Author Archives: somethingisgoingtohappen

“Fifty Years After the Fair”: Josh Pachter—Author, Translator, and Dedicated Mystery Fan—Interviewed by Editor Janet Hutchings on His 50th Anniversary With EQMM

Posted on November 14, 2018 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Janet Hutchings: EQMM always takes pleasure in following the careers of writers who got their start in our Department of First Stories, but it isn’t often that we have the opportunity to look back on a fifty-year run of top-notch … Continue reading →

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“The Crossroads of Mystery and Science Fiction, and Fighting Fear With Fear” (by Jackie Sherbow)

Posted on November 7, 2018 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Part of the challenge of getting works of fiction into the hands of readers who will enjoy them is finding the right way to describe them. Often there are many different angles from which a story can be seen. Last … Continue reading →

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“The Role of Love and Hate in Crime Fiction” by Barb Goffman

Posted on October 31, 2018 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Barb Goffman is a winner of the Agatha, Macavity, and Silver Falchion awards for best short story. Her honors also include eleven nominations for the Agatha—a record in the short-story category!—and eleven nominations for other national crime-fiction awards, including the … Continue reading →

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“Military Veterans in Crime Fiction” (by Stacy Woodson)

Posted on October 24, 2018 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Stacy Woodson’s professional fiction debut, the story “Duty, Honor, Hammett,” appears in EQMM’s current issue, November/December 2018—which just went on sale yesterday! Further stories will appear in EQMM (sometime in 2019), in the Malice Domestic anthology Mystery Most Edible (also … Continue reading →

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“The Writers Are Watching” (by Anna Scotti)

Posted on October 17, 2018 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Anna Scotti is a writer who teaches middle-school English at a French international school. Her work has appeared in literary magazines such as The New Yorker, The New Guard Literary Review, and The Los Angeles Review. She has been nominated … Continue reading →

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WORKPLACES REAL AND FICTIONAL

Posted on October 10, 2018 by somethingisgoingtohappen

A company picnic and an issue due for release have brought me into closer contact than usual with work colleagues over the past two weeks. And that has me thinking about a topic I addressed on the old Readers Forum … Continue reading →

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“Hard Target: The Unexpected Perk Offered by the Mystery/Crime Genre” (by Jennifer Soosar)

Posted on October 3, 2018 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Jennifer Soosar’s first fiction appeared in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine’s Department of First Stories in 2016, representing Canada in our special “All Nations” anniversary celebration. Since then she’s had a book published—the psychological suspense novel Parent Teacher Association—and is currently … Continue reading →

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“Noir Is for Losers” (by Jeremy Herbert)

Posted on September 26, 2018 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Jeremy Herbert got his start in the entertainment field as a movie maker—as you’ll see from this post. By day, he currently works as an AV technician, while writing, directing, and editing movies in his free time. Many of those … Continue reading →

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“The Ultimate Career Killer” (by John Gregory Betancourt)

Posted on September 19, 2018 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Writer John Gregory Betancourt has an especially demanding day job: He’s the publisher of Wildside Press. Among Wildside’s many fine recent releases is The Misadventures of Ellery Queen, an anthology of Ellery Queen pastiches and parodies, edited by Josh Pachter … Continue reading →

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“Daneel Olivaw & Me” (by Jan Grape)

Posted on September 12, 2018 by somethingisgoingtohappen

When I and my colleagues at the Dell Mystery Magazines, Linda Landrigan and Jackie Sherbow, were interviewed on the blog SleuthSayers back in June, a corresponding invitation went out to members of SleuthSayers to blog for this site. Award-winning author Jan … Continue reading →

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