{"id":6507,"date":"2017-04-07T08:37:53","date_gmt":"2017-04-07T12:37:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/?p=6507"},"modified":"2017-04-07T08:37:53","modified_gmt":"2017-04-07T12:37:53","slug":"short-mystery-fiction-ellery-queen-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/?p=6507","title":{"rendered":"Short Mystery Fiction &#8211; Ellery Queen Picks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_6508\" style=\"width: 279px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6508\" class=\" wp-image-6508\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vweisfeld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Turtle-Chris-Evans.jpg?resize=269%2C243\" alt=\"baby sea turtles\" width=\"269\" height=\"243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vweisfeld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Turtle-Chris-Evans.jpg?w=418&amp;ssl=1 418w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vweisfeld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Turtle-Chris-Evans.jpg?resize=150%2C135&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vweisfeld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Turtle-Chris-Evans.jpg?resize=300%2C270&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vweisfeld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Turtle-Chris-Evans.jpg?resize=334%2C300&amp;ssl=1 334w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 269px) 100vw, 269px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6508\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">photo: Chris Evans, creative commons license<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Short stories are a great diversion when you don\u2019t have the time or attention span for a novel. The pacing is different. Every word should count. A paperback or magazine of short stories travels well too. <em>Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine<\/em>, now in its 76th year, is one of the best.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>EQMM<\/em> editors select a wide variety of stories from the broad categories of mystery, crime, and suspense and now publish six times a year. Here are a few from recent issues that I found particularly entertaining.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cFrank\u2019s Beach\u201d by Scott Loring Sanders \u2013 a bit of sea turtle ecology and a dead body. Sanders\u2019s stories have appeared in Best American Mystery Stories and he has a new collection out last month, <em>Shooting Creek. (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, <\/em>November 2016)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cFlowing Waters\u201d by Brendan DuBois \u2013 a prolific writer of short stories, this one focused on a woman with PTSD and her formerly abused rescue dog. A classic case of who rescued whom? DuBois latest novel, <em>Storm Cell<\/em>, was published late last year. (<em>EQMM<\/em>, January\/February 2017)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cOh, Give Me a Home\u201d by Gerald Elias \u2013 tracking down a rogue group of survivalists in Utah\u2019s Uintas Mountains. Elias (a former violinist) has a novel, <em>Devil\u2019s Trill<\/em>. (<em>EQMM<\/em> March\/April 2017)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cRuthless\u201d by Judith Cutler \u2013 a Black Widow meets her match. Cutler\u2019s novel <em>Head Start<\/em> will be out later this year. (<em>EQMM<\/em> March\/April 2017)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe Model Citizen\u201d by William Dylan Powell \u2013 love these humorous tales featuring former cop Billy Raskolnikov and his monkey Ringo who live on the boat <em>David\u2019s Fifth Margarita. <\/em>(<em>EQMM<\/em> March\/April 2017)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you follow this blog at all, you may recall that my own story, \u201cA Slaying Song Tonight\u201d led off the <em>EQMM<\/em> holiday issue (January\/February 2017), with a tale of how relationships are tested when a Christmas caroling excursion becomes the opportunity for murder.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Ellery-Queens-Mystery-Magazine\/dp\/B000N8V3FA\/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1491568472&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=Ellery+Queen+Mystery+Magazine&amp;linkCode=li2&amp;tag=victoweisf-20&amp;linkId=672b99478f603ffd13d66eb624c4fbaa\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;ASIN=B000N8V3FA&amp;Format=_SL160_&amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;WS=1&amp;tag=victoweisf-20\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=victoweisf-20&amp;l=li2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B000N8V3FA\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Short stories are a great diversion when you don\u2019t have the time or attention span for a novel. 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