In this week's blog post, author Yoshinori Todo discusses why his favorite stories are the ones that elicit an emotional response. Be sure to read his debut story, "Letters from Tokyo," in our July/August issue. somethingisgoingtohappen.net/2024/05/30/its…

Learn a few tips on navigating the saturated mystery-fiction market in this week's blog post from author and business journalist John J. McKeon, whose story "The Great Wolf" appears in our July/August issue somethingisgoingtohappen.net/2024/06/06/a-g…

EQMM newcomer Jay Randall discusses the essence of great mysteries in this week's blog post. Don't miss his story "Midnight Caller" in our July/August issue, on sale now! somethingisgoingtohappen.net/2024/06/13/the…

Do you remember "Barnaby Jones"? In this week's blog post, Kevin Mims discusses the many merits of this overlooked crime show somethingisgoingtohappen.net/2024/06/20/the…

Andrew McAleer returns to our blog with an archival interview featuring his father, John McAleer, and the first female president of the Mystery Writers of America, Helen McCloy somethingisgoingtohappen.net/2024/06/27/hot…

"Errand for a Neighbor" by Bill Bassman and "The Soiled Dove of Shallow Hollow" by Sean McCluskey are finalists for the Shamus Award in the Best P.I. Short Story category! Congratulations, authors!

Congratulations to Jennifer Black, whose 2023 blog post at SOMETHING IS GOING TO HAPPEN, "Into the Weave," has won first place in its category for the 2024 National Federation of Press Women Professional Contest! somethingisgoingtohappen.net/2023/07/06/int…

Check out this week's blog post, where journalist Kai Lovelace discusses one of the under-appreciated qualities of mystery fiction somethingisgoingtohappen.net/2024/07/11/peo…

We are thrilled to announce that Rabia Chaudry Presents The Mystery Hour with Alfred Hitchcock's Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazines premiers TODAY, wherever you listen to podcasts!

Read all about how our new podcast series, The Mystery Hour, came to be in this week's blog post by our managing editor, Jackie Sherbow somethingisgoingtohappen.net/2024/07/18/str…

New episode of The Mystery Hour just dropped! Have a listen to R.T. Lawton's "The Road to Hana"—if you dare.

We are thrilled to announce that the anthology TWISTED VOICES: Stories from Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine is now out from Level Best Books! We hope you'll enjoy it! bookshop.org/p/books/twiste…

Hear all about how our Twisted Voices anthology came to be in this week's blog post by publisher Shawn Reilly Simmons somethingisgoingtohappen.net/2024/07/25/a-t…

In this week's blog post, EQMM newcomer Anna Stolley Persky explores the role of technology in Columbo somethingisgoingtohappen.net/2024/08/01/if-…

In our latest blog post, psychoanalyst Robin Kirman discusses what it means to be truly haunted. Check out her EQMM debut in our Sept/Oct issue, on sale August 13th somethingisgoingtohappen.net/2024/08/08/is-…

Author Tom Andes discusses his enduring love for the mysteries of Robert B. Parker in this week's blog post somethingisgoingtohappen.net/2024/08/15/old…

In this week's blog post, find out how Sue Parman's anthropological research inspired her debut story for EQMM, now available in our September/October issue somethingisgoingtohappen.net/2024/08/22/the…

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Congratulations to Bill Bassman, who has been honored with the Private Eye Writers of America's Shamus Award for Best Short Story for his EQMM tale "Errand for a Neighbor"!

Learn about the enduring relationship between mysteries and the supernatural in this week's blog post from Sarah Hilary somethingisgoingtohappen.net/2024/09/05/unn…