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Category Archives: Pop Culture
“City Sagas” (by Kevin Mims)
Essayist and short-story writer Kevin Mims is a frequent contributor to this site. A popular-fiction aficionado—especially when it comes to paperbacks of the late twentieth century—he often provides insight into the intersection and development of genres. That’s certainly true of … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Books, Business, Characters, Fiction, Genre, Guest, Historicals, History, Pop Culture, Setting, Western, Writers, Writing
Tagged cape cod, history, mystery, new england, pop culture, pop fiction, saga, western, writers, writing
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“The Thin Grey Line” (by Alexandria Blaelock)
Alexandria Blaelock is the author of several self-help books applying business techniques to personal matters (drawing from her career as a project manager) and short fiction that appears in Pulphouse Fiction as well as EQMM. Her debut professional fiction publication, … Continue reading
Posted in Guest, Novels, Police Procedurals, Pop Culture, Writers, Writing
Tagged crime, mystery, philosophy, television, writers, writing
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“Forgotten Women” (by Kevin Mims)
Since the COVID-19 pandemic began keeping us inside, readers have been seeking alternatives to in-store browsing for their literary needs. Essayist, short-story writer, and prolific reader Kevin Mims (who has written for this blog many times on the subject of … Continue reading
Posted in Bookshops, Characters, Guest, History, Pop Culture, Story, Thrillers
Tagged bestseller, historical, history, kevin mims, mass market, paperback, pop, pop culture, pulp, thriller
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“Mysteries and Video Games” (by N.W. Barcus)
EQMM’s May/June 2020 issue, which goes on sale next week, contains the paid professional fiction debut of technical writer N.W. Barcus, whose articles and reviews have appeared in the Seattle Stranger, Seattle Weekly, LA Weekly, the Portland Oregonian, and the … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Characters, Guest, Noir, Pop Culture
Tagged computer games, crime, fiction, gamer, games, mystery, nancy drew, noir, play, pop culture, video games
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“Not Just a Mystery” (by Judy Clemens)
Judy Clemens makes her first appearance in EQMM with the story “Safe,” in our May/June 2020 issue, which goes on sale in less than two weeks. She is already well known to many in the mystery world, however, as the author of … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Characters, Fiction, Guest, Pop Culture, Writers, Writing
Tagged class, college, crime, history, judy clemens, mystery, mystery fiction, pop culture, teaching, university
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“Mary Higgins Clark and the Debut Authoresses of A Certain Age” (by Kevin Mims)
At the end of January, readers and fans received the news that Mary Higgins Clark had died at the age of ninety-two. Along with her status as best-selling author, Clark was counted as a teacher and inspirational figure to many … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Fiction, Genre, Pop Culture, Publishing, Writers, Writing
Tagged fiction, historical, kevin mims, mary higgins clark, mystery, publishing, romance, suspense, women writers
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“About a BROI” (by Kevin Mims)
The fiftieth anniversary of the horrific Manson Family murders is this week, on Friday. In the annals of true crime, the case will always loom large. But as Kevin Mims brings out in this post, the murders also had a … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Characters, Genre, Guest, History, Novels, Politics, Pop Culture, Real Crime
Tagged history, murders, novel, politics, pulp, serial killer, writers, writing
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“It Was A Wandering Daughter Job: The Coens, Fargo, The Big Lebowski, and Dashiell Hammett” (by Adrian McKinty)
Winner of the 2017 Edgar Allan Poe Award for best paperback original for Rain Dogs, Northern Ireland’s Adrian McKinty has swept crime fiction’s top awards in other parts of the world as well. His honors include the Ned Kelly Award, … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Characters, Guest, Noir, Pop Culture, Private Eye
Tagged chandler, film, hammett, noir, private eye, the coen brothers
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“Mickey Spillane at 100” (by Max Allan Collins)
Thirteen years ago, when the centenary of Ellery Queen was celebrated with a symposium and exhibition at Columbia University, we were amazed at the outpouring of love and interest from fans and readers, since there had not been a new … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Characters, Fiction, Genre, Guest, History, Noir, Pop Culture, Private Eye, Western, Writers
Tagged celebration, centenary, crime, mickey spillane, mike hammer, noir, pop culture, private eye, pulp, suspense, writer
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“Untouchable Truth” (by Max Allan Collins)
This year, for the first time in nearly seventy-seven years of publication, EQMM brought a true-crime column (Stranger Than Fiction by Dean Jobb) under its banner. The connections between crime fiction and true crime are many, and a number of … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Guest, History, Noir, Politics, Pop Culture, Real Crime
Tagged al capone, eliot ness, film, private eye, real crime, scarface, the untouchables, true crime, writers, writing
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