016 00:00 - 44 minutes - 75.3 MBPart 4 of EQMM’s 75th-Anniversary Symposium, recorded at Columbia University’s Butler Library on September 30, 2016. Joyce Carol Oates reads from her story "Big Momma" from the March/April 2016 issue of EQMM. Janet Hutchings, Jennifer B. Lee, and Sean Quimby offer closing remarks. Audio and video by Ché Ryback. On September 30, 2016, Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine and Columbia University’s Butler Library celebrated the magazine’s 75th anniversary with a half-day symposium. This sy...
EQMM 75th Anniversary Symposium Part 3
November 09, 2016 17:13 - 53 minutes - 72.8 MBPart 3 of EQMM’s 75th-Anniversary Symposium, recorded at Columbia University’s Butler Library on September 30, 2016. Panel: EQMM's Editors at Work. Featuring Russell Atwood, Otto Penzler, Josh Pachter, and Joseph Goodrich (moderator). Audio and video by Ché Ryback. On September 30, 2016, Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine and Columbia University’s Butler Library celebrated the magazine’s 75th anniversary with a half-day symposium. This symposium will be presented here in four parts. For...
EQMM 75th Anniversary Symposium Part 2
October 28, 2016 00:00 - 1 hour - 110 MBPart 2 of EQMM’s 75th-Anniversary Symposium, recorded at Columbia University’s Butler Library on September 30, 2016. Panel: A Brush With Death: Crime Fiction Cover Art and Illustration from the Pulps to the Present. Featuring Janet Salter Rosenberg, Laurie Harden, Tom Roberts, and Jonathan Santlofer (moderator). Audio and video by Ché Ryback. On September 30, 2016, Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine and Columbia University’s Butler Library celebrated the magazine’s 75th anniversary wit...
EQMM 75th-Anniversary Symposium Part 1
October 14, 2016 00:00 - 57 minutes - 103 MBOn September 30, 2016, Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine and Columbia University’s Butler Library celebrated the magazine’s 75th anniversary with a half-day symposium. This symposium will be presented here in four parts. For more information on the symposium, the anniversary, and the EQMM exhibition, please visit TheMysteryPlace.com/eqmm. Part 1 of EQMM’s 75th-Anniversary Symposium, recorded at Columbia University’s Butler Library on September 30, 2016. Introduction by Sean Quimby; pa...
EPISODE 85: “THE TEN-CENT MURDER” by Joseph Goodrich
September 08, 2016 00:00 - 26 minutes - 41.2 MBActor, short-story writer, poet, and Edgar Award winning playwright Joseph Goodrich helped EQMM celebrate its 75th anniversary with a story featuring EQMM founding editor Frederic Dannay and his friend and fellow writer Dashiell Hammett. Published in the August 2016 EQMM, “The Ten-Cent Murder” is read by the author for this podcast.
EPISODE 84: “RIZZO’S GOOD COP” by Lou Manfredo
August 01, 2016 00:00 - 1 hour - 115 MBThis month we feature one of the stories that won EQMM’s Readers Award for 2015, “Rizzo’s Good Cop.” Its author, Lou Manfredo, is known for the authenticity of his crime fiction. The story, from his series featuring Brooklyn cop Joe Rizzo, was first published in the December 2015 EQMM and is read for us by the author. www.loumanfredo.com
EPISODE 83: “The Lake Tenant” by Brendan DuBois
July 01, 2016 00:00 - 31 minutes - 53.7 MBNovelist and short-story writer Brendan DuBois has been contributing to EQMM for twenty years. He is a master at evoking the undercurrents to small-town life, and in 2015 he came in second in EQMM's annual Readers Award competition for just such a story. Here he is reading “The Lake Tenant” (EQMM November 2015), his winning story. www.brendandubois.com
EPISODE 82: “CHUNG LING SOO’S GREATEST TRICK” by Russell W. Johnson
June 02, 2016 13:40 - 28 minutes - 47.1 MBA Department of First Stories tale is featured in this month’s episode in our podcast series. And it’s one that went on to win the Robert L. Fish Memorial Award for best short story by a new American author. Russell W. Johnson is a North Carolina lawyer who writes in his spare time; he has already shown a great mastery of plot and misdirection. On a recent trip to New York City, he made this recording.
EPISODE 81: “The Lighthouse” by Hilde Vandermeeren
May 02, 2016 00:00 - 26 minutes - 29.5 MBIn the March/April 2016 issue, EQMM’s Passport to Crime Department featured “The Lighthouse” by Belgian writer Hilde Vandermeeren. The winner of a number of awards for her fiction, including the Hercule Poirot Public Award, Hilde Vandermeeren was a practicing psychologist before turning full time to fiction writing, and that background shows in this tale of psychological suspense, which is read by the story’s translator, Josh Pachter. hildevandermeeren.com/english
EPISODE 80: “The Problem of the Whispering House” by Edward D. Hoch
April 01, 2016 00:00 - 28 minutes - 31.6 MBEQMM has unearthed another episode in the series of Edward D. Hoch radio plays our listeners have enjoyed over the past several years. Based on the series character Dr. Sam Hawthorne, these dramatizations are the work of radioman Dave Amaral and were originally recorded in the 1970s. In this case, the New England country doctor must solve a murder in a house that appears to be haunted. “The Problem of the Whispering House” was first published in EQMM in April, 1979.