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Category Archives: Writers
“This Death Called Strangeness: Some Reflections on Cornell Woolrich” (by R.T. Raichev)
R.T. Raichev, mystery scholar and author of the Antonia Darcy and Major Payne series, has written previously on this site about Agatha Christie, P.D. James, Sherlock Holmes, and others. Here, he turns his attention Cornell Woolrich—continuing the theme of last … Continue reading
“When Hesitation Knocks” (by Karen Harrington)
Karen Harrington’s first adult novel, Janeology, came out in 2008. She has since won awards and praise for three novels from Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. The latest of them, 2016’s Mayday, received starred reviews from both PW and … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Books, Fiction, Genre, Publishing, Writers, Writing
Tagged challenge, fear, hesitation, mystery fiction, risk, truth, writers, writing
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“City Sagas” (by Kevin Mims)
Essayist and short-story writer Kevin Mims is a frequent contributor to this site. A popular-fiction aficionado—especially when it comes to paperbacks of the late twentieth century—he often provides insight into the intersection and development of genres. That’s certainly true of … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Books, Business, Characters, Fiction, Genre, Guest, Historicals, History, Pop Culture, Setting, Western, Writers, Writing
Tagged cape cod, history, mystery, new england, pop culture, pop fiction, saga, western, writers, writing
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“The Two Pittsburghs; or, the Birth of a Crime Writer” by Travis Kennedy
Maine writer Travis Kennedy‘s work has been recognized by Best American Mystery Stories and featured in McSweeney’s, Level Best Books’ Best New England Crime Stories anthologies, and Suspense Magazine (forthcoming). He is the author of the novel Booty, and his gritty tale “Duel of the Aces” appears … Continue reading
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Tagged criminal, inspiration, society, underbelly, writers, writing
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“The Scents of an Ending” (by Jehane Sharah)
Australian writer Jehane Sharah has worked as a journalist, a public-affairs officer, a copywriter, a speechwriter, and, since her move to the United States, as a graduate teaching assistant, first at the University of Maryland and currently at the University … Continue reading
“Memory and ‘What If . . . ?'” (by Edwin Hill)
Since his January/February 2018 debut in our Department of First Stories, Edwin Hill has had three critically acclaimed crime novels published—Little Comfort, The Missing Ones, and Watch Her—earning several award nominations. Mystery Scene has named him one of “Six Crime … Continue reading
“Questions Asked of Writers” (by LaToya Jovena)
A wife and mother, LaToya Jovena lives in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. Her fiction has previously appeared in Litbreak magazine, but her first paid professional fiction publication is “The Winner,” a story that will appear in the Department of … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Characters, Fiction, Guest, Writers, Writing
Tagged advice, creativity, ideas, mystery, tips, true crime, writers, writing
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“Murderous Decoys—Philip MacDonald and ‘Love Lies Bleeding’” (by R.T. Raichev)
R. T. Raichev is a scholar of the mystery as well as a writer of mystery short stories and novels. His most recent story for EQMM, “The Other Imelda,” will appear in our next issue, November/December 2020, on sale October … Continue reading
Posted in Anthologies, Awards, Characters, Guest, Writers
Tagged contest, fiction, mystery, mystery fiction, noir, psychological thriller, short story, suspense, thriller, writers
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“The Man Who Would Be King (and Tevis and Kesey and Levin, Etc.” (by Kevin Mims)
These days, time certainly feels to be an uncertain entity. In this post, essayist, frequent contributor to EQMM and AHMM, and prolific reader Kevin Mims—who has written about popular fiction many times before on this site—takes a look at popular … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Characters, Guest, Thrillers, Writers, Writing
Tagged authors, fiction, pop fiction, thrillers, time travel, writers, writing
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