Category Archives: Characters

“My Favorite Murderers” (by Graydon Miller)

Posted on June 14, 2017 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Graydon Miller was an American expatriate in Mexico for nine years, at the start of his writing career. He was first published not in English but in Spanish, with “Un invierno en el infierno” (“A Winter in Hell”). Some of … Continue reading →

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“The Last of the Kingdom of Romance: 90 years since the publication of The Case-book of Sherlock Holmes” (by R.T. Raichev)

Posted on June 7, 2017 by somethingisgoingtohappen

2017 marks the 90th anniversary of the publication of the last book of Sherlock Holmes adventures. In honor of the occasion, R.T. Raichev, a lifelong fan of English crime fiction, gives his assessment of the stories in that volume, entitled The Case-Book … Continue reading →

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A Conversation with Lisa Unger (by Scott Loring Sanders)

Posted on May 31, 2017 by somethingisgoingtohappen

This week we have a second installment in a series of interviews with influential crime writers by Scott Loring Sanders. A favorite of EQMM readers, Scott has a new story coming up in the magazine soon. You can learn more … Continue reading →

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“The Whys of Murder” by Sharon Hunt

Posted on May 17, 2017 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Sharon Hunt is a widely published food writer who also wrote for many literary magazines before turning to crime fiction. Her first story for EQMM, 2015’s “The Water Was Rising,” earned nominations for two prestigious best-short-story awards, Canada’s Arthur Ellis … Continue reading →

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“The Mysterious Face in the Cloud” by E. Gabriel Flores

Posted on May 3, 2017 by somethingisgoingtohappen

The most recent winner of the Robert L. Fish Award for best short story by a new American author, E. Gabriel Flores did a post for this site in April, and she’s back this month with a post about a … Continue reading →

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“Morgue Attendance and the Hair in the Chimney” (by E. Gabriel Flores)

Posted on April 5, 2017 by somethingisgoingtohappen

E. Gabriel Flores is a geography professor who has recently begun another career as a crime writer. Her first published fiction, “The Truth of the Moment,” appeared in EQMM’s December 2016 issue, in the Department of First Stories, and was … Continue reading →

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“Can Good People Do Bad?” by Paul Charles

Posted on March 29, 2017 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Northern Irish author Paul Charles writes three series of mystery novels. The ten-book-strong DI Christy Kennedy series saw its latest instalment, A Pleasure to Do Death With You, published in 2012. A second series, set in Donegal, Ireland and starring … Continue reading →

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COUNTING THE I’S

Posted on March 22, 2017 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Back in 2009 I received a note from a reader observing that more than half the stories published in EQMM that year employed first-person narration. It wasn’t something I’d noticed, mainly because there are actually several different viewpoints that fall … Continue reading →

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“Screaming Blue Murder—Writing For Television” (by Cath Staincliffe)

Posted on February 22, 2017 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Cath Staincliffe’s work first appeared in EQMM in January 2016. Her latest EQMM story, “The Rat,” is featured in our current issue, March/April 2017, and a third story will appear in EQMM later this year. The Manchester writer is a founding member … Continue reading →

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“Clive Cussler and the RTS Zavala: Cheers to a Real Life Captain of Adventure” (by William Dylan Powell)

Posted on February 8, 2017 by somethingisgoingtohappen

William Dylan Powell’s first fiction, the comic “Evening Gold,” appeared in EQMM’s Department of First Stories in November 2006, and went on to win that year’s Robert L. Fish Memorial Award. Prior to his fiction debut, he had already begun to publish … Continue reading →

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