Author Archives: somethingisgoingtohappen

“Have Suitcase, Will Plot” (by Robert Lopresti)

Posted on January 2, 2019 by somethingisgoingtohappen

With many readers just back from holiday travel, we thought this post by Robert Lopresti would start 2019 off just right. It complements his story “Please Do Not Disturb,” which appears in our current issue, January/February 2019. Rob is one … Continue reading →

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HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM EQMM

Posted on December 26, 2018 by somethingisgoingtohappen

With all our gratitude to our readers, authors, and friends: Here’s to a fantastic year of crime fiction, and to a 2019 full of mystery.

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HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM EQMM

Posted on December 19, 2018 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Wishing you the warmest of holiday happiness this year, from your friends at Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine.

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MARY FRISQUE: UNSUNG WOMAN OF MYSTERY

Posted on December 12, 2018 by somethingisgoingtohappen

On November 26, Mary Frisque, Executive Director of the International Association of Crime Writers, North America, died after a brief illness. My friendship with Mary goes back a couple of decades. I met her through Edward D. Hoch and his … Continue reading →

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“Diatribes of the Diaphragm” (by Craig Faustus Buck)

Posted on December 5, 2018 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Craig Faustus Buck is a Macavity Award winner and an Anthony Award nominee for his short fiction. In the issue of EQMM currently on sale (November/December), with the story “Race to Judgment,”  he makes his EQMM debut. In 2015, he became a … Continue reading →

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“What’s in a Name?” (by Angela Crider Neary)

Posted on November 28, 2018 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Angela Crider Neary is an attorney, an avid mystery reader, and a mystery writer. She has had short stories in anthologies and in EQMM, and in 2015 her first mystery novel, Li’l Tom and the Pussyfoot Detective Bureau: The Case … Continue reading →

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HAPPY THANKSGIVING FROM EQMM

Posted on November 21, 2018 by somethingisgoingtohappen

We’re grateful for you, our readers, authors, and friends!

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“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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