Category Archives: Fiction

“Ten Days’ Wonder” (1948) by Ellery Queen (review by Arthur Vidro)

Posted on July 12, 2017 by somethingisgoingtohappen

As I mentioned when he last blogged for this site, in January of this year, in addition to being a freelance editor and a writer of short stories (two can be found on EQMM’s website and blog), Arthur Vidro is … Continue reading →

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“When Location Prompts a Staycation” (by Pat H. Broeske)

Posted on June 28, 2017 by somethingisgoingtohappen

A California native, Pat Broeske has worked as a producer on reality-based, true-crime TV shows. She is also a veteran journalist and has coauthored two book-length biographies: the best-selling Howard Hughes: The Untold Story and Down at the End of … Continue reading →

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“The Case of the Unrecognized Editor” (by John Duvall)

Posted on June 21, 2017 by somethingisgoingtohappen

John Duvall is the Margaret Church Distinguished Professor of English at Purdue University. He has published extensively on modern and contemporary American fiction. In this post he discusses how EQMM helped to reignite the career of one of America’s greatest literary writers, … 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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“Radio Days” (by Kevin Mims)

Posted on May 24, 2017 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Kevin Mims is known to readers of the Dell mystery magazines primarily as a short-story writer. In 2013, one of his stories for EQMM received a nomination for the International Thriller Award, and he has also contributed memorable stories to … Continue reading →

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“My Father and Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine” (by Richard Chizmar)

Posted on April 19, 2017 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Richard Chizmar is the coauthor (with Stephen King) of the bestselling novella Gwendy’s Button Box and the founder/publisher of Cemetery Dance magazine and the Cemetery Dance Publications book imprint. He has edited more than thirty anthologies and has won two World Fantasy awards and four … Continue reading →

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“Women Writers of Mystery” (by Leah Pennywark)

Posted on April 12, 2017 by somethingisgoingtohappen

  In September of 2016 Leah Pennywark appeared on one of the panels for EQMM’s 75th Anniversary Symposium at Columbia University’s Butler Library (available on YouTube and as part of our podcast series!), illuminating the discussion with her extensive knowledge of both … 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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“When Bob’s Your Uncle” (by G.M. Malliet)

Posted on March 8, 2017 by somethingisgoingtohappen

G.M. Malliet is an American, but she favors England, where she lived for several years, as a setting for her fiction. Her debut novel, which appeared in 2008 and introduced series character DCI Arthur St. Just, won an Agatha Award … Continue reading →

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