Author Archives: somethingisgoingtohappen

A professor of history and the author of several nonfiction books, David Krugler has also written two World War II spy thrillers (Pegasus Crime 2016 and 2018): The Dead Don’t Bleed and Rip the Angels from Heaven. Both received starred … Continue reading →

J.D. Frain earned a degree in journalism before opening a small marketing company in St. Louis, Missouri. For a few years now he’s been writing and selling short stories, but his first paid publication at professional rates, “Two Thousand Miles … Continue reading →

In several previous years I’ve posted on this site about my experiences at the Bouchercon World Mystery Convention. That gathering of mystery fans, writers, and others in the business takes place in a different city each autumn. This year, neither … 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 volume of short mystery stories featuring his father John McAleer’s Golden … Continue reading →

Joseph Koenig’s first novel, Floater (1986), was nominated for an Edgar Allan Poe Award. His fiction has also brought him nominations for the Shamus and Macavity awards, and his novel Brides of Blood (1993) was named a New York Times … Continue reading →

Paul O’Connor has written comics, and for decades he developed video games, most recently as game director for Amazon’s Lord of the Rings. He makes his fiction debut in EQMM’s current issue (September/October 2023) with the story “Teddy’s Favorite Thing,” … Continue reading →

After a long absence, David Knadler has returned to EQMM’s pages with the story “Five-Hat Minimum” (September/October 2023). The tale stars series character John Ennis, who came to life twenty years ago in a story for our magazine. Ennis was … Continue reading →

Gabriela Stiteler’s first published fiction, “Two Hours West of Nothing,” appears in EQMM’s current issue (September/October), in the Department of First Stories. A writer and educator based in Portland, Maine, Gabriela grew up in Northwestern Pennsylvania. She came to love … Continue reading →

Amita Murray is the author of two series of mystery novels: Her Arya Winters series, begun in 2021, has been optioned for TV, and her historical series featuring the Marleigh sisters just debuted this year with the novel Unladylike Lessons … Continue reading →

Thomas K. Carpenter has been contributing stories featuring Magistrate Ovid, from Ancient Alexandria, to EQMM and AHMM since 2015. In our September/October issue (on sale now) Ovid’s most complex case comes to life in the novella “Death and Omens in … Continue reading →