Monthly Archives: February 2015

“Preparing for the Audience” (by Michael Haskins)

Posted on February 25, 2015 by somethingisgoingtohappen

A former journalist, Michael Haskins began his fiction-writing career in the pages of EQMM’s 2007 March/April double issue, with the Department of First Stories tale “Murder in Key West.” The central character of that story, Key West journalist Mick Murphy, … Continue reading →

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“Murder Most Entertaining” (by Lucy Ribchester)

Posted on February 18, 2015 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Although she has had a number of stories in other periodicals, Edinburgh native Lucy Ribchester makes her EQMM debut in our March/April 2015 issue (currently on sale). Earlier this year, her first novel, The Hourglass Factory (Simon & Schuster, U.K.) … Continue reading →

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“Saved by Ellery Queen” (by Russell Atwood)

Posted on February 11, 2015 by somethingisgoingtohappen

When I first came to EQMM in June of 1991, editor-in-chief Eleanor Sullivan was no longer able to work due to illness and the magazine was being run by Russell Atwood, EQMM’s managing editor. Russell was anxious to get on … Continue reading →

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“A Brash Idea Becomes a Publishing Company” (by Lee Goldberg)

Posted on February 4, 2015 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Lee Goldberg was already a well-known TV writer and producer and the author of two novels under his own name before he first appeared in EQMM in 2001. But that EQMM debut was also his start as a short-story writer. … Continue reading →

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