Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine

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…

For this week's blog post, EQMM contributor Angelique Fawns sat down with our Editor in Chief Jackie Sherbow to have a conversation about the print publishing industry, the craft of mystery writing, and more. Don't miss it! somethingisgoingtohappen.net/2025/11/20/a-c…

O'Neil De Noux shares his thoughts on how New Orleans has shaped his fiction, including his latest short story, "The Human Form Divine" somethingisgoingtohappen.net/2025/11/06/one…

In this week's blog post, Joseph Goodrich discusses EQMM's long history of publishing poetry. Don't miss it! somethingisgoingtohappen.net/2025/10/30/ord…

Check out this week's blog post from Gary Phillips, who outlines some of the surprising similarities between writing for traditional mystery magazines and comic books somethingisgoingtohappen.net/2025/10/23/cri…

Attention EQMM writers and readers! Our guidelines have changed. Please visit our website for more information elleryqueenmysterymagazine.com/contact-us/wri…

Don't miss this week's blog post, where @GMMalliet discusses the unique role of sidekicks in mystery fiction somethingisgoingtohappen.net/2025/09/18/the…