Monthly Archives: April 2024

“Ten Questions for William Link” (with 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 tells us that he recently completed two books featuring his father John McAleer’s Golden Age … Continue reading

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“Tell Me Why” (by Pat Gaudet)

Pat Gaudet was born and raised in south Louisiana, and she’s worked a number of different jobs, including owning a shrimp boat. She makes her debut as a fiction writer in the Department of First Stories of our current issue, … Continue reading

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When Mysteries and Westerns Meet (by Larry D. Sweazy)

Larry Sweazy, whose work was last featured in our pages more than a decade ago, returns to EQMM in our current issue (May/June 2024) with the memorable and moving story “The Low Waters,” in the Black Mask Department. The author … Continue reading

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Mystery Writing Prompts from English 101 (by H. Hodgkins)

H. Hodgkins has taught English Literature at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro for many years and is the author of Style and the Single Girl: How Modern Women Re-Dressed the Novel, 1922-1977. Her professional fiction debut, the story “When Baptists Go Bad,” appears … Continue reading

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