Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine selling more than 90,000 copies, which is far beyond Dannay and the publisher’s expectation. Since then, "EQMM" has become the Amwtican leading magazine of the genre and is credited with setting the standard for the modern crime and mystery short stories and keeping short stories of the genre alive and flourish. Frederic Dannay served as editor-in-chief for EQMM for more than 40 years. As an editor, Dannay set his goal to establish a more respectful reputation for mysteries and keep the genre strong. Dannay explained his manifesto for "Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine" as being to "raise the sights of mystery
Pen name Ogure Ito is roughly how the Japanese pronounce "oh great". A "shâ'er" (Persian from Arabic, for poet) (a poet who writes "she'rs" in Urdu or Persian) almost always has a "takhallus", a pen name, traditionally placed at the end of the name (often marked by a graphical sign placed above it) when referring to the poet by his full name. For example, Hafez is a pen-name for "Shams al-Din", and thus the usual way to refer to him would be "Shams al-Din Hafez" or just "Hafez". "Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan" (his official name and title) is referred to as "Mirza