Category Archives: Business

“A Belgian Mystery (Solved by Poirot Himself)” (By Hilde Vandermeeren)

Posted on September 2, 2015 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Hilde Vandermeeren, a psychologist and former teacher, had authored some forty books for children (winning numerous literary prizes for them) before she wrote her first crime novel, When Darkness Fell, in 2013—and it won the Hercule Poirot Public (or “Readers”) … Continue reading →

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“The Kerplunk Syndrome” (by Ed Wyrick)

Posted on August 12, 2015 by somethingisgoingtohappen

After an absence of sixteen years, Ed Wyrick (who formerly wrote as E.L. Wyrick) returns to EQMM’s pages with stories in our upcoming December 2015 and January 2016 issues. The Georgia native is a retired high-school counselor and the author … Continue reading →

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POETS AND SLEUTHS

Posted on June 24, 2015 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Jeffrey Marks’s recent post about Frederic Dannay’s famed collection of mystery books closed by saying that in his later years, after donating his mystery collection to the University of Texas, Dannay began to collect books of poetry. Dannay, who was, … Continue reading →

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“And Then There Was Why: The Mystery in Mystery Fiction” (by Tim L. Williams)

Posted on April 8, 2015 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Tim L. Williams’s short stories began appearing in EQMM in 2005. A number of them have gone on to be nominated for, or to win, major awards in the field. In 2011 he received the International Thriller Award for his … Continue reading →

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“RULE #1: PLEASE IGNORE ANY RULES FOUND BELOW” (by John Morgan Wilson)

Posted on April 1, 2015 by somethingisgoingtohappen

John Morgan Wilson’s first novel, Simple Justice, which launched his Benjamin Justice series, won the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best First Novel for its year of publication, 1996. Three other novels in the eight-book Justice series received Lambda Literary … Continue reading →

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“Preparing for the Audience” (by Michael Haskins)

Posted on February 25, 2015 by somethingisgoingtohappen

A former journalist, Michael Haskins began his fiction-writing career in the pages of EQMM’s 2007 March/April double issue, with the Department of First Stories tale “Murder in Key West.” The central character of that story, Key West journalist Mick Murphy, … Continue reading →

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“A Day in the Life of the Creative Writer” (by David Dean)

Posted on January 14, 2015 by somethingisgoingtohappen

David Dean debuted in EQMM’s Department of First Stories nearly twenty-five years ago. In the ensuing years, while also pursuing a full-time career on a New Jersey police force, he produced dozens more stories. He is a winner of the … Continue reading →

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2014—OUR YEAR IN REVIEW

Posted on December 17, 2014 by somethingisgoingtohappen

2014 is winding up at EQMM with a flurry of activity. The Bouchercon World Mystery Convention was more than a month later than usual this year, taking the mystery crowd to Long Beach, California at the end of the second … Continue reading →

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“How to Become a Part-time Part-Time Mystery Writer in 25 Easy Steps” (by Dennis McFadden)

Posted on December 10, 2014 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Dennis McFadden’s short stories have been included twice in Houghton Mifflin’s Best American Mystery Stories series (2011 and 2013). But his work isn’t confined to the mystery field: He’s been published in a number of literary journals, such as The … Continue reading →

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NEITHER LOST NOR FORGOTTEN

Posted on November 5, 2014 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Permanence for the written word was a quest of authors and other lovers of books long before the rise of digital publishing, but the new publishing formats have exacerbated concerns about valuable works being lost or forgotten. For one thing, … Continue reading →

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