Author Archives: 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 →

Peter Lance Graves told EQMM that it was his discovery of the Ellery Queen novel The Greek Coffin Mystery, as an adolescent, that sparked his love of crime fiction. He went on to read Agatha Christie and “took way too long … Continue reading →

Two years ago, essayist and short story writer Kevin Mims contributed a post to this site about the work of Frederick Forsyth. He’s clearly a big fan of the best-selling English thriller writer, although he prefers the author’s earlier works … Continue reading →

P.D. James once said, in an interview about her famous series sleuth Dalgliesh, “An experienced senior detective told Adam Dalgliesh, when Adam was new to the CID, that all the motives for murder came under the letter L: love, lust, … Continue reading →

The Black Mask department of EQMM’s March/April issue (on sale next Wednesday) features a story by Nils Gilbertson entitled “Apple Juice.” Despite the cosy-sounding title, it’s a gritty noir story. In this post, the San Francisco Bay area native tells … Continue reading →

Lawrence Ong (who writes under a pseudonym based on a family name) is an instructor in the writing program at the University of Chicago, where he teaches academic writing. He will make his debut as a fiction writer in the … Continue reading →

Sam Wiebe is a winner of a Crime Writers of Canada Award and the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize. He’s also been nominated for the Edgar, Hammett, Shamus, and City of Vancouver Book Awards. His several novels include four in a … Continue reading →

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 recently completed a short story collection featuring his father John McAleer’s Golden Age detective, … Continue reading →

The author of nearly a dozen acclaimed novels, Sheila Kohler is also a distinguished short-story writer; among the honors she’s received for her short fiction are two O. Henry Prizes and inclusion in several volumes of the yearly Best American … Continue reading →

Charley Marsh is the pseudonym of a writer who has authored novels in several genres, mostly science fiction and mystery. Her first story for EQMM, “Streets of Joy,” appears in our current issue, January/February 2024. She told EQMM that she never … Continue reading →