Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine's Fiction Podcast

A 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/

A 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/

Days 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 recording conditions were not ideal, but the author’s reading of his story was. We hope you’ll enjoy it despite some unavoidable background noise. http://www.mickherron.com/

Days 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 recording conditions were not ideal, but the author’s reading of his story was. We hope you’ll enjoy it despite some unavoidable background noise. http://www.mickherron.com/

This 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.

This 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.

This 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!

This 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!

Fiction 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/

Fiction 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/

In 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/

In 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/

The 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

The 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

May 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 reads his story for this episode in our podcast series with dramatic flair. http://www.cruelcline.blogspot.com/