• Episode 175: EPISODE 175: "The Changing Room" by Sheila Kohler
    May 1 2024

    In this month's podcast, we are pleased to present multiple O. Henry Award winner Sheila Kohler reading her suspenseful, evocative tale "The Changing Room" from our January/February 2021 issue.

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    36 mins
  • Episode 174: EPISODE 174: "Schrodinger, Cat" by Anna Scotti
    Apr 1 2024

    Our latest podcast episode features a celebrated story from our March/April 2022. Here is Anna Scotti's "Schrodinger, Cat," a Macavity Award nominee and third place finisher in our 2022 Readers Award poll.

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    34 mins
  • Episode 173: EPISODE 173: "Judge Not" by Twist Phelan
    Mar 4 2024

    We're pleased to share with you Twist Phelan's reading of "Judge Not," her highly entertaining story of a local judge who faces a serious ethical dilemma, from our May/June 2023 issue.

    "Judge Not" reached the highly commended category in the 2023 Irish Book Awards short story competition—the only crime fiction story to do so.

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    29 mins
  • Episode 172: EPISODE 172: "Rendering" by Sophia Lynch
    Feb 2 2024

    Our latest podcast episode features the suspenseful tale of a nude model who finds herself posing for an eccentric and rather creepy artist. Here is "Rendering" by Sophia Lynch, one of the latest entries in EQMM's Department of First Stories.

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    39 mins
  • Episode 171: EPISODE 171: "City of Light" by Josh Pachter
    Jan 2 2024

    Our latest podcast episode will whisk listeners off to Paris for an adventure filled with fine food and wine, paired with a side of revenge. Here, from our March/April 2020 issue, is "City of Light" by Josh Pachter, one of EQMM's most prolific contributors and translators.

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    36 mins
  • Episode 170: EPISODE 170: “Home for the Holidays” by Andrew Welsh-Huggins
    Nov 30 2023

    Andrew Welsh-Huggins is an accomplished author who has been nominated for Shamus, Derringer, and ITW Thriller awards. We're thrilled to feature his reading of "Home for the Holidays," a Christmastime thriller from our Jan/Feb 2020 issue, as the latest entry in our podcast series.

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    38 mins
  • Episode 169: EPISODE 169: "The Picardy Third" by Jacqueline Freimor
    Nov 1 2023

    When a murder strikes close to her granddaughter's music class, Private Investigator Jeannie Tannenbaum sets out to solve the case. Here is "The Picardy Third" by Jacqueline Freimor, originally published in our Jan/Feb 2023 issue.

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    37 mins
  • Episode 168: EPISODE 168: "Double Fly Rocket 87" by Eli Cranor
    Oct 2 2023

    Our latest podcast features the story of two former high school football stars who return to their old stomping grounds for a big payday. This is Eli Cranor's "Double Fly Rocket 87" from our January/February 2022 issue. Cranor is a former professional football player whose novel Don't Know Tough won the 2023 Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best First Novel.

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    35 mins