{"id":9020,"date":"2021-05-13T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-13T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/?p=9020"},"modified":"2021-05-12T18:34:38","modified_gmt":"2021-05-12T22:34:38","slug":"ellery-queen-mystery-magazine-may-june-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/?p=9020","title":{"rendered":"Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine \u2013 May\/June 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vweisfeld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/EQM_MayJun2021_400x570.jpg?resize=301%2C435&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9021\" width=\"301\" height=\"435\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Eighteen stories in this issue, blanketing the gamut of mystery and crime subgenres. Recently I read 75 short stories published last year for the Short Mystery Fiction Society\u2019s Derringer Awards. Most I hadn\u2019t read previously, but some I recognized immediately as having appeared in <em>EQMM<\/em>. It\u2019s a testament to the editors of the leading mystery fiction magazines that they select such memorable short fiction!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among my favorites in this issue:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Hidden Places\u201d by Linda Stansberry \u2013 A nice barroom tale: \u201cThe Open and Shut wasn\u2019t a bar for wine lovers. It was a bar for lawyers who needed to drink.\u201d<br>\u201cThe Case of the Strangled Man\u201d by Steven Torres \u2013 A suspect is strangled to death while sitting alone in a police station interview room, and the cops must investigate each other. A detective and the desk sergeant had \u201cgotten to the part of the interview where it was relevant to ask who was the greatest hitter in baseball history.\u201d LOL<br>\u201cFrank Scarso Finds His Life\u201d by Doug Crandall \u2013 A true feel-good story, as is \u201cBirdman\u201d by Alex Knight. Revenge takes many forms.<br>\u201cThe Bunker\u201d by Herbert De Paepe and translated from the Flemish by Josh Pachter. Great evocation of a bizarre workplace!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And, best of all, this issue contains the news that my editor, Barb Goffman, won the <em>EQMM<\/em> 2020 Readers\u2019 Award for her \u201cDear Emily Etiquette.\u201d Barb\u2019s \u201cirrepressibly satirical tale about the modern wedding\u201d appeared in last year\u2019s Sept\/Oct issue. I certainly enjoyed that story and, clearly, many other readers did too!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Be sure to check out the issue cover, for a challenge along the lines of \u201cwhat\u2019s wrong with this picture?\u201d I see at least three mysterious and deadly references.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eighteen stories in this issue, blanketing the gamut of mystery and crime subgenres. Recently I read 75 short stories published last year for the Short Mystery Fiction Society\u2019s Derringer Awards. Most I hadn\u2019t read previously, but some I recognized immediately &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/?p=9020\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine \u2013 May\/June 2021 - something for every crime fiction lover in this issue--and the cover . . . what's the deal there?","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1335,52,1821,632,126,120],"tags":[1865],"class_list":["post-9020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-amateur-detective","category-crime","category-humor","category-police","category-reading-2","category-short-story","tag-barb-goffman"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2NkiT-2lu","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9020"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9020\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9022,"href":"https:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9020\/revisions\/9022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}