Category Archives: Magazine

GENRE-FICTION MAGAZINES BRIDGE SOCIETAL DIVIDES

Posted on September 30, 2021 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Beginning in June 2020, the New York Times ran a series entitled Why Does Art Matter?, in which more than a dozen artists, writers, and thinkers discussed the relevance of specific art forms and art in general to human life. … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Genre, Magazine, mystery fiction | Tagged crime, crimefiction, fantasy, fiction, genre, genre fiction, magazines, mystery, science fiction, society | 5 Comments

“The Joy and Sorrow of Magazines” (by Maxim Jakubowski)

Posted on September 9, 2021 by somethingisgoingtohappen

This is the first post for our site by Maxim Jakubowski, but he’s someone whose name is known to nearly everyone in the mystery field. He worked for many years in publishing and later owned London’s Murder One bookstore for … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, History, Magazine, Writers | Tagged books, collecting, collector, crime, editor, fiction, history, magazines, mystery, pulp, science fiction, writers, writing | 5 Comments

A Move and a Mystery

Posted on June 16, 2021 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Of the many changes COVID-19 has wrought in our lives, one of the most wide ranging has been the change from a physical to a virtual workplace. A year after the pandemic began, a majority of Americans were still working … Continue reading →

Posted in Classic Mystery, Ellery Queen, Fiction, Genre, History, Magazine, mystery fiction | Tagged central america, collecting, eqmm, history, magazine, mystery fiction, stamps | 8 Comments

“If It Weren’t for Ellery Queen” (by Hal Charles)

Posted on June 9, 2021 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Hal Blythe and Charlie Sweet have been writing together for more than forty-five years. Together, as Hal Charles, they are the authors of more than 200 short stories, one of which is “Nothing Good Happens After Midnight,” in our current … Continue reading →

Posted in Ellery Queen, Guest, History, Magazine, Publishing, Writers, Writing | Tagged authors, crime fiction, mystery fiction, short stories, writers, writing | 3 Comments

EIGHTY YEARS OF PERSEVERENCE

Posted on October 7, 2020 by somethingisgoingtohappen

This week, the first issue of 2021—EQMM’s eightieth anniversary year!—will be released to the printer. It looks as if the beginning of 2021 will find the world still under the cloud of the COVID-19 pandemic. Today’s perilous conditions have parallels … Continue reading →

Posted in Ellery Queen, History, Magazine | Tagged anniversary, eqmm, history, issue, magazine, publishing | 8 Comments

“On Attending the International Murder Games Expo” (by Martin Edwards)

Posted on December 11, 2019 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Author of two highly regarded series of mystery novels and several standalone crime novels (including 2018’s critically acclaimed Gallows Court), Martin Edwards is also a short-story writer with dozens of stories in print, many of which appeared for the first … Continue reading →

Posted in Conventions, Fiction, Genre, Guest, International, Magazine, Passport | Tagged china, detective, fiction, games, IMGE, martin edwards, murder games, murder mystery, mystery fiction, shanghai | Leave a comment

“A Conversation With Indie Anthology and Magazine Publishers” (by Angelique Fawns)

Posted on November 13, 2019 by somethingisgoingtohappen

EQMM‘s Department of First Stories in the current issue (November/December 2019) contains a story by Angelique Fawns, a producer and writer for Global TV in Toronto. Although she only started writing fiction last summer, Angelique’s stories have appeared online and … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthologies, Books, Magazine, Noir, Supernatural, Writers, Writing | 4 Comments

TO HAUNT OR NOT TO HAUNT?

Posted on October 30, 2019 by somethingisgoingtohappen

With Halloween just hours away, I thought I’d try to answer a couple of questions that sometimes come up at the writers’ conferences and conventions we attend: 1) Does EQMM publish stories involving the supernatural? And 2) If not, why not? … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Ellery Queen, Fiction, Genre, Magazine, Supernatural | Tagged eqmm, halloween, magazine, mystery fiction, supernatural, writers, writing | 6 Comments

“The Legacy of Editor Queen” (by Laird Blackwell)

Posted on April 10, 2019 by somethingisgoingtohappen

A professor emeritus at Sierra Nevada College, where he taught for over thirty years, and currently a teacher of literature at Tahoe Expedition Academy, Laird Blackwell is an expert on detective fiction. His 2018 book The Metaphysical Mysteries of G.K. … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Editing, Ellery Queen, Genre, Guest, Magazine, research | Tagged detective fiction, ellery queen, ellery queen's mystery magazine, eqmm, frederic dannay, history, short story, writer | 3 Comments

“Fifty Years After the Fair”: Josh Pachter—Author, Translator, and Dedicated Mystery Fan—Interviewed by Editor Janet Hutchings on His 50th Anniversary With EQMM

Posted on November 14, 2018 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Janet Hutchings: EQMM always takes pleasure in following the careers of writers who got their start in our Department of First Stories, but it isn’t often that we have the opportunity to look back on a fifty-year run of top-notch … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Ellery Queen, Fiction, Genre, Guest, History, Interview, Magazine, Writers, Writing | Tagged career, ellery queen, Interview, josh pachter, magazine, print publishing, writer, writing | 4 Comments