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 79: “The Adventure of the Seven Black Cats” by Ellery Queen
March 01, 2016 00:00 - 57 minutes - 70.1 MBThis month we feature “The Adventure of the Seven Black Cats” by Ellery Queen, reprinted in EQMM’s January 2016 issue, and originally published in the 1934 short-story collection The Adventures of Ellery Queen. This ingenious whodunit by one of the bestselling mystery writers of all time is read for us by Mark Lagasse.
EPISODE 78: "Howling at the Moon" by Paul D. Marks
February 01, 2016 00:00 - 28 minutes - 48.5 MBScreenwriter and novelist Paul D. Marks is also the author of more than thirty published short stories. His EQMM debut was the story "Howling at the Moon" (EQMM November 2014), a tale that went on to garner nominations for both the Macavity and Anthony awards for best short story. This recording of the California author reading his celebrated story was made at the Bouchercon World Mystery Convention in Raleigh, North Carolina in 2015. www.pauldmarks.com
EPISODE 77: "The Erstwhile Groom" by Laura Benedict
January 04, 2016 00:00 - 35 minutes - 57.5 MBA gifted writer who got her start in EQMM's Department of First Stories in 2001, Laura Benedict read her story "The Erstwhile Groom" (EQMM September/October 2007) for our podcast series while attending the Bouchercon World Mystery Convention in Raleigh, North Carolina in September of 2015. She is the author of several highly acclaimed novels of dark suspense, including 2015's Charlotte's Story, and she has a new story coming up in EQMM's July 2016 issue. www.laurabenedict.com
EPISODE 76: “The Problem of the Christmas Steeple” by Edward D. Hoch
December 01, 2015 00:00 - 27 minutes - 31.6 MBThe series of Edward D. Hoch radio plays that EQMM has been running intermittently over the past several years concludes with this episode. Based on Hoch stories that originally appeared in EQMM, starring series character Dr. Sam Hawthorne, the plays were produced and recorded by radioman Dave Amaral in the 1970s. In this case, adapted from the January 1977 EQMM story “The Problem of the Church Steeple,” Dr. Sam must find the explanation for a murder in a church steeple on Christmas ...
Episode 75: “Stinking Plaster” by Bavo Dhooge
October 30, 2015 00:00 - 31 minutes - 35.4 MBA story from EQMM’s Passport to Crime series is featured this month. Belgium’s Bavo Dhooge is a winner of the Dutch Crime Writer’s Association’s Shadow Prize, the Flemish Crime Writer’s Association’s Diamond Bullet Award, and the Hercule Poirot Award. His story “Stinking Plaster” appeared in the September/October 2011 issue of EQMM. It is read for this podcast by Josh Pachter, who translated the story into English for its publication in EQMM.
Episode 74: “The Problem of the Haunted Bandstand” by Edward D. Hoch
October 01, 2015 00:00 - 27 minutes - 33.1 MBOur series of Ed Hoch radio plays, produced by Dave Amaral in the 1970s and made available to the public for the first time as EQMM podcasts, is nearing an end. This penultimate episode (in our ordering of the plays) centers around a July Fourth celebration and contains typically brilliant puzzle construction by the most important classical mystery short-story writer of the nineteen sixties through most of the first decade of the twenty-first century. “The Problem of the Haunted Band...
