Monthly Archives: February 2021

“It Matters Who Killed Roger Ackroyd” (by Ray Bazowski)

Posted on February 24, 2021 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Last week, EQMM’s March/April issue went on sale. In it is the Department of First Stories debut of Ray Bazowski. The professor of politics at Toronto’s York University had previously submitted this first work of fiction, “Mother,” under a different … Continue reading →

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“Am I and My Detective the Same Person?” (by John Lantigua)

Posted on February 17, 2021 by somethingisgoingtohappen

John Lantigua’s fifth and latest Willie Cuesta novel, Remember My Face, was published in 2020 to rave reviews. A Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, John has been writing Willie Cuesta stories for EQMM for many years. In this post he gives … Continue reading →

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“Plot” (by Robert Cummins)

Posted on February 10, 2021 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Colorado-based author Robert Cummins has had a successful academic career, and has now turned his pen (which authored four books from MIT and Oxford Press as well as sixty articles) to fiction writing. His two novels—Hariq, a Cold War spy … Continue reading →

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“Showdown: Levin vs. Goldman” (by Kevin Mims)

Posted on February 3, 2021 by somethingisgoingtohappen

This week we have another essay by short-story writer and popular-fiction fan Kevin Mims. In it he deals with two giants of our genre (and several other genres!) and sets up an interesting comparison.—Janet Hutchings Back in the early 1990s, … Continue reading →

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