Category Archives: Genre

“Crime Research: Behind the Facade” (by Howard Halstead)

Posted on May 27, 2015 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Howard Halstead’s outstanding fiction debut, “Limelight,” was published in our Department of First Stories in January 2014. His second story for us, “A Dark Symmetry,” is featured in July 2015—on sale this week! Another Halstead short story, in which he … Continue reading →

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“The Series P.I.—Some Pros and a Con” (by Harley Mazuk)

Posted on May 20, 2015 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Harley Mazuk’s first published work of fiction appeared in EQMM’s January 2011 issue. Normally a “first” is assigned to our Department of First Stories, but the tale was so thoroughly rooted in the old-style hardboiled tradition that we decided to … Continue reading →

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“I Am a Genre Writer” (by Margaret Maron)

Posted on April 22, 2015 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Margaret Maron’s achievements as a mystery and crime writer have been recognized by all of our field’s major organizations. She is a Grand Master of the Mystery Writers of America, a recipient of the Malice Domestic Convention’s Lifetime Achievement Award, … 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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“Roads and Wilderness: Two Novels by James M. Cain” (by Zoë Z. Dean)

Posted on March 25, 2015 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Zoë Z. Dean (a pseudonym for Kentucky writer Lauren James) debuted in EQMM’s Department of First Stories in November 2014 with the story “Getaway Girl”—for which she has just won the Mystery Writers of America’s Robert L. Fish Memorial Award … Continue reading →

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“The Curious Case of the Novel in Stories” (by Art Taylor)

Posted on March 18, 2015 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Art Taylor made his fiction debut nearly twenty years ago, in EQMM’s Department of First Stories, with the December 1995 story “Murder on the Orient Express,” but there was a long hiatus before he appeared again, and most of his … Continue reading →

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“A Break in the Order of Things: Coincidence in Fiction and in Life” by Steven Gore

Posted on March 11, 2015 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Steven Gore is a former private detective who told EQMM he spent decades  “investigating murder, fraud, organized crime, corruption, and drug, sex and arms trafficking.”  He has been featured, for his investigative work, on 60 Minutes. The San Francisco Bay … Continue reading →

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A FEW REFLECTIONS ABOUT SUSPENSE

Posted on March 4, 2015 by somethingisgoingtohappen

A few days ago I received an e-mail from one of EQMM’s Passport to Crime translators, Josh Pachter. It contained a detailed synopsis of a story he proposed translating for us, but in the few lines of the e-mail preceding … 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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“Murder Most Entertaining” (by Lucy Ribchester)

Posted on February 18, 2015 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Although she has had a number of stories in other periodicals, Edinburgh native Lucy Ribchester makes her EQMM debut in our March/April 2015 issue (currently on sale). Earlier this year, her first novel, The Hourglass Factory (Simon & Schuster, U.K.) … Continue reading →

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