EPISODE 73: “The Last Wrestling Bear..." by Tim L. Williams
September 01, 2015 13:39 - 38 minutes - 62.7 MBTim L. Williams returns to our podcast series this month with a reading of his 2014 International Thriller Award winning story “The Last Wrestling Bear in West Kentucky,” which first appeared in EQMM’s September/October 2014 issue and has since been reprinted in a collection of his stories entitled Skull Fragments. His previous podcast for this series is episode 60’s “Where That Morning Sun Goes Down.” http://www.newpulppress.com/bookpage/skullfragments.html
EPISODE 72: "The Night of Power" by Josh Pachter
July 31, 2015 00:00 - 42 minutes - 28.9 MBJoin us this month for a story set in 1980s Bahrain. Part of a series begun in EQMM in 1984, "The Night of Power" (EQMM September 1986) has recently been republished in the collection The Tree of Life (Wildside Press). It is read for us here by the author, Josh Pachter, a frequent contributor of fiction and translations to our magazine. http://joshpachter.com/
EPISODE 71: “Getaway Girl” by Zoë Z. Dean
July 01, 2015 00:00 - 28 minutes - 19.9 MBLauren James’s first work of fiction, "Getaway Girl," appeared in EQMM’s November 2014 issue under the pseudonym Zoë Z. Dean and went on to win the Robert L. Fish Award for best short story by a new American author. Here she is reading her award-winning debut story. zoezdean.wordpress.com
EPISODE 70: “Checkmate in Chimbote” by Bob Van Laerhoven
June 01, 2015 00:00 - 36 minutes - 50.2 MBThis month’s selection, from EQMM’s Passport to Crime department, is a story in translation. “Checkmate in Chimbote” by Belgium’s Bob Laerhoven, past winner of the Hercule Poirot Prize, is read by his translator, Josh Pachter. The story first appeared in English in EQMM’s June 2014 issue. https://twitter.com/bobvanlaerhoven http://joshpachter.com/
EPISODE 69: “The Wickedest Town in the West” by Marilyn Todd
May 01, 2015 15:38 - 50 minutes - 60.7 MBMarilyn Todd is known to historical mystery fans primarily for her series of novels and stories set in Ancient Rome, starring wine merchant Claudia Seferius, and for a second series set in Ancient Greece, starring High Priestess Iliona. But she often tackles more modern historical periods in her short stories. “The Wickedest Town in the West” (EQMM June 2013), which was one of the winners of the 2013 EQMM Readers Awards, is read here by actor Mandie Davis ([email protected]). ...
EPISODE 68: "The Adventure of 'The Two-Headed Dog'" by Ellery Queen
April 01, 2015 00:00 - 1 hour - 83.7 MBJoin us this month for a story by Ellery Queen, founder of Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine and one of the best selling mystery writers of all time. "The Adventure of 'The Two-Headed Dog'" was collected in the 1934 volume The Adventures of Ellery Queen. The story is read by Mark Lagasse.
EPISODE 67: “The Problem of the Lobster Shack” by Edward D. Hoch
March 02, 2015 00:00 - 27 minutes - 34 MBThe series of Edward D. Hoch radio plays we’ve been running intermittently for several years (produced in the 1970s by Dave Amaral) continues this month with a story that not only features a locked room but an escape artist bound and chained at the center of it. Edward D. Hoch, who died in 2008, was the modern master of the locked-room, and, as is notable in this story, a writer able to recreate convincingly time periods other than our own.
EPISODE 66: “The Problem of Cell 16” by Edward D. Hoch
February 02, 2015 00:00 - 27 minutes - 37.6 MBThis episode in a series of radio plays based on the stories of Edward D. Hoch (produced by Dave Amaral) will surprise listeners with some new twists on the locked-room escape story. One of the most famous examples of this type of mystery is Jacques Futrelle’s “The Problem of Cell 13,” and MWA Grand Master Hoch, who knew Futrelle’s work well, works references to that earlier tale into his puzzler starring Dr. Sam Hawthorne.
EPISODE 65: “Fontaine House” by Terrie Farley Moran
January 05, 2015 00:00 - 46 minutes - 31.7 MBTerrie Farley Moran launched a new mystery series at novel length in 2014 with Berkley Prime Crime (see Well Read, Then Dead). Prior to that she had already established herself as a short-story writer, shortlisted twice for Best American Mystery Stories. Her first short story for EQMM was August 2012’s “Fontaine House.” Here she is with a reading of it recorded at the 2014 Bouchercon World Mystery Convention. http://terriefarleymoran.com/
EPISODE 64: “Special Delivery” by Steve Hockensmith
December 01, 2014 00:00 - 32 minutes - 44.1 MBThe holidays are here and we celebrate in this episode in our podcast series with a Christmas tale from Steve Hockensmith. EQMM readers know this Edgar, Anthony, and Shamus-nominated author not only for his Christmas stories but for the Sherlockian Westerns featuring cowboys Big Red and Old Red that have appeared in our pages—and also in a series of Hockensmith novels. “Special Delivery,” from EQMM’s January 2002 issue, is read here by professional voiceover artist Mike Wiltrout. h...
