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Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine Fiction Podcasts
Welcome to our monthly readings and dramatizations of stories by the world's leading writers of suspense, chosen from the magazine's archives and introduced by editor Janet Hutchings.
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.
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EPISODE 29: “No Mystery” by Terence Faherty
Shamus Award winner Terence Faherty is featured this month reading "No Mystery" (from the March/April 2011 EQMM), a story in his Star Republic series, which follows the sometimes-offbeat investigations of a nameless newspaper reporter. The author is best known for his award-winning Owen Keane and Scott Elliott mystery series.
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EPISODE 28: “Stone Cold Christmas” by Doug Allyn
This month, to celebrate the holiday season, EQMM presents a third podcast reading by multiple Edgar Allan Poe Award winner Doug Allyn. This time out, the author/musician brings us one of his Christmas stories, “Stone Cold Christmas” (EQMM January 2007), complete with his own musical arrangement and performance of a classic holiday song.
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EPISODE 27: “Ibrahim's Eyes” by David Dean
The story that won the EQMM Readers Award in 2007, “Ibrahim’s Eyes” by David Dean (from the June 2007 EQMM), is featured this month in a reading by another EQMM Readers Award winner, Doug Allyn. David Dean, whose work was recently nominated for a Barry Award, has been a regular contributor to EQMM since 1989.
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The Private Eye Writers of America’s new lifetime achievement award winner, Ed Gorman, is our featured author this month. His dark suspense story “Comeback,” read by Mark Lagasse, appeared in EQMM’s March/April 2009 issue. Like much of the Iowa author’s work, the tale revolves around its characters and missed opportunities. . . .
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EPISODE 25: “The Green Cross” by Elizabeth Zelvin
Elizabeth Zelvin, a New York poet and psychotherapist turned mystery writer, reads her Agatha Award nominated story “The Green Cross” for this month’s podca st. This engrossing first entry in a hist orical series, which appeared in the Augu st 2010 EQMM, is set on board ship during the first voyage of Columbus.
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EPISODE 24: "Fun and Games at the Carousel Mall" by Tom Tolnay
Award-winning short story writer Tom Tolnay reads his story "Fun and Games at the Carousel Mall" (from the September/October 2002 EQMM) for us this month. Like many of the stories this versatile author writes, it pushes the boundaries of our genre.
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EPISODE 23: "Disarming" by Dana Cameron
Award-winning short story writer and novelist Dana Cameron reads the second installment in her multi-award-nominated series featuring sixteenth century tavern owner Anna Hoyt. The story, full of accurate period detail and informed by the keen historical sensibility that is the Massachusetts author's hallmark, is from the June 2011 EQMM.
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EPISODE 22: "So Much in Common" by Mary Jane Maffini
An award-winning author of both novels and short stories, Mary Jane Maffini joins with author James Lincoln Warren in this reading of her story "So Much in Common," from the September/October 2010 issue of EQMM. The story is the most recent winner of the Agatha Award for Best Short Story.
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EPISODE 21: "The Chatelaine Bag" by Marcia Muller and Bill Pronzini
This month two celebrated crime writers, Marcia Muller and Bill Pronzini, join forces for a podcast reading of a story they wrote collaboratively. It's from a series set in 1890s San Francisco, starring former Secret Service agent John Quincannon and former Pinkerton agent Sabina Carpenter. There's a little bit of a love interest between the fictional couple, which works well in a series written by a husband and wife who are at the top of their profession, just as Quincannon and Carpenter are in theirs! The story is from the June 2011 issue of EQMM.
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EPISODE 20: "Famous Last Words" by Doug Allyn
Multiple EQMM Readers Award winner Doug Allyn is also a talented professional musician. For this podcast of his story "Famous Last Words," from the November 2009 EQMM, he's composed and performed a song and instrumental music. Reading the story is author, critic, and EQMM reviewer Steve Steinbock.
