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Category Archives: Historicals
“Of Bradshaws and Bonafides: Building a Better Pastiche” (by Keith Hann)
Keith Hann debuted in EQMM’s Department of First Stories (in this year’s February issue) with a Sherlock Holmes pastiche that turns on some real historical events. The Canadian author is currently a Ph.D. student at the University of Calgary, studying … Continue reading
“Dem Bones, Dem Bones . . .” (by Marilyn Todd)
Marilyn Todd is the author of sixteen historical novels and dozens of short stories, many of the latter for EQMM. Two recent collections of her tales are worth mentioning. Swords, Sandals and Sirens (Crippen and Landru Publishers) gathers, in print, … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Books, Guest, Historicals, History, International, Setting, Story, Writers, Writing
Tagged France, historical, history, roman, suspense, writers, writing
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“The Joys and Challenges of Journeys to the Past” by R.J. Koreto
R.J. Koreto will make his fiction debut in EQMM’s Department of First stories in the December 2015 issue. The award-winning journalist and magazine editor chose a contemporary setting for that first published work of fiction. But what really inspires him … Continue reading
EDWARD D. HOCH’S “PAUL REVERE’S BELL”
Previously posted in this space was Edward D. Hoch’s story “Paul Revere’s Bell.” For more great stories, subscribe to EQMM here.
Posted in Adventure, Ellery Queen, Fiction, Historicals, Magazine, Story
Tagged america, crime, historical, hoch, holiday, independence, mystery, revolutionary
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“Who Wrote the First Whodunit?” (by Steven Saylor)
Steven Saylor’s first novel, Roman Blood, introduced Gordianus the Finder, a private detective, of sorts, in ancient Rome. The critically acclaimed Roma Sub Rosa series now numbers a dozen novels, including two recent prequels about the younger days of Gordianus, … Continue reading
Posted in Ellery Queen, Fiction, Genre, Guest, Historicals, History
Tagged biblical, classics, detective, dramas, fiction, first detective, hercules, history, literature, oedipus, whodunit
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Celebrate Independence Day With a Story
The Fourth of July is a time Americans celebrate freedom, but the date also marks an important ideological expansion of a war, since the Declaration of Independence made clear that the conflict was not simply an internal rebellion within the … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Fiction, Historicals, History, Setting, Story, Uncategorized
Tagged adventure, ed hoch, fourth of july, independence day, literature, military fiction, mysteries, war, wartime setting
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“The Mystery Gene” (by Miriam Grace Monfredo)
Former librarian Miriam Grace Monfredo is an award-winning writer of historical crime fiction. Her first novel, Seneca Falls Inheritance, was set against the backdrop of the first women’s rights convention. Since then she has written eight more novels that focus … Continue reading
HISTORY AND MYSTERY
Historical fiction has always had a powerful appeal for me, and it’s probably partly because of my love of mysteries. Didn’t Voltaire say that history is “little else than a picture of human crimes and misfortunes”? Think of the poison … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Editing, Fiction, Genre, Historicals, History, Setting
Tagged historical, historical mysteries, history, literature, mystery, past, writing
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“Just Send Me Back” (by Mary Jane Maffini)
There’s always at least a touch of humor in Mary Jane Maffini’s fiction—a spice that suits the traditional mystery. The Canadian author has won two major awards for stories in EQMM, and she’s also the author of three series of … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Books, Characters, Editing, Fiction, Genre, Guest, Historicals, History, Police Procedurals, Setting, Writers
Tagged classic_mystery, eqmm, fiction, genre, historicals, history, literature, locale, setting, traditional mystery, writers
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“The Wonderful, Terrible, Mysterious West” (by Susan Salzer)
When Susan Salzer’s March/April 2012 story “The Saint of Pox Island” was named a finalist for the Western Writers of America’s Spur Award this spring, we did a search of EQMM’s 72-year-long awards list (which you can find here, on … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Awards, Characters, Conventions, Fiction, Genre, Guest, Historicals, Noir, Western
Tagged genre, literature, magazines, mystery, noir, setting, western, wild west, writers
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