Category Archives: Supernatural

“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 →

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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 →

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“Edgar Allan” (by David Dean)

Posted on October 11, 2017 by somethingisgoingtohappen

David Dean, an EQMM Readers Award winner and an Edgar nominee, has blogged for this site a couple of times before (See “The Human Condition” and “A Day in the Life of the Creative Writer”), and his evocative stories have … Continue reading →

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“From Page to Screen” (by John M. Floyd)

Posted on August 5, 2015 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Edgar-nominated author John M. Floyd is a short-story specialist rather than a novelist. His stories have appeared in a great variety of publications, from our sister magazine, AHMM, to the Saturday Evening Post and Woman’s World. The Mississippi writer has … Continue reading →

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“For Love of Gothic: When Home is the Most Mysterious Place of All” (by Laura Benedict)

Posted on April 3, 2013 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Laura Benedict’s first fiction publication was in EQMM in May of 2001. Since then, she has become a successful novelist with two dark suspense novels (Isabella Moon and Calling Mr. Lonely Hearts) to her credit, and, most recently, a modern … Continue reading →

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“Living with the Ghosts of Halloween” (by Toni L. P. Kelner)

Posted on October 31, 2012 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Agatha Award winning author Toni L. P. Kelner has written several stories for EQMM, including two pirate tales. How appropriate, then, that she’s blogging for us on Halloween, when many of the costumed villains appearing at your doors will, no … Continue reading →

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