Category Archives: History

“How I Got Hooked” (by John Lantigua)

Posted on November 25, 2015 by somethingisgoingtohappen

John Lantigua is a journalist whose work has received two Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Prizes, a share of the Pulitzer Prize for investigative journalism, and other awards.  His first novel, Heat Lightning, appeared in 1987 and was nominated for the … Continue reading →

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“Dem Bones, Dem Bones . . .” (by Marilyn Todd)

Posted on November 18, 2015 by somethingisgoingtohappen

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 →

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“Communicating the Unfamiliar: Writing the Underbelly in Africa” (by Meg Opperman)

Posted on November 11, 2015 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Meg Opperman’s first story for EQMM was published earlier this year, and she has another tale coming up for us in 2016. Both stories take place in Tanzania, a country the author knows intimately. A former Fulbright scholar, she’s a … Continue reading →

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“Dutch Treats” (by René Appel)

Posted on October 14, 2015 by somethingisgoingtohappen

René Appel was a professor of Dutch as a second language at the University of Amsterdam until 2003. But he has been writing fiction since the 1970s, a decade in which his output was mostly short stories for literary magazines. … Continue reading →

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“Hot on the Trail of a Minnesota Mystery” (by Susan Koefod)

Posted on September 23, 2015 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Susan Koefod is the author of the Arvo Thorson mystery-novel series, from North Star Press, and also a widely published poet. She was a recipient, in 2013, of a $25,000 McKnight Artist Fellowship for writers. Just this week she received … Continue reading →

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“The Joys and Challenges of Journeys to the Past” by R.J. Koreto

Posted on August 26, 2015 by somethingisgoingtohappen

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 →

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“‘Black Rock:’ The Making and Unmaking of the Social World” (by Steven Gore)

Posted on July 8, 2015 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Yesterday EQMM’s August 2015 issue went on sale. It contains the first EQMM story by Steven Gore, private investigator, short-story writer, and author of six crime novels (the most recent of which is February 2015’s Night Is the Hunter). Steven … Continue reading →

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“Woody, Clint, and Dutch: Three American Masters, Each With a Long-term Commitment to Crime Fiction” (by Kevin Mims)

Posted on June 17, 2015 by somethingisgoingtohappen

If you read Kevin Mims’s last article for this site, you know that he’s something of an expert on the crime novels of the great pocket-paperback era. It turns out he’s also a devotee of crime movies; here are his … Continue reading →

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“Books to Die For” (by Jeffrey Marks)

Posted on June 10, 2015 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Jeffrey Marks is one of the best-known contemporary biographers working in the mystery genre. After writing numerous short mystery-author profiles he produced his first book-length biography, Who Was That Lady?, in 2010. It chronicles the life of mystery writer Craig … Continue reading →

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“How to Read Disreputably” (by Kevin Mims)

Posted on June 3, 2015 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Kevin Mims is a short-story writer and essayist whose stories have appeared in many literary magazines and in EQMM and AHMM. His essays have appeared in the New York Times and many other newspapers. He last contributed a post to … Continue reading →

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