Monthly Archives: September 2023

Conversations with James M. Cain and Edgar Winner John McAleer (by Andrew McAleer)

Andrew McAleer is the author of 101 Habits of Highly Successful Novelists and co-editor, with Gay Toltl Kinman, of the mystery anthology Edgar & Shamus Go Golden. He recently completed a volume of short mystery stories featuring his father John McAleer’s Golden … Continue reading

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Three Degrees of Separation From Florabel Muir (by Joseph Koenig)

Joseph Koenig’s first novel, Floater (1986), was nominated for an Edgar Allan Poe Award. His fiction has also brought him nominations for the Shamus and Macavity awards, and his novel Brides of Blood (1993) was named a New York Times … Continue reading

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Cop Club (by Paul Ryan O’Connor)

Paul O’Connor has written comics, and for decades he developed video games, most recently as game director for Amazon’s Lord of the Rings. He makes his fiction debut in EQMM’s current issue (September/October 2023) with the story “Teddy’s Favorite Thing,” … Continue reading

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“Mystery”: A Small Word for a Big Canon (by David Knadler)

After a long absence, David Knadler has returned to EQMM’s pages with the story “Five-Hat Minimum” (September/October 2023). The tale stars series character John Ennis, who came to life twenty years ago in a story for our magazine. Ennis was … Continue reading

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