The Strand Magazine

02/02/2026

I met James Sallis for the first time in Phoenix in July. I had landed at midnight for a reading at the famous Poisoned Pen bookstore. It was 94 degrees F and panic set in as I imagined what the te…

02/01/2026

Let us celebrate the life and legacy of Catherine O'Hara.
From her astonishing work on SCTV, where she seemed to reinvent herself every few minutes—fearless, elastic, and uncannily precise—Catherine O’Hara showed us what true versatility looks like. She wasn’t just funny; she was inventive. Each character felt fully inhabited, exquisitely observed, and utterly unlike the last. With her passing, the comedy world feels dimmer—not because the laughs are gone, but because the particular brightness she brought to them, that rare mix of intelligence, generosity, and daring, is no longer there. SCTV

01/20/2026

Just announced: Graham Greene’s “Reading at Night,” published in The Strand Magazine, has been nominated for an Edgar Award for Best Short Story.
Here's the link to one of our favorite issues!

The Strand Magazine: Unpublished Ernest Hemingway Short Story, fiction by John Floyd, David Marcum, Elizabeth Creith and an interview with Jo Nesbo). Unpublished works by Mark Twain, John Steinbeck, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Agatha Christie.

01/12/2026

He was LEGEND!

Richard Matheson was one of the fiction writers who spanned generations and genres and whose career is hard to sum up. How do you do justice to an author whose work included the influential novel I…

12/29/2025

Just heard that NPR featured a reading from The Strangers — a lost radio play by Tennessee Williams that has just been published for the very first time!

Yes… THE Tennessee Williams — the brilliant mind behind classics like A Streetcar Named Desire and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof — wrote a radio play called The Strangers, and NPR treated us to a taste of it!

A previously unpublished radio play written by Tennessee Williams as a college student has been published in The Strand magazine. What does the work say about the playwright before he became famous?

12/20/2025

A newly released Tennessee Williams radio play, published just in time for the holidays.

The Strangers, a horror tale written during the playwright’s college days, appeared in the Strand magazine this week

12/20/2025

Found: lost play that Tennessee Williams wrote as a student
The Strangers is thought to have been submitted for a university radio station but it is unclear if it ever aired . . .

The Strangers is thought to have been submitted for a university radio station but it is unclear if it ever aired

12/17/2025

AP News broke the story today — a rare, early work from one of America’s greatest playwrights, now published in The Strand Magazine for the first time.

"The Strangers" is a haunting radio drama filled with stormy seas, eerie sounds, invisible specters, and the psychological depth Tennessee Williams would become famous for . . .

Tennessee Williams' early radio play, “The Strangers,” is featured in The Strand this week. Written in the late 1930s while Williams was a student at the University of Iowa, the play showcases classic radio horror elements like storms and spectral beings.

12/12/2025

Sherlock Holmes to Sleuth: 10 of the greatest murder mysteries ever!

As the new Knives Out film, Wake Up Dead Man, is released on streaming, here are more ingenious – and confounding – whodunnits to watch and read.

11/28/2025

Black Friday, minus the chaos.

No parking-lot gridlock.
No scented-candle showdowns.
No checkout lines that last longer than classic novels.

Just a calm, cozy deal from The Strand:
The Holiday Mystery Bundle — free book, free Raymond Chandler issue, free bookmark.
https://strandmag.com/product/raymond-chandler-issue-with-a-free-book-plus-a-one-year-subscription-4-issues/

11/16/2025

Step into a Victorian winter on Baker Street… ❄️🕯️
Our limited-edition Sherlock Holmes Calendar 2026 has just arrived!

Featuring a brand-new illustration created exclusively for The Strand Magazine, this calendar brings Holmes, Watson, and the charm of 221B to your wall all year long.

✨ Perfect for Sherlockians
✨ Beautiful gift for the holidays
✨ Standalone purchase — limited quantities available

Sherlock Holmes Calendar 2025 is a "The Strand" exclusive, printed every year on glossy paper and filled with Holmesian trivia perfect for any fan.

11/07/2025

✨ It’s finally here!

We’re thrilled to announce the release of The Best of The Strand Magazine: 25 Years of Twists, Turns, and Tales from the Modern Masters of Mystery and Fiction!

This collection brings together the finest stories from The Strand’s remarkable legacy—featuring literary legends such as Michael Connelly, Joyce Carol Oates, Walter Mosley, Alexander McCall Smith, R.L. Stine, and many more.

From dark noir to sharp psychological suspense, these stories showcase 25 years of The Strand’s finest work.

🎉 Available now wherever books are sold!
📖 Get your copy here: https://strandmag.com/product/add-to-wishlist-best-of-the-strand-magazine-25-years-of-twists-turns-and-tales-from-the-modern-masters-of-mystery-and-fiction/

Best of "The Strand Magazine": 25 Years of Twists, Turns, and Tales from the Modern Masters of Mystery and Fiction