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July 15, 2015 11:43 AM

Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, the premiere American mystery magazine for 74 years, has a podcast featuring many great short stories, both classic and new.

Its sister (brother?) publication, Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine also has a long selection of short story podcasts.

posted by dances_with_sneetches (7 comments total)

Back when I had time to read I had subscriptions to both. A couple of years ago I bought three EQMM best-of compilations from the 60s, and I still haven't gotten through them. Great stories, though.

I'm assuming themysteryplace.com is Penny Publications's next-generation branding effort once all the people who remember both Ellery Queen and Alfred Hitchcock are dead or don't have disposable income.
posted by infinitewindow at 11:51 AM on July 15, 2015 [1 favorite]

Awesome! I've been listening to the Down These Mean Streets podcast which re-runs old time radio crime/detective shows (inc. Ellery Queen and Hitchcock stuff) and I was hoping the format was being kept alive.
posted by griphus at 11:52 AM on July 15, 2015 [2 favorites]

I've been working for a small mystery publisher for a few months now, finding content for their twitter and facebook feeds. If you're a mystery fan you should be following:

The Passing Tramp
The Rap Sheet
Something is Going to Happen, which is the blog of the Ellery Queen editor.
The International Crime Fiction Research Group
Kill Zone Blog
The Life Sentence
Detectives Beyond Borders
Do You Write Under Your Own Name?

Also, you can follow Felony & Mayhem Press on twitter (shameless plug).
posted by waitingtoderail at 12:11 PM on July 15, 2015 [3 favorites]

Ha! I sold my very first professional illustration to AHMM!
posted by The Whelk at 1:39 PM on July 15, 2015

I sent my first short story for publication to AHMM when I was sixteen. If they had accepted it, I imagine I would have gone on to become a crazed writer, battered by rejections, always hoping for a little recognition. Oh, wait. That happened anyhow.
posted by dances_with_sneetches at 1:45 PM on July 15, 2015 [1 favorite]

Cool, I've been looking for new podcasts to listen to. Thanks!
posted by arcticseal at 3:04 PM on July 15, 2015

I've listed the 31 episodes from Alfred Hitchock Mystery Magazine alphabetically by author and included information on length here for you.

Betancourt, John Gregory. "Pit on the Road to Hell" 56 minutes.
Bowen, Rhys. "The Wall" 36 minutes.
Burns, Rex. "Shadow People" 42 minutes.
Cleland, Jane K. "Killing Time" 57 minutes.
Costa, Shelley. "Strangle Vine" 45 minutes.
Emerson, Kathy Lynn. "The Kenduskeag Killer" 46 minutes.
Fisher, Eve. "Drifts" 15 minutes.
Fusilli, Jim. "Digby, Attorney at Law" 27 minutes
Gore, Steven. "The God of Right and Wrong" 37 minutes.
Hockensmith, Steve. "The MacGuffin Theft Case" 37 minutes.
Hurst, Howell. "The First Day of Spring" 25 minutes.
Johnson, Douglas Grant."No Trouble At All" 65 minutes.
Lawton, R.T. "Click, Click, Click" 26 minutes.
Limón, Martin. "A Crust of Rice" 25 minutes.
Lopresti, Robert. "Snake in the Sweetgrass" 21 minutes.
Ludwigsen, Will. "In Search Of" 12 minutes.
Lutz, John. "The Explosives Expert" 17 minutes.
MacRae, Molly. "Fandango by Flashlight" 27 minutes.
Millar, Margaret. "The People Across the Canyon" note: need to sign in for this story.
Parker, I.J. "Akitada's First Case" 54 minutes.
Ross, Stephen. "Boundary Bridge" 29 minutes.
Savage, Tom. "The Method in Her Madness" 43 minutes.
Shepphird, John. "Ghost Negligence" 33 minutes.
Stevens, B.K. "Adjuncts Anonymous" 80 minutes.
Strong, Marianne Wilski. "Death at Olympia" with introduction. 55 minutes.
Vernon, Gigi. "One for the Road" 32 minutes.
Viets, Elaine. "After the Fall" With a question and answer session. 35 minutes.
Wiecek, Mike. "The End of the Train" 42 minutes.
Wilson, Jr., L.A. "Jazreen" 53 minutes.
Wishnia, Kenneth. "Burning Twilight" 18 minutes.
Wishnia, Kenneth. "Between Minke and Mayrev" 52 minutes.
posted by dances_with_sneetches at 8:17 AM on July 20, 2015