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EPISODE 19: "The Case of the Headless Man" by Bill Crider
Award-winning mystery and Western fiction writer Bill Crider, a native Texan who wrote a PhD dissertation on the hardboiled detective novel, is known to many in the mystery field for his reviews, columns, and critical work. But he's also one of our genre's best storytellers. Here he is reading his story "The Case of the Headless Man," from the March 1998 EQMM.
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Episode 18: "The Petty-Cash Killing" by Parnell Hall
Whether the Malice Domestic Convention's 2010 Guest of Honor Parnell Hall is writing in the private eye or the cozy genre, his stories and novels are always well plotted, and humorous elements abound. The author is also a musician and former actor, skills that put him in the perfect position to produce popular YouTube videos such as Signing in the Waldenbooks. He joins us this month with a reading of his November 1999 EQMM story "The Petty-Cash Killing."
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Episode 17: "Cupid's Arrow" by Marilyn Todd
British writer Marilyn Todd is one of a small group of historical writers currently mining the world of Ancient Rome for intrigue and suspense. In this month's selection, "Cupid's Arrow", from the September 2003 issue of EQMM, her series protagonist Claudia Seferius investigates a murder on her very doorstep. The dramatized reading features the author as Claudia, and an entrancing cast of supporting characters.
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Episode 16: "Fruitcake" by Steve Hockensmith
Edgar, Anthony, Shamus and Dilys Award finalist Steve Hockensmith joins us for a second podcast this month, this time reading one of his delightful Christmas tales, "Fruitcake," from the January 2003 EQMM. Booklist has praised this author for his "delicate balance of mystery and humor." If you're in need of some laughter to break the frenzy of holiday shopping, don't miss this one!
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Episode 15: "Rogue's Gallery" by Robert Barnard
A winner of the Crime Writers' Association of Great Britain's Lifetime Achievement Award, Robert Barnard has been, for decades, one of the leading lights in British crime fiction, and an author with a large following in the U.S. and around the globe as well. For this episode in our podcast series he reads the poignant "Rogues' Gallery," from the March 2003 EQMM.
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Episode 14: "Ms. Grimshank Regrets" by Nancy Pickard
With her latest novel, The Scent of Rain and Lightning, a New York Times bestseller and a "Barnes & Noble Recommends" main selection, Nancy Pickard is at the top of her profession. Her first published work appeared in EQMM's Department of First Stories and she continues to produce many excellent short stories each year. Here she is reading "Ms. Grimshank Regrets," from our May, 2008 issue. After the reading, Nancy joins EQMM editor Janet Hutchings and authors Margaret Maron and Carolyn Hart for an interview conducted at the Malice Domestic Convention in 2010. (This interview also appears at the end of Episodes 12 and 13 in our podcast series.)
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Episode 13: Virgo in Sapphires" by Margaret Maron
Margaret Maron is widely celebrated for her novels, but she began her career with short stories and continues to produce some of the best short work in the field. After the Edgar Allan Poe Award winning author's reading of her story "Virgo in Sapphires," from the December 2001 EQMM, she joins EQMM editor Janet Hutchings and authors Nancy Pickard and Carolyn Hart for an interview conducted at the Malice Domestic Convention in Arlington, Virginia. (This interview also appears at the end of Episode 12 in our podcast series.) |
Episode 12: "Spooked" by Carolyn Hart
The author of nearly 4 dozen novels, bestselling author Carolyn Hart seldom writes short stories, but when she does, they're not to be missed. This month's selection, "Spooked," from EQMM's March 1999 issue, is set on the home front, in Oklahoma, during World War II. Often hailed as America's Agatha Christie, Carolyn Hart creates a memorable picture of childhood and war in this tale, which became the basis for a book entitled Letter From Home. Following the author's reading of the story is an interview conducted by EQMM editor Janet Hutchings at the Malice Domestic Convention in Arlington, Virginia, with Carolyn Hart, Nancy Pickard, and Margaret Maron. |
 Episode 11: "Star of the Silver Screen" by Janice Law
Edgar Allan Poe Award nominee Janice Law takes the classic woman-in-jeopardy story in an entirely unexpected direction in this month's selection, "Star of the Silver Screen," from EQMM's December, 1996 issue. The tale is evocatively read by Dorothy Cummings.
