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All the Ways We Have to Reach You (by Janet Hutchings)
Last week’s post on this site generated a conversation about the need for writers to subscribe to publications to which they submit work. This week I’d like to discuss the various ways in which not only writers but all readers … Continue reading
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Expecting the (Un)expected (by Janet Hutchings)
Ever since EQMM changed from monthly single issues to double bimonthly issues, a lot of my reading for the magazine has been concentrated in the “off” months, when there is no issue to release. This presents a challenge. No matter … Continue reading
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Head Trips (by L.S. Kunz)
L.S. Kunz has received awards for her short stories and middle-grade fiction, including the Bronze Typewriter from the League of Utah Writers, but her debut story in the Department of First Stories of EQMM’s March/April 2023 issue, “Midnight Run,” is … Continue reading
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Out of One, Many (by Mike McHone)
Detroit freelance journalist Mike McHone started writing short stories in the mid 2000s, but it was only in 2018, after picking up his first copy of EQMM, that he decided to switch the focus of his writing to crime fiction. His … Continue reading
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Two Mysteries (Only One of Which Was Ever Solved) by Michael Kardos
Michael Kardos is the author of the story collection One Last Good Time and three novels, the most recent of which is Bluff (Mysterious Press). His short stories have appeared in many magazines and anthologies and have twice won the Pushcart Prize. He co-directs … Continue reading
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Hardboiled Poetry (by Michael Wiley)
A Shamus Award winner and college professor Michael Wiley is one of the most innovative crime writers we’ve come across. He always seems to be trying something new, whether it be with his P.I. Sam Kelson, a character who cannot … Continue reading
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Why Agatha Christie Remains the Queen of Mystery (by Autumn Doerr)
This week we have a post from a reader of this blog who was inspired to submit an essay to us by some earlier posts on this site. She’s a mystery writer as well as a reader. We’re pleased to … Continue reading
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The Mystery of Writing Mysteries (by Terena Elizabeth Bell)
Terena Elizabeth Bell’s work has appeared in The Atlantic, Playboy, The Yale Review, Juked, and other literary magazines, and she’s won grants from the Kentucky Foundation for Women and the New York Foundation for the Arts. She is making a departure from … Continue reading
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What the Mystery Genre Gets Right by W.W. Mauck
W.W. Mauck made his fiction debut in the Department of First Stories of EQMM’s November/December 2022 issue with the story “A Ghost for Marcy’s Garden.” In case you missed the story when the issue came out, the author recorded it … Continue reading
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The Short Story Then & Now (by Tom Tolnay)
Tom Tolnay is the author of dozens of published short stories, both literary and genre. He’s had two dozen stories published in EQMM over the years. One of his literary stories, “The Ghost of F. Scott Fitzgerald,” was a winner … Continue reading
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