Little Big Crimes: Dear Mr. Townsend, by E.A. Aymar

Little Big Crimes: Dear Mr. Townsend, by E.A. Aymar:    "Dear Mr. Townsend," by E.A. Aymar, in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, January/February 2026.  This is the second appeara...

Something Is Going To Happen: Newberry Crime Writing Workshop (by Michael Bracken)

 Something Is Going To Happen: Newberry Crime Writing Workshop (by Michael Bracken)

Something Is Going To Happen: They’re Human, Just Like the Rest of Us (by Anna Scotti)

 Something Is Going To Happen: They’re Human, Just Like the Rest of Us (by Anna Scotti)

Mystery Fanfare: Christopher Deliso: The Lessons of ‘Las Meninas’: Jeff Soloway’s EQMM Art-Heist Mystery and Literary Criticism

Mystery Fanfare: Christopher Deliso: The Lessons of ‘Las Meninas’:...: Since spring, I’ve been studying many books and magazines, including E llery Queen’s Mystery Magazine . I’ve done this partly for future rev...

Trace Evidence: Introducing Julius Katz (by Dave Zeltserman)

 Trace Evidence: Introducing Julius Katz (by Dave Zeltserman)

SleuthSayers: Hot Streak by Michael Bracken

SleuthSayers: Hot Streak: Attempting to predict anything in publishing is a mug’s game, especially trying to predict how long it will take for a short story to find ...

Gravetapping: EQMM Cover Art: Nov. 1954, Frederic Kirberger

Gravetapping: EQMM Cover Art: Nov. 1954, Frederic Kirberger: The marvelous cover illustration for the November 1954 issue of the digest, Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [Vol. 24, No. 5], w...

Writer Beware: Contract Controversy (and Change) at Must Read Magazines

 Writer Beware: Contract Controversy (and Change) at Must Read Magazines

Gravetapping: Review: "How's Your Mother?" by Simon Brett

Gravetapping: Review: "How's Your Mother?" by Simon Brett:   “How’s Your Mother?” by Simon Brett Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Oct. 1983   Simon Brett’s, “How’s Your Mothe...

Gravetapping: Review: "Little Old Ladies" by Simon Brett

Gravetapping: Review: "Little Old Ladies" by Simon Brett:   “Little Old Ladies” by Simon Brett from Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 2010   I’m ashamed of how few o...

The First Two Pages: “Traveller from an Antique Land” by Anna Scotti

 The First Two Pages: “Traveller from an Antique Land” by Anna Scotti

Something Is Going To Happen: A Long Day’s Journey Into Print (by Josh Pachter)

 Something Is Going To Happen: A Long Day’s Journey Into Print (by Josh Pachter)

Little Big Crimes: The Scarlatti Skip, by Richard Helms

Little Big Crimes: The Scarlatti Skip, by Richard Helms: "The Scarlatti Skip," by Richard Helms, in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, January/February 2025.  This is the twelfth story by H...

SleuthSayers: Never Surrender

SleuthSayers: Never Surrender:    A few weeks ago, something good--and unexpected--happened to me, publishingwise: a story was accepted by one of my favorite markets,  Ell...

Something Is Going To Happen: Learning How to WFH With EQMM (by Jackie Sherbow)

 Something Is Going To Happen: Learning How to WFH With EQMM (by Jackie Sherbow)

SleuthSayers: 50th by R.T. Lawton

SleuthSayers: 50th: In January 2006, I attended my first MWA Board of Directors meeting at the Roosevelt Hotel in Manhattan. At the start of the meeting, the vi...

Little Big Crimes: Her Upstairs, by Michael Z. Lewin

Little Big Crimes: Her Upstairs, by Michael Z. Lewin:   "Her Upstairs," by Michael Z. Lewin, in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine , July/August 2023. This is the fourth appearance ...

Something Is Going To Happen: Facing Reality (by Bev Vincent)

 Something Is Going To Happen: Facing Reality (by Bev Vincent)

Little Big Crimes: A Flash of Headlights, by Ken Linn

Little Big Crimes: A Flash of Headlights, by Ken Linn: "A Flash of Headlights," by Ken Linn, in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, May/June 2023. This one is right in my wheelhouse, ...

Little Big Crimes: The Incurious Man, by Terence Faherty

Little Big Crimes: The Incurious Man, by Terence Faherty: "The Incurious Man," by Terence Faherty, in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, May/June 2023. This is the tenth appearance in ...