EPISODE 63: “The Problem of the Little Red Schoolhouse” by Edward D. Hoch
October 31, 2014 00:00 - 27 minutes - 18.6 MBThis month, in another episode in a series of radio plays produced by Dave Amaral, Dr. Sam Hawthorne solves the seemingly instantaneous disappearance of a boy from a school playground. Adapted from the short story “The Problem of the Little Red Schoolhouse,” by Edward D. Hoch, first published in EQMM in September 1976, the tale harkens back to the early days of the fictional Hawthorne’s career.
EPISODE 62: "The Problem of the Old Oak Tree"
October 01, 2014 00:00 - 27 minutes - 34.6 MBFeatured this month is another in the series of plays produced by radioman Dave Amaral from the Dr. Sam Hawthorne stories of Edward D. Hoch. "The Problem of the Old Oak Tree," first published in the July, 1978 issue of EQMM, finds the country doctor pulled into a mystery surrounding the making of an early talking motion picture.
EPISODE 61: "The Problem of the Time Capsule" by Edward D. Hoch
August 29, 2014 00:00 - 27 minutes - 38.4 MBAs promised earlier this year, we are featuring this month another play from the series of radio adaptations of the stories of Edward D. Hoch, produced by Dave Amaral. The story on which this episode is based was originally published under the title "The Problem of the County Fair," in the February 1978 issue of EQMM. Next month, we'll have another play in the series. Don't miss it!
EPISODE 60: "Where That Morning Sun Goes Down" by Tim L. Williams
August 01, 2014 13:46 - 37 minutes - 51.1 MBAuthor and professor Tim L. Williams writes primarily short stories, and his work has been consistently well received. He has been nominated twice for the Private Eye Writers of America's Shamus Award for stories from his P.I. Charlie Raines series, published in EQMM, and he won an international Thriller Award for the most recent of those tales, "Half-Lives" (2011). In 2013 he received a nomination for the Edgar Allan Poe Award for best short story, for "Where That Morning Sun Goes...
EPISODE 59: "In Her Fashion" by Frankie Y. Bailey
June 27, 2014 00:00 - 51 minutes - 70.2 MBProfessor of Criminal Justice Frankie Y. Bailey has written five novels in the Lizzie Stuart crime-historian mystery series. The story she reads for this podcast, "In Her Fashion," belongs to that series. It was her first story for EQMM, and appeared in the July 2014 issue. The recording was done on-site at the Malice Domestic Convention in Bethesda, Maryland in May of 2014. http://www.frankieybailey.com/
EPISODE 58: “No Flowers” by Martin Edwards
May 30, 2014 00:00 - 33 minutes - 46.4 MBAward-winning mystery writer, critic, and editor Martin Edwards is the creator of two long-running series of crime novels, and also the author of several dozen short stories, many of which have appeared in EQMM. He read his story “No Flowers,” (from our May 2012 issue) for us at the Malice Domestic Convention in Bethesda, Maryland in May of 2014. http://www.martinedwardsbooks.com/
EPISODE 57: “The Problem of the Voting Booth” by Edward D. Hoch
April 30, 2014 00:00 - 37.9 MBAs promised last month, here is another dramatic adaptation of the Dr. Sam Hawthorne stories of Edward D. Hoch. Radio plays from this series, which was produced by Dave Amaral, have been featured as EQMM podcasts several times before, and additional episodes are scheduled for later this year. This episode is taken from Edward D. Hoch’s “The Problem of the Voting Booth,” which first appeared in the December 1977 issue of EQMM.
EPISODE 56: “The Problem of the Country Inn” by Edward D. Hoch
April 01, 2014 00:00 - 37.8 MBThis month and next, plays from a series of radio adaptations of the Dr. Sam Hawthorne stories of Edward D. Hoch are being podcast here courtesy of Dave Amaral. “The Problem of the Country Inn” was first published in the September 1977 issue of EQMM. It is one of hundreds of “impossible crime” stories that MWA Grandmaster Edward D. Hoch contributed to the magazine. Dave Amaral’s dramatic recreations of the stories have appeared in several earlier EQMM podcasts.
