Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine

This week we have a special blog post from literary critic and scholar Yusan Iiki on the rise of Japanese mystery fiction. Don't miss it! somethingisgoingtohappen.net/2026/05/14/hon…

Learn all about "The Rome of the North" in this week's blog post, where Herbert De Paepe discusses the inspiration behind his latest story in EQMM, "The Defixio Murders," translated by Josh Pachter! somethingisgoingtohappen.net/2026/05/08/a-c…

Get to know Dr. Marchland a little better in this week's blog post, where David Dean lays out the thought process and inspiration behind his long-running series featuring our readers' favorite Victorian alienist somethingisgoingtohappen.net/2026/04/29/mar…

We're thrilled to announce that Michael Bracken and David Dean have been nominated for Derringer Awards this year!

Check out this week's blog post where Richard Z. Santos discusses how he learned that, in his own mystery fiction, less is sometimes more somethingisgoingtohappen.net/2026/04/03/enj…

This week we're sharing a special post by Sheila Kohler, who makes the case that the Brontës were great writers were great writers of literary mystery fiction somethingisgoingtohappen.net/2026/03/27/the…

Get to know author Marilyn Todd a little better in this week's blog post where she discusses some formative experiences that led to her becoming a writer of over 100 short stories and 23 historical novels somethingisgoingtohappen.net/2026/03/24/mar…

This week's blog post is sure to entertain both music fans and mystery lovers alike. Read on to discover how Nick Guthrie's experiences as a musician in the UK inspired his story "Where's Pete?" somethingisgoingtohappen.net/2026/03/06/nic…

Warm up a little this winter with Ashley-Ruth M. Bernier's post on how her her native St. Thomas inspires her fiction somethingisgoingtohappen.net/2026/02/27/max…

Check out this week's blog post, where Meenakshi Gigi Durham describes how photography inspired her story from our March/April issue somethingisgoingtohappen.net/2026/02/19/can…

We'd like to offer our heartiest congratulations to Edith Maxwell, whose story "While the Iron is Hot" (March/April 2025) has just been nominated for an Agatha Award!

Want to improve your writing skills this summer? Then consider applying for the Newberry Crime Writing Workshop, the first mystery-writing workshop of its kind somethingisgoingtohappen.net/2026/02/11/new…

Check out this week's blog post, where V.G. Burke talks about how living in Savannah, GA in the 1970s helped inspire his story from our Jan/Feb issue somethingisgoingtohappen.net/2026/01/30/sav…

Join us in congratulating Charlaine Harris @RealCharlaine, whose story "The One That Got Away" (Jan/Feb 2025) will be a finalist at this year's Edgar awards! We'd also like to congratulate Billie Kay Fern and Rick Marcou for their Robert L. Fish Memorial Award nominations

Check out this week's blog post, where Anna Scotti describes some of the inspiration behind the child characters that appear in her stories somethingisgoingtohappen.net/2026/01/15/the…

Dear EQMM subscribers: Have your magazines been getting damaged in the mail? If so, please contact Sandy Marlow at smarlowe@pennypublications.com with pictures to help us assess the scale of this issue

@ShaneMonty17 Hi, we're sorry for the delay. Please email us at elleryqueenmm@mustreadbookspublishing.com for a digital copy

@eqmm If the Nov./Dec. issue was mailed Dec 1st, why haven't I received it? As of Jan. 6th, seven months into my subscription I have received one copy (Sept/Oct) issue. At the very least offer a digital copy while we wait.

UPDATE: Our Nov/Dec issue will be mailed out the week of Dec 1. Hopefully, you will all receive your print copy by the end of that week. As a result of this delay, we may adjust the Nov/Dec off-sale date and push back the Jan/Feb on-sale date. Thank you for your patience!

Find out what makes the Knives Out series so great in this week's blog post by Thomas K. Carpenter @thomaskcarpente, whose latest story appears in our Jan/Feb issue, on sale now! somethingisgoingtohappen.net/2026/01/08/tho…

Check out this week's blog post, where we talk to @PatBlack9 about his latest story, which was inspired by a unique Christmas event held annually in the author's native Glasgow somethingisgoingtohappen.net/2026/01/02/qa-…

Learn all about Finnish crime fiction in this week's blog post by Finnish author Tapani Bagge, who makes his EQMM debut in our Jan/Feb issue, on sale now! somethingisgoingtohappen.net/2025/12/18/fin…