Category Archives: Writers

“A Writing Career: What Does It Mean?” by Brendan DuBois

Posted on April 17, 2019 by

EQMM is very proud to say that Brendan DuBois debuted in our Department of First Stories. Usually, in introducing someone who has appeared in that department, I go on to say something about how their career has progressed. Brendan does … Continue reading →

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“The Unlikely Ladies of Nineteenth Century Crime Fiction” (by Nancy Novick)

Posted on March 27, 2019 by

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 →

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A NEW TREND IN MYSTERY FICTION?

Posted on March 6, 2019 by

One of the most common questions posed to editors is “What trends do you see in your submissions?” Over the years, I’ve noticed a few: the rise of contemporary noir, a fall in first private-eye submissions and then whodunits,  the … Continue reading →

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“Finding Freedom, Finding Truth: The Impact of Jarvis Jay Masters” (by Batya Swift Yasgur MA, LSW)

Posted on February 27, 2019 by

Last month, Batya Swift Yasgur also blogged for this site, and I recommend that anyone who missed it take a look at that earlier post: It has some commonalities with this new piece. The author began her fiction-writing career in … Continue reading →

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“Learning From the Dream Team” (by Cecilia Fulton)

Posted on February 6, 2019 by

A former prosecutor, Cecilia Fulton grew up in California but now lives on the East Coast with her family. She debuts as a professionally published fiction writer in our current issue (January/February) with the story “Father of the Corpse.” The … Continue reading →

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“Every Person Is a Mystery” (by Batya Swift Yasgur MA, LSW)

Posted on January 23, 2019 by

Batya Swift Yasgur’s first fiction, “Me and Mr. Harry,” appeared in EQMM’s Department of First Stories in Mid-December 1994. It won that year’s Robert L. Fish Memorial Award for best short story by a new American author. We’ve  published several … Continue reading →

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“Seventh Sense” (by Doug Crandell)

Posted on January 16, 2019 by

Doug Crandell makes his first appearance in EQMM with the story “Shanty Falls,” in our current issue (January/February 2019). We have another of his stories coming up soon. He is the author of the 2007 Barnes & Noble Discover pick, … Continue reading →

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“How to Create a Sidekick” (by R.J. Koreto)

Posted on January 9, 2019 by

R.J. Koreto’s first fiction publication was in EQMM’s Department of First Stories in December 2015. He has since created two turn-of-the-century mystery series at novel length, one featuring aristocratic suffragist Lady Frances Ffolkes and her maid, June Mallow, the other presidential … Continue reading →

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“Have Suitcase, Will Plot” (by Robert Lopresti)

Posted on January 2, 2019 by

With many readers just back from holiday travel, we thought this post by Robert Lopresti would start 2019 off just right. It complements his story “Please Do Not Disturb,” which appears in our current issue, January/February 2019. Rob is one … Continue reading →

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“What’s in a Name?” (by Angela Crider Neary)

Posted on November 28, 2018 by

Angela Crider Neary is an attorney, an avid mystery reader, and a mystery writer. She has had short stories in anthologies and in EQMM, and in 2015 her first mystery novel, Li’l Tom and the Pussyfoot Detective Bureau: The Case … Continue reading →

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