Monthly Archives: March 2024

ShortCon (by Michael Bracken)

Posted on March 28, 2024 by somethingisgoingtohappen

A winner of the Edward D. Hoch Memorial Golden Derringer for Lifetime Achievement from the Short Mystery Fiction Society and many other honors, Michael Bracken is one of the most prolific and popular short-story writers (he’s also a novelist!) in … Continue reading →

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SPRING WISHES FROM EQMM!

Posted on March 28, 2024 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Happy reading this season and all others!

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Behind The Sinister Door: Acknowledging The Unsettling and Undeniable Presence of Captive Women in Mystery Fiction (by Sophia Lynch)

Posted on March 21, 2024 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Sophia Lynch made her fiction debut with the story “Rendering,” in the Department of First Stories of EQMM’s January/February 2024 issue. The story turns around a life model who agrees to a private session at an artist’s home—a situation with … Continue reading →

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How Stories Unearth Memories (by Janice Law)

Posted on March 14, 2024 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Edgar Allan Poe Award nominee Janice Law created one of the first fictional female private eyes with her Anna Peters series, launched in 1976. She has continued writing in the crime fiction genre at both novel and short-story length. Her … Continue reading →

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Patricia Highsmith’s Two Severed Hands (by R.T. Raichev)

Posted on March 7, 2024 by somethingisgoingtohappen

R. T. Raichev’s articles related to mystery fiction have appeared on this site frequently. This time, he trains his critical eye on Patricia Highsmith, an author whose short stories appeared in EQMM over several decades. R.T. Raichev is also a novelist and … Continue reading →

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