{"id":6671,"date":"2017-06-02T07:19:48","date_gmt":"2017-06-02T11:19:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/?p=6671"},"modified":"2017-06-02T07:19:48","modified_gmt":"2017-06-02T11:19:48","slug":"ellery-queen-mystery-magazine-mayjune-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/?p=6671","title":{"rendered":"Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine \u2013 May\/June 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_5359\" style=\"width: 304px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5359\" class=\" wp-image-5359\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vweisfeld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/2016-03-02-06.29.10-1.jpg?resize=294%2C223\" alt=\"Ellery Queen\" width=\"294\" height=\"223\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5359\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(photo: Vicki Weisfeld)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Beginning this year, <em>EQMM<\/em>\u2014a prominent short story publisher with a 75-year history\u2014began publishing six times a year. The issues are longer than the former single-month editions, and the policy was instituted undoubtedly to save mailing costs. I hope this doesn\u2019t mean an eventual reduction in the number of stories <em>EQMM<\/em> publishes, because outlets for mystery\/crime short stories are severely limited.<\/p>\n<p>Judging by the quality of the May-June 2017 issue, there\u2019s no shortage of entertaining content out there. Here are some of the stories I liked best:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cCharcoal and Cherry,\u201d by Zoe Z. Dean, in which an amateur sleuth teams up with a retired police detective to unravel a cold-case murder.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cRosalie Marx is Missing,\u201d by Robert S. Levinson. A pair of amateur Las Vegas sleuths find a missing granddaughter. Lively banter.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cFind and Replace,\u201d by Marjorie Eccles, an increasingly hilarious (and suspicious) exchange of letters between a homeowner and a newspaper\u2019s gardening expert.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cYour Name Will Be Written in Lights,\u201d by Jonathan Moore, author of last year\u2019s excellent <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vweisfeld.com\/?p=6140\">The Poison Artist<\/a><\/em>. A show girl puts on the performance of her life.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cIn the Time of the Voodoo,\u201d by John Lantigua, high-tension effort to protect a Miami immigrant from her past and the Tonton Macoute.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cAngel Face,\u201d by M.C. Lee, attention to detail may exonerate a wrongly convicted death row prisoner, in Florida, \u201ca state where the statue of Blind Justice would be better suited standing in front of a Whac-A-Mole machine.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Libraries and big box bookstores carry <em>EQMM<\/em>, or subscribe! Available in print and for the Kindle.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Ellery-Queens-Mystery-Magazine\/dp\/B000N8V3FA\/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1496401383&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=ellery+queen+mystery+magazine&amp;linkCode=li2&amp;tag=victoweisf-20&amp;linkId=2c8a01f34f6aff816629dcc851875357\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><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\" \/><br \/>\nBooks by some of the authors highlighted above:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Stardom-Affair-Gulliver-Stevie-Marriner\/dp\/1432831607\/ref=as_li_ss_il?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=1496401513&amp;sr=8-1&amp;linkCode=li2&amp;tag=victoweisf-20&amp;linkId=e3cb3c220b525f18c2fb88f16136c081\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;ASIN=1432831607&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=1432831607\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Species-Revenge-Inspector-Mayo-Mystery-ebook\/dp\/B0155QLL7O\/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1496401606&amp;sr=8-3&amp;keywords=Marjorie+Eccles&amp;linkCode=li2&amp;tag=victoweisf-20&amp;linkId=913952b3da8dbbbe605cafc986ced49a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;ASIN=B0155QLL7O&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=B0155QLL7O\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Lady-Buenos-Aires-Willie-Mystery\/dp\/1558854967\/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1496401948&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=The+Lady+from+Buenos+Aires&amp;linkCode=li2&amp;tag=victoweisf-20&amp;linkId=d17f6523fc5ce84584e402a3627235c1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;ASIN=1558854967&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=1558854967\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beginning this year, EQMM\u2014a prominent short story publisher with a 75-year history\u2014began publishing six times a year. The issues are longer than the former single-month editions, and the policy was instituted undoubtedly to save mailing costs. 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