Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, July 2016 [#898]

by Various

This issue continues the year long celebration of 75 years of EQMM by featuring authors who made their debut in magazine's Department of First Stories. Authors include:
--Steven Saylor
--David Morrell
--Nancy Pickard
--Percy Spurlark Parker
--David Dean
--Trina Corey
--Brendan DuBois
--Martin Edwards
--Laura Benedict
--John H. Sherman

Genres: Mystery, Short Stories

118 pages, Unknown Binding

First published January 1, 2016

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Reviews

[Jeff Bleyle · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another pleasing collection of short stories from EQMM. I found two stories particularly memorable:
--Nancy Pickard's "Get Them Out" set during the Christmas season contains a pleasing sentimental ending and would have stood out in EQMM's Holiday edition. One I will seriously consider voting as best story in EQMM for 2016.
--Laura Benedict's "The Peter Rabbit Killers" has one of the scariest mothers I've encountered in fiction. Stephen King would be proud! I definitely enjoyed the ambiguously haunting ending.