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 Episode 10: "The Pirate's Debt" by Toni L.P. Kelner
An historical mystery filled with high-seas adventure, by award-winning author and editor Toni L.P. Kelner, is featured in this month's podcast, as read by Charlaine Harris. "The Pirate's Debt," which appeared in EQMM's August 2009 issue, received a nomination from the Short Mystery Fiction Society for best novelette of 2009. Following the reading, Toni and Charlaine join editor Janet Hutchings for an interview recorded at the Bouchercon World Mystery Convention in Indianapolis, Indiana. (This interview also appears at the end of episode 9 in our podcast series.)
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 Episode 9: "Dead Giveaway" by Charlaine Harris
A story by bestselling writer Charlaine Harris, author of the novels on which the HBO TV series True Blood is based, is read, for this episode in our podcast series, by writer Toni L.P. Kelner. "Dead Giveaway" first appeared in EQMM's December 2001 issue and can also be found in print on our website. Following the reading, Charlaine and Toni join editor Janet Hutchings for an interview recorded at the Bouchercon World Mystery Convention in Indianapolis, Indiana.
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 Episode 8: "Horn Man" by Clark Howard
Winner of the 1981 Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Short Story, "Horn Man" features unforgettable characters and the vivid setting of the New Orleans music scene. The legendary Clark Howard's many fans, who have made him a multiple winner of EQMM's yearly Readers Award, won't want to miss this dramatic reading of the tale by another well-known EQMM contributor, Doug Allyn. "Horn Man" was first published in the 6/2/80 issue of EQMM.
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Episode 7: "Say That Again," by Peter Lovesey, "The Old Story" by Liza Cody, and "Wheeze" by Michael Z. Lewin
Three stories that take their lead from a single newspaper article provide an entertaining look at how a common creative impetus can take the imaginations of different writers in wonderfully different directions. Includes a short interview with the authors, all leading writers of suspense, recorded at the 2009 Bouchercon World Mystery Convention.
Episode 6: "The Problem of the Locked Caboose" by Edward D. Hoch
The solving of so-called "impossible crimes" is the hallmark of Edward D. Hoch's series character Dr. Sam Hawthorne. In this episode, the New England country doctor is on board a night train when a body is discovered in its locked caboose. Dramatized from the story "The Problem of the Locked Caboose" by Edward D. Hoch, published in EQMM in May, 1976.
Episode 5: "Dear Doctor Watson" by Steve Hockensmith
A pair of Old West cowboys try to prove they're worthy of joining a detective agency by retrieving an incriminating letter, in "Dear Doctor Watson" by Steve Hockensmith (from the February 2007 issue of EQMM). But things are not all they appear to be in Missoula, Montana, circa 1890. . .
Episode 4: "A Lump of Sugar" by Ellery Queen
Ellery Queen returns in a case involving a cryptic dying message. Adapted by Ed Bogas, of Bogas Productions, from the story "A Lump of Sugar," published in EQMM in February, 1953. (The story later appeared under the titles "Murder in the Park" and "The Mystery of the 3 Dawn Riders.")
Episode 3: "The Talking Dead" by Melodie Johnson Howe
A TV writer goes missing, leaving her show's star without a script and opening up a perfect scenario for murder. In this fourth installment in her series of Diana Poole mysteries (published in EQMM in June 2003), former Hollywood actress Melodie Johnson Howe takes a penetrating look at the off-stage life of a TV idol.
Episode 2: "Groundwork" by Neil Schofield
A nosy neighbor alerts police to suspicious digging in the garden next-door—and she isn't the only one to get an unexpected comeuppance. Dramatized from the story "Groundwork," by Neil Shofield, published in EQMM in November 2001.
Episode 1: "The Myna Birds" by Ellery Queen
Ellery Queen receives a phone call from a murder victim in this clever play involving a witness of another species. Taken from the story entitled "Cut, Cut, Cut!" when it was published in EQMM in September 1956.
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