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Category Archives: crime
“Tick-Tick-Boom!: Ratcheting Up the Tension with a Ticking Clock” (by Sandy Smith)
Sandy Smith makes her EQMM debut in our 80th Anniversary Issue (September/October 2021)—on sale next week! She’s had a number of stories published elsewhere. Two were nominated for Best of the Net (2018 and 2019) and another for the Pushcart … Continue reading
“You Can’t Make This Stuff Up” (by Mike MacInnes)
Mike MacInnes trained as a lawyer in Canada before deciding to go to work for a publishing company, and to pursue his interest in writing. He currently writes summaries of legal cases by day, and as he explains in this … Continue reading
Posted in Characters, Courtroom Mysteries, crime, Fiction, mystery fiction, Readers, Real Crime
Tagged court, crime, fiction, judge, lawyer, legal, mystery, reading, true crime
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“Keep the Door Open, Check the Bathroom” (by Linda Stansberry)
Eureka, California resident Linda Stansberry is an award-winning journalist who has recently been devoting more of her time to fiction writing. Her EQMM debut, “The Hidden Places,” appears in our current issue (May/June 2021). She’s had one previous professional fiction … Continue reading
Posted in Books, crime, Fiction, Genre, Guest, Memorial, Novels, Readers, Story
Tagged crime, crime fiction, Memorial, memory, mother, murder mystery, mystery fiction, reading
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“What True Crime Podcasts Can Teach Us About Writing Mysteries” (by Matt Coleman)
Matt Coleman is a writer of mystery and comedy who makes his Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine debut in our current issue (November/December 2019) with the story “Stray Dogs.” He is not a newcomer to the mystery scene, however. His debut … Continue reading
“Ordinary, Run-of-the-Mill People” (by A.M. Porter)
A.M. Porter has traveled the world writing articles and nonfiction books, and as you’ll see in this post, she’s also had some interesting jobs closer to home, in her native Canada. More recently, she has turned her hand to writing … Continue reading
Posted in Characters, crime, Genre, Guest, Real Crime, Story, Writers
Tagged mystery, mystery fiction, television, true crime, writing
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“My Father Made Me a Crime Writer!” (by Richie Narvaez)
Yesterday, EQMM’s final issue of the year, November/December 2019, went on sale. It contains Richie Narvaez’s first story for EQMM, “None of This Is on the Map.” The New York City teacher and writer is the author of the collection … Continue reading
Posted in Characters, crime, Fiction, Genre, Guest, Story, Writers, Writing
Tagged crime fiction, crime writer, crime writing, fiction, ideas, inspiration, mystery, writers, writing
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“Crimehampton: Myth and Reality” (by Elizabeth Zelvin)
Elizabeth Zelvin’s latest short story, “The Island,” appears in EQMM’s November/December issue, which goes on sale next week (though many subscribers already have copies!). The New York City author, recently the editor of the anthology Me Too Short Stories, has … Continue reading
“The Other Face” (by Pat Black)
Pat Black makes his EQMM debut in our current issue (May/June 2019) and we have more of his work coming up. His stories have also been published in a number of anthologies, including Northern Crime One. He was the runner-up … Continue reading
Posted in Characters, crime, Fiction, Genre, Guest, International, Setting
Tagged crime fiction, doubles, noir, pat black, scotland, scottish, tartan noir, writer, writing
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“Finding Freedom, Finding Truth: The Impact of Jarvis Jay Masters” (by Batya Swift Yasgur MA, LSW)
Last month, Batya Swift Yasgur also blogged for this site, and I recommend that anyone who missed it take a look at that earlier post: It has some commonalities with this new piece. The author began her fiction-writing career in … Continue reading
“Seventh Sense” (by Doug Crandell)
Doug Crandell makes his first appearance in EQMM with the story “Shanty Falls,” in our current issue (January/February 2019). We have another of his stories coming up soon. He is the author of the 2007 Barnes & Noble Discover pick, … Continue reading
Posted in Characters, crime, Fiction, Guest, History, Story, Writers, Writing
Tagged characters, crime fiction, family, memory, short story, writer, writing
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