Author Archives: somethingisgoingtohappen

In this special post, learn a bit about how EQMM regular Terena Elizabeth Bell drew on her life experiences as well as a popular TV show to come up with her debut novel, Recursion, which will be published next year … Continue reading →

In this engaging Q&A with an EQMM regular, learn all about Pat Black’s writing process, reading habits, newest projects, and some of his ideas for genre-bending mystery fiction! Here readers can also find a teaser for the short story Pat … Continue reading →

Learn all about how a cluttered closet and a lunch date with an editor friend helped inspire Meredith Anthony’s latest short story for EQMM! Find “Decluttering” in our July/August issue, on sale now! There’s an old joke that writers always … Continue reading →

Here Gabriela Stiteler reflects on the conversation with her Abuelita that helped inspired “A Well-Worn Path,” her latest story for EQMM in our July/August issue, on sale now! “A Well-Worn Path” came to me after a conversation with my Abuelita, … Continue reading →

In this post that is as thoughtful as it is entertaining, S. B. Watson recounts a spirited discussion around a question that many of our readers have likely had before: What truly makes a great mystery? Years ago, I was … Continue reading →

In this special blog post, Japanese literary scholar and critic Yusan Iiki gives readers a deep dive into the development of and differentiation of Japanese crime fiction in the 20th century I’d like to pose a question: Is there a … Continue reading →

Herbert De Paepe returns to EQMM in our May/June issue with “The Defixio Murders,” another spine-tingling mystery translated from the Dutch by Josh Pachter. Here Herbert discusses how a trip to “The Rome of the North” along with some mysterious … Continue reading →

EQMM regular and Readers-Award winner David Dean shares some of the background and thought behind the stories in his Dr. Marchland stories, with the most recent being “Marchland’s Missing Patient” from our March/April issue When EQMM contacted me about writing … Continue reading →

In this post that is sure to enlighten fans of the craft of storytelling, Richard Z. Santos extolls the virtues of brevity while outlining his evolution as a writer who came to learn that less is often more For writers, … Continue reading →

Sheila Kohler returns our blog with a special post where discusses what makes the fiction of the Brontë sisters so special to her, as both literary fiction and mystery fiction. Be sure to check our Sheila’s book on the Brontës, … Continue reading →