Category Archives: Story

“Easter Eggs for Everybody!” (by Leigh Perry)

Posted on September 8, 2022 by somethingisgoingtohappen

An Agatha Award winner and a multiple nominee for many other awards in the mystery field under her real name (mentioned in this post!), Leigh Perry makes her pseudonymous EQMM debut with the story “The Skeleton Rides a Horse” in … Continue reading →

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“Mystery/Suspense and the Beauty of Brevity” (by Trey Dowell)

Posted on August 18, 2021 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Yesterday, EQMM’s 80th Anniversary Issue (September/October 2021) went on sale. In it you’ll find Trey Dowell’s flash-fiction thriller “The Problem With Fish Markets.” (And yes, it’s possible to write a genuine international-intrigue thriller in one thousand words—though I might not have … Continue reading →

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“July Fifth in Worcester, Mass.” (by Michael Grimala)

Posted on June 30, 2021 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Michael Grimala moved to Nevada in 2012 to take a job as a reporter for the Las Vegas Sun, but he’s a native of Massachusetts, where he set his debut short story, “A Trunk Full of Illegal Fireworks.” As you … Continue reading →

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“Keep the Door Open, Check the Bathroom” (by Linda Stansberry)

Posted on May 12, 2021 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Eureka, California resident Linda Stansberry is an award-winning journalist who has recently been devoting more of her time to fiction writing. Her EQMM debut, “The Hidden Places,” appears in our current issue (May/June 2021). She’s had one previous professional fiction … Continue reading →

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“The Moment Expectations Change” (by Zandra Renwick)

Posted on September 16, 2020 by somethingisgoingtohappen

A dual U.S. and Canadian author, Zandra Renwick has had stories and poems published under several variations on her name (see also Alexandra Renwick, Alex C. Renwick, and Camille Alexa). She has over fifty short stories and thirty poems in … Continue reading →

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“The Page Where It Happens” (by Joseph S. Walker)

Posted on July 29, 2020 by somethingisgoingtohappen

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 →

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“Creepers and a Lifelong Love” (by David Bridge)

Posted on July 22, 2020 by somethingisgoingtohappen

I’m always interested to learn what childhood reading inspired the authors whose work I enjoy. In this post, David Bridge recalls how a young-adult novel changed his life. It’s a book I hadn’t heard of before, but I’m willing to … Continue reading →

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“Forgotten Women” (by Kevin Mims)

Posted on July 8, 2020 by somethingisgoingtohappen

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 →

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“Keys to the Kingdom: Unlocking the Locked Room” (by Tom Mead)

Posted on June 24, 2020 by somethingisgoingtohappen

British fiction writer and playwright Tom Mead has placed short stories with a variety of publications, including International Short Story Magazine, Lighthouse, Flame Tree Press, Mystery Weekly, and Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine. He makes his EQMM debut in our current … Continue reading →

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READING IN A TIME OF CRISIS

Posted on June 3, 2020 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Some years ago, my colleague Linda Landrigan, editor of Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, gave me a copy of Good Poems for Hard Times, edited by Garrison Keillor. That may have been during the Great Recession, because I recall thinking, as … Continue reading →

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