EPISODE 55: “Breaking the Box” by Brendan DuBois
February 28, 2014 19:00 - 53.6 MBTwo-time Best Short Story Shamus Award winner Brendan DuBois debuted in EQMM’s Department of First Stories more than twenty years ago. Since then, he’s had sixteen novels and more than 100 short stories published. Here he is reading his story “Breaking the Box,” from the September/October 2013 issue of EQMM. http://www.brendandubois.com/
EPISODE 54: “The Closet” by Jenny Milchman
January 31, 2014 00:00 - 54.6 MBJenny Milchman’s first novel, 2013’s “Cover of Snow,” was published to rave reviews, but it was not her first published fiction. Her work had previously appeared in EQMM’s Department of First Stories. Here she is reading her debut story, “The Closet,” from our November 2012 issue. www.jennymilchman.com
EPISODE 53: "Heat of the Moment" by James Lincoln Warren
December 31, 2013 00:00 - 69.9 MBHere with an evocative reading of his June 2007 EQMM story "Heat of the Moment" is short story writer James Lincoln Warren. The tale is the first of the author's Los Angeles based private eye stories, but before he made this venture into the hardboiled arena, James Lincoln Warren was already well known to readers of the Dell Fiction magazines for his short historical fiction. www.swordquill.com
EPISODE 52: “Murder at an Ad Agency” by Meredith Anthony
November 26, 2013 15:04 - 35.4 MBA darkly humorous tale from the world of advertising is featured this month, in a dramatic reading by the author. Meredith Anthony is a playwright, novelist, humorist, and short story writer whose stories have appeared several times in EQMM. “Murder at an Ad Agency” is from EQMM’s March/April 2013 issue. http://www.meredithanthony.com/
EPISODE 51: “Remote Control” by Mick Herron
November 01, 2013 15:17 - 21.8 MBDays before the posting of this podcast Mick Herron won the British Crime Writers’ Association’s Goldsboro Gold Dagger for his novel Dead Lions. The Gold Dagger is the highest award for an individual work in British crime fiction, and the ceremonies were televised a few days later on itv3. EQMM caught up with the author in September at the Bouchercon World Mystery Convention in Albany, New York, where we made this recording of his September/October 2007 EQMM story “Remote Control.” The reco...
EPISODE 50: “The Problem of the Old Gristmill” by Edward D. Hoch
October 02, 2013 15:03 - 24.9 MBThis month we feature another of radioman Dave Amaral’s adaptations of Edward D. Hoch’s Dr. Sam Hawthorne stories, a direct follow-up to last month’s “The Problem of the Covered Bridge.” Regular readers of EQMM will recognize another name here: The magazine’s long-time book reviewer and fiction contributor Jon L. Breen takes the part of one of the central characters in “The Problem of the Old Gristmill,” which had its first publication in EQMM in the March 1975 issue.
EPISODE 49: “The Problem of the Covered Bridge” by Edward D. Hoch
August 30, 2013 12:45 - 39.8 MBThis dramatization of one of the best Dr. Sam Hawthorne stories by Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Edward D. Hoch has been provided to our podcast series courtesy of former radioman and producer Dave Amaral. The story first appeared in the December 1974 issue of EQMM. Another in this series of plays will be featured next month. Don’t miss it!
EPISODE 48: "Won't You Come Out Tonight?" by Josh Pachter
August 01, 2013 12:17 - 24 MBFiction writer, translator, and professor Josh Pachter reads his twisty, suspenseful thriller "Won't You Come Out Tonight?" from the March 2004 issue of EQMM.The author was one of the youngest writers ever to sell a story to EQMM! http://www.joshpachter.com/
EPISODE 47: “Whiz Bang” by Mike Cooper
June 28, 2013 13:20 - 34.7 MBIn celebration of America’s Independence Day, we present a story set at that holiday on the waterfront in Boston. Its author, Shamus Award winner Mike Cooper, best known for his financial thrillers, has tackled one of the most difficult classical forms in this story: the “locked-room” whodunit. Here he is reading “Whiz Bang,” from the September/October 2011 EQMM. http://www.mikecooper.com/
EPISODE 46: “The Harmless Pursuits of Archibald Stamp” by Ann Cleeves.
