Category Archives: Writers

“Too Many Answers” (by Toni L.P. Kelner)

Posted on May 27, 2020 by

Toni L.P. Kelner is a longtime contributor to EQMM whose appearances are not as frequent as we’d like (due, perhaps, to her commitment to multiple series of novels and her editorial work on short-story anthologies!). She is really two authors … Continue reading →

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“The First and the Last: In the Shadow of the Uncanny” (by R.T. Raichev)

Posted on May 13, 2020 by

A look at the first published short story by Agatha Christie—and at her last Raicho Raichev’s story “Rassendyll’s Grave” appears in EQMM’s current issue, May/June 2020. A Golden-Age style mystery of the country-house variety, the story incorporates a fascinating twist … Continue reading →

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“Shelly Dickson Carr’s Bag of Tricks”

Posted on May 6, 2020 by

In the current issue of EQMM (May/June 2020) author Shelly Dickson Carr makes a very welcome EQMM debut! Shelly is the author of the novel Ripped, which won three Benjamin Franklin awards, and of a number of short stories, published … Continue reading →

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“Not Just a Mystery” (by Judy Clemens)

Posted on April 8, 2020 by

Judy Clemens makes her first appearance in EQMM with the story “Safe,” in our May/June 2020 issue, which goes on sale in less than two weeks. She is already well known to many in the mystery world, however, as the author of … Continue reading →

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“Jumping Off a Diving Board—It’s Easier than You’d Think” (by Paul Charles)

Posted on March 18, 2020 by

Called “Agatha Christie for people who inhale” by the Times of London, Paul Charles has had several stories in EQMM, including “The Eleventh Commandment,” an impossible-crime story that leads our current issue (March/April 2020). The tale features Detective Inspector Christy … Continue reading →

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“The Chicken Salad Factory” (by Jack Bunker)

Posted on March 11, 2020 by

Jack Bunker is a lawyer turned short-story writer and mystery novelist, although in this post you will see that he has had other occupations that feed into his fiction writing. Jack makes his EQMM debut in our current issue (March/April … Continue reading →

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“What Pantsers and Language Learners Have in Common” (by Edith Maxwell)

Posted on March 4, 2020 by

Linguist, novelist, short-story writer, and current Agatha Award nominee Edith Maxwell describes herself as a better-than-average language learner.  “One Too Many,” her first story for EQMM, featured in our current issue (March/April 2020), centers around a hyperpolyglot—someone with extraordinary language-learning … Continue reading →

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“Mary Higgins Clark and the Debut Authoresses of A Certain Age” (by Kevin Mims)

Posted on February 26, 2020 by

At the end of January, readers and fans received the news that Mary Higgins Clark had died at the age of ninety-two. Along with her status as best-selling author, Clark was counted as a teacher and inspirational figure to many … Continue reading →

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“Die Laughing” (by Mike McHone)

Posted on January 22, 2020 by

Mike McHone is a relative newcomer to the mystery field, but his short fiction and poetry have previously appeared in such publications as Neo-Opsis Science Fiction and The Onion. He makes his EQMM debut in our current issue (January/February 2020) … Continue reading →

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“Ten Rules from a Reader” (by Kevin Mims)

Posted on January 8, 2020 by

Previously, most of the posts we’ve had on this site pertaining to writing have been from a writer’s point of view. Kevin Mims—an essayist, short-story writer, and prolific reader whose posts have appeared here a number of times before—has decided … Continue reading →

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