Category Archives: mystery fiction

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 →

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“A Semiforgotten Masterpiece of Short Fiction” (by Kevin Mims)

Posted on September 2, 2021 by somethingisgoingtohappen

With EQMM’s 80th anniversary issue (September/October 2021) on sale now, this post, which begins by marking another significant anniversary in crime fiction, seems apt. It also calls attention to an important collection of short fiction of which I’d been unaware. … Continue reading →

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“This Location Screams for a Murder” (by Elvie Simons)

Posted on July 21, 2021 by somethingisgoingtohappen

A Canadian currently residing in the Pacific Northwest, Elvie Simons has had stories in a variety of publications, including The Dark City Mystery Magazine, The Prairie Journal, and Island Writer Magazine. She debuts with EQMM in our current issue (July/August … Continue reading →

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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 →

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“You Can’t Make This Stuff Up” (by Mike MacInnes)

Posted on May 26, 2021 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Mike MacInnes trained as a lawyer in Canada before deciding to go to work for a publishing company, and to pursue his interest in writing. He currently writes summaries of legal cases by day, and as he explains in this … Continue reading →

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“It Matters Who Killed Roger Ackroyd” (by Ray Bazowski)

Posted on February 24, 2021 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Last week, EQMM’s March/April issue went on sale. In it is the Department of First Stories debut of Ray Bazowski. The professor of politics at Toronto’s York University had previously submitted this first work of fiction, “Mother,” under a different … Continue reading →

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“The Scents of an Ending” (by Jehane Sharah)

Posted on October 28, 2020 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Australian writer Jehane Sharah has worked as a journalist, a public-affairs officer, a copywriter, a speechwriter, and, since her move to the United States, as a graduate teaching assistant, first at the University of Maryland and currently at the University … Continue reading →

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“How Anxiety Draws Me to Mystery” (by Violet Welles)

Posted on September 2, 2020 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Violet Welles is a freelance writer and math tutor who lives in Raleigh, North Carolina, with her rescue cat and greyhound. Her first professionally published fiction, the short story “Round-Trip Runaways,” appears in EQMM’s current issue, September/October 2020. Two other (unpublished) … Continue reading →

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“Reading, Writing, and the Making of a Serial Killer” (by Jacqueline Freimor)

Posted on July 1, 2020 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Jacqueline Freimor made a distinguished debut as a fiction writer in 1995 when she won the Mystery Writer’s of America’s Fiftieth Anniversary Short Short Story Contest in the new writers category. The story was subsequently published in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery … Continue reading →

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A Conversation With the Center for Fiction’s Allison Escoto: Part 2

Posted on August 28, 2019 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Earlier this year, The Center For Fiction moved from its Manhattan site to a new home in downtown Brooklyn. EQMM and AHMM managing editor Jackie Sherbow had a chance to speak with Allison Escoto, the Center’s head librarian, about the Center and … Continue reading →

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