May 31, 2013 15:11 - 20.4 MBThe first winner of the Crime Writers Association’s Duncan Lawrie Dagger Award, Ann Cleeves, joins us this month for a reading of her February 1995 EQMM story “The Harmless Pursuits of Archibald Stamp.” Many crime-fiction fans will know her work not only through her celebrated novels but through the two televisions series based on them: Shetland (from the BBC) and Vera (from ITV). www.anncleeves.com
EPISODE 45: “Two Dwarves and Eight Chained Ourang-Outangs” by Eric Cline
April 30, 2013 14:25 - 28.1 MBMay second is this year’s date for the Mystery Writers of America’s annual Edgar Allan Poe Awards banquet. This month’s podcast is a tip of the hat to Poe, and to the MWA. In “Two Dwarves and Eight Chained Ourang-Outangs” author Eric Cline has reworked a classic Poe story from the point of view of one of its central characters. The tale appeared in EQMM’s June 2011 issue, in the Department of First Stories. Since that fine debut, Eric Cline has sold several more of his imaginative tales. He ...
EPISODE 44: "Golden Chance" by S. J. Rozan
April 01, 2013 13:53 - 45.4 MBWinner of nearly all of mystery fiction's major awards—including two Edgars from the Mystery Writers of America—S. J. Rozan is as accomplished in the realm of short fiction as she is as a novelist. Her reading for this episode in our series is a subtle tale of political intrigue in a beautifully rendered exotic setting. It's from the December 2012 issue of EQMM. http://sjrozan.net/
EPISODE 43: “Some People Deserve to Die” by Dave Zeltserman
March 01, 2013 14:52 - 31.9 MBWinner of a Shamus Award from the Private Eye Writers of America, and the winner of the 2010 EQMM Readers Award, Dave Zeltserman writes mysteries of both the humorous and noir type. His reading for this episode in our podcast series is of one of his darker tales, from our August 2011 issue. http://www.hardluckstories.com/
EPISODE 42: “Hedge Hog” by Hilary Davidson
February 01, 2013 14:31 - 63.2 MBAnthony Award winner Hilary Davidson appeared on the mystery scene in 2007 and since then she’s made quite a mark. Her fourth novel is currently going into production, and she has had more than a dozen short stories published, including the tale she reads for us here, “Hedge Hog,” from the September/October 2011 issue of EQMM. After the reading, Hilary joins editor Janet Hutchings for an interview about her work. http://www.hilarydavidson.com
EPISODE 41: “Brea’s Tale” by Karen Pullen
January 02, 2013 14:19 - 24.6 MBWinner of a Best Long Story Derringer Award from the Short Mystery Fiction Society, this month’s featured story, "Brea's Tale," first appeared in EQMM’s Department of First Stories in January 2012. Reading it for us is the author, Karen Pullen. http://www.karenpullen.com/
EPISODE 40: “A Good Man of Business” by David Ingram -- SPECIAL HOLIDAY PODCAST!
December 03, 2012 16:59 - 34 MB2012’s Robert L. Fish Award winner for best story by a new author is featured this month, as read by its author, David Ingram, who also composed and performed the music for the podcast. “A Good Man of Business” (EQMM January 2011) makes use of the author’s background in theater—another of his many talents! http://davidhingram.com/
EPISODE 39: “The Brick Thing” by Jack Fredrickson
November 01, 2012 20:49 - 25.3 MBShamus Award-nominated crime writer Jack Fredrickson had his fiction debut in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine’s Department of First Stories. He joins us this month for a reading of that first short story, “The Brick Thing” (EQMM September/October 2002). It’s the story of a long-ago crime with present reverberations. www.jackfredrickson.com
EPISODE 38: “Normal” by Donna Andrews
October 01, 2012 13:47 - 31 MBIt’s October and with Halloween on the horizon we decided to feature a tale with vampires, trolls, and other spooky creatures. Award-winning novelist and short story writer Donna Andrews reads her story “Normal” (from the May 2011 EQMM), in which her not-quite-“normal” private eye and a support cast that includes a wizard solve a classical whodunit.
