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Category Archives: Thrillers
“The Secret Lagoon” (by Josh Pachter)
Josh Pachter’s story “The Secret Lagoon” appears in EQMM’s current issue (September/October 2019). Readers are often curious not only about where authors get their ideas but about how a story comes together. In this post, we get a look at … Continue reading
Posted in Characters, Fiction, Guest, International, Thrillers
Tagged characters, crime fiction, iceland, inspiration, josh pachter, mystery, short story, story, travel, writing
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“The Unlikely Ladies of Nineteenth Century Crime Fiction” (by Nancy Novick)
Nancy Novick—a freelance journalist who writes about health, medicine, and the arts—made her fiction debut in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine in the September/October 2018 issue, with “How Does He Die This Time?” The story went on to win the 2019 … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Gothic, Guest, History, Suspense, Thrillers, Writers
Tagged crime, dickens, eliza lynn linton, history, little women, louisa may alcott, mystery, nineteenth century, sensation story, short story, thriller, writers, writing
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“Damaged Goods, Great Detective” (by Louisa Luna)
A San Francisco native who now lives in Brooklyn, Louisa Luna is the author of four novels. The most recent, Two Girls Down (Doubleday), was released to rave reviews in January of this year. In this post the author discusses … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Characters, Fiction, Guest, Pop Culture, Readers, Thrillers
Tagged domestic suspense, mystery, mystery fiction, noir, P.I., private eye, readers, suspense, thriller, why we read
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“Disasters and Inspirations” by O’Neil De Noux
A contributor to EQMM for nearly a quarter of a century, O’Neil De Noux writes primarily in the crime-fiction genre but sometimes ventures into other genres such as science fiction. He is a winner of the Derringer and Shamus Awards, … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, Genre, Guest, Historicals, History, Illustration, Magazine, Memorial, Noir, Police Procedurals, Private Eye, review, Setting, Story, Thrillers
Tagged authors, crime fiction, fiction, harvey, history, illustrators, irma, katrina, literature, louisiana, mystery, new orleans, noir, south
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“The Trials of Writing at 65 MPH” (by M.C. Lee)
Fiction writers come from all walks of life, as this post demonstrates. And those who really have it in them to write will often endure many difficulties, even hardships, to make it possible. I’ve known writers who composed all their … Continue reading
A Conversation with Lisa Unger (by Scott Loring Sanders)
This week we have a second installment in a series of interviews with influential crime writers by Scott Loring Sanders. A favorite of EQMM readers, Scott has a new story coming up in the magazine soon. You can learn more … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Business, Characters, Fiction, Guest, Interview, Readers, Thrillers, Writers, Writing
Tagged crime fiction, crime writer, Interview, lisa unger, mystery, suspense, thriller, writers, writing
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“Morgue Attendance and the Hair in the Chimney” (by E. Gabriel Flores)
E. Gabriel Flores is a geography professor who has recently begun another career as a crime writer. Her first published fiction, “The Truth of the Moment,” appeared in EQMM’s December 2016 issue, in the Department of First Stories, and was … Continue reading
“Making Sense of the Confusion of Tongues” (by Bertil Falk)
Bertil Falk is a Swedish newspaper and TV journalist, an author of mystery fiction, a translator, and a former editor of DAST magazine (a Swedish journal devoted to detective stories, science fiction, and fantasy). His first novel saw print when he was … Continue reading
Posted in Editing, Fiction, Genre, Guest, International, Magazine, Passport, Thrillers, Writers, Writing
Tagged crime, globalization, languages, scandinavia, television, thriller, writers, writing
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“Trust Me, I’m a Doctor” (by Manju Soni)
An eye surgeon turned author, Manju Soni has written nonfiction for the Apeiron Review and other journals. Her debut short story, “The Game,” appears in the current issue of EQMM (January/February), in the Department of First Stories. It’s a tale … Continue reading
“A Tribute to Lois Duncan” (by Hilary Davidson)
Hilary Davidson is the author of the Anthony Award-winning Lily Moore mystery series, as well as the hardboiled standalone Blood Always Tells. Her short fiction has won several awards, including a Derringer from the Short Mystery Fiction Society. Her story … Continue reading
Posted in Awards, Books, Guest, Memorial, Story, Thrillers, Writers
Tagged i know what you did last summer, lois duncan, Memorial, reader, thriller, writer, writing, YA, young adult, young readers
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