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Category Archives: Setting
“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 Page Where It Happens” (by Joseph S. Walker)
Joseph Walker’s short stories have appeared in our sister publication, Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, and in various other periodicals and anthologies, including the MWA’s Life Is Short and Then You Die, edited by Kelley Armstrong. His story “The Last Man … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Characters, Fiction, Genre, Setting, Story, Writing
Tagged hamilton, nero wolfe, new orleans, quarantine, readers, setting, story, writers
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“A Book to Remember” (by Merrilee Robson)
We’re always pleased to see a post on this site from a reader’s perspective. Although Merrilee Robson is the author of both short stories and a first novel (2016’s Murder Is Uncooperative), she addresses here the question of what makes … Continue reading
“Great Beginnings” (by Sheila Kohler)
Sheila Kohler’s work has been appearing in EQMM for a number of years. The distinguished novelist’s books include Dreaming for Freud, Becoming Jane Eyre, Cracks, which was nominated for the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and made into a movie starring Eva Green, … Continue reading
“Writer Unplugged” (by Paul D. Marks)
Paul D. Marks is the author of the Shamus Award–winning novel White Heat, and his Macavity Award–winning short story “Windward” was also nominated for a Shamus Award and appeared in Best American Mystery Stories 2018. He is an EQMM Readers Award … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, Genre, Guest, Setting, Story, Writers, Writing
Tagged california, disconnect, electronic, los angeles, power outage, social media, technology, writers, writing
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“Crimehampton: Myth and Reality” (by Elizabeth Zelvin)
Elizabeth Zelvin’s latest short story, “The Island,” appears in EQMM’s November/December issue, which goes on sale next week (though many subscribers already have copies!). The New York City author, recently the editor of the anthology Me Too Short Stories, has … Continue reading
“Stories from the Courthouse Where I Work” (by Kevin Egan)
Kevin Egan is the author of eight novels, including the legal thriller Midnight, a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2013. A number of his novels and short stories are set in the legal world, for he worked for many years … Continue reading
Posted in Courtroom Mysteries, Guest, History, Setting, Story
Tagged courthouse, history, kevin egan, legal thriller, thriller, writer
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“The Unknowable and the Imagination” (by V.S. Kemanis)
V.S. Kemanis, author of the Dana Hargrove mystery novels, is also a short-story writer with work in EQMM and a number of literary magazines. Her latest story for EQMM, “Dzintra’s Tale,” in our current issue (July/August 2019), is generating a … Continue reading
Posted in Characters, Fiction, Guest, History, International, research, Setting, Story
Tagged 1940s, author, history, latvia, story, vs kemanis, writers, writing
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“The Other Face” (by Pat Black)
Pat Black makes his EQMM debut in our current issue (May/June 2019) and we have more of his work coming up. His stories have also been published in a number of anthologies, including Northern Crime One. He was the runner-up … Continue reading
Posted in Characters, crime, Fiction, Genre, Guest, International, Setting
Tagged crime fiction, doubles, noir, pat black, scotland, scottish, tartan noir, writer, writing
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“And They Wrote Happily Ever After” (by De Paepe & Depuydt)
Both from Ghent, Belgium, Herbert De Paepe and Els Depuydt have cowritten four highly acclaimed thrillers. They’ve been nominated for both Belgium’s Diamond Bullet Award and Holland’s Golden Noose Award. Their work first appeared in EQMM in May 2016, in … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Fiction, Genre, Guest, International, Passport, Publishing, Setting, Story, Writers, Writing
Tagged authors, belgium, collaboration, crime, mystery, relationship, suspense, thriller, translation, writing
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