EPISODE 37: “Safe and Loft” by John Lutz
August 29, 2012 12:47 - 29.3 MBEdgar and Shamus award winner John Lutz reads his caper story “Safe and Loft” for us this month (EQMM March/April 2008). In a career that has brought him two lifetime achievement awards, the St. Louis author has produced novels and short stories in all of mystery’s subgenres, from tough hardboiled pieces to lighthearted stories like this one. www.johnlutzonline.com
EPISODE 36: "The Fruit Cellar" by Joyce Carol Oates
July 31, 2012 20:32 - 18.4 MBA haunting suspense story by National Humanities Medal winner Joyce Carol Oates is our featured selection this month. In addition to being one of the nation's most celebrated literary writers, Joyce Carol Oates is a distinguished member of the community of crime-fiction writers. "The Fruit Cellar" first appeared in EQMM's March/April 2004 issue. It is read here by Dorothy Cummings.
Episode 35: "Work Experience" by Simon Brett
July 02, 2012 15:52Malice Domestic Lifetime Achievement Award winner Simon Brett has a theatrical background that makes his readings especially absorbing. The former TV and radio producer has been the reader for all of the audio editions of his many popular mystery novels. He joins our podcast series with a reading of his humorous September/October 2011 EQMM story “Work Experience.” http://www.simonbrett.com/
EPISODE 34: “There’s a Killer Loose!” by Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins
June 01, 2012 12:36Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Mickey Spillane left a number of unfinished manuscripts when he died in 2006. Max Allan Collins, who wrote an Edgar-nominated critical study of Spillane and is also a versatile and celebrated mystery writer, has been completing the Spillane novels and stories. He is also the reader on this collaboration with Mickey Spillane, a story that was first published in the August 2008 issue of EQMM. http://www.maxallancollins.com/blog/
EPISODE 33: "Floored" by Twist Phelan
May 02, 2012 17:51International Thriller Award winner Twist Phelan joins us this month with a story that draws on one of the successful careers she pursued before becoming a novelist and short story writer. The former lawyer and commodities trader revisits the trading floor in this reading of her story "Floored," from the June 2008 EQMM. http://www.twistphelan.com/
EPISODE 32: "Ghosts" by John Harvey, "Awake" by David Dean, and "Suitcase in Slow Time" by Dave Raines
March 30, 2012 13:27Three short shorts comprise this month's podcast. First up, one of the U.K.'s most accomplished authors, poet and crime writer John Harvey, who reads his story "Ghosts," from the September/October 2009 EQMM. Next, current Edgar Allan Poe Award Best Short Story nominee David Dean reads his story "Awake," from our July 2009 issue. And finally, we present a story by multi-genre author Dave Raines. His "Suitcase in Slow Time," from the June 2009 EQMM, is read by Mark Lagasse. http://raineswriter...
EPISODE 31: "A Drowning at Snow's Cut" by Art Taylor
March 01, 2012 17:13 - 41 minutes - 38.4 MBFiction writer, book reviewer, and college professor Art Taylor reads his story "A Drowning at Snow's Cut" (EQMM, May 2011), which is currently nominated for the Short Mystery Fiction Society's Long Short Story Derringer Award. The author is a former Derringer Award winner in the novelette category, and a frequent contributor to EQMM. http://www.arttaylorwriter.com/
EPISODE 30: “The Girl in the Golden Gown” by Robert S. Levinson
February 01, 2012 17:55 - 36 minutes - 33.3 MBThis month’s selection is a story by Derringer Award-winning author Robert S. Levinson, “The Girl in the Golden Gown” (EQMM March/April 2010), read by Dell Magazines editor Mark Lagasse. A private-eye tale told in an inimitable voice, it was a nominee for the Private Eye Writers of America’s Shamus Award. http://www.robertslevinson.com/