Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine Magazine" has several distinguishing hallmarks, most of which were established during the days of Frederic Dannay’s editorship and have been maintained and strengthened since then. It is believed that these characteristics have helped" EQMM "to survive and flourish for more than 75 years while retaining its reputation as the leading periodical in the genre. From the creation of "EQMM", Dannay was determined to make the magazine “a quality publication devoted exclusively to the printing of the best detective-crime short-story literature," making quality the sole criterion for inclusion in the magazine, and his principle is inherited by succeeded editors. Apart from
Masters of True Crime writers describe exploding bombs, missing persons, cold cases, domestic homicides, organized crime, escaped convicts, kids gone wrong, a dead Girl Scout, and even a psychopathic Russian Countess." Masters of True Crime Masters of True Crime: Chilling Stories of Murder and the Macabre is a true crime anthology edited by American crime writer R. Barri Flowers. It was released by Prometheus Books in July 2012. The book includes 17 true-crime short stories by what "True Crime Zine" called "some of the best authors of the genre." Contributing authors include: Burl Barer, Carol Anne Davis, Phyllis Gobbell, Laura James, Douglas E. Jones,