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Is it Real or is it Fictionex? (by Rebecca K. Jones)

Posted on April 7, 2022 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Rebecca K. Jones made her fiction debut in EQMM’s Department of First Stories in September/October 2009 with a story cowritten with her father, frequent EQMM contributor and translator Josh Pachter.  This month, her first novel, Steadying the Ark, was published. … Continue reading →

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Winners and Answers to EQMM’s 80th Anniversary Trivia Contest

Posted on February 17, 2022 by somethingisgoingtohappen

One of the things that struck me most forcefully within my first few months as the editor of EQMM was the dedication of our magazine’s fans. The 1991 Bouchercon World Mystery Convention in Pasadena, California occurred during EQMM’s fiftieth anniverary … Continue reading →

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Lost in Translation, or Language Through the Looking-Glass (by Steve Steinbock)

Posted on February 3, 2022 by somethingisgoingtohappen

All regular EQMM readers know who Steve Steinbock is: He took over the chief reviewing position in our distinguished book-review column The Jury Box in 2011, he became a published fiction writer in EQMM’s Department of First Stories in 2010, … Continue reading →

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2021, TWELFTH NIGHT, AND 80 YEARS

Posted on January 6, 2021 by somethingisgoingtohappen

I’d intended to start this post with best wishes for Twelfth Night, which I always thought of as falling on January 6. These days I find myself checking a lot of my assumptions, however, and on consulting Wikipedia I found … Continue reading →

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“Frederic Dannay Revisited” (by Francis M. Nevins)

Posted on October 2, 2019 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Earlier this year, on this site, Laird Blackwell talked about the inspiration for his latest scholarly work, Frederic Dannay, Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine and the Art of the Detective Short Story. This week, mystery-fiction scholar Francis M. Nevins reviews the … Continue reading →

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“Too Good to Be True?” (by Anne van Doorn)

Posted on September 11, 2019 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Last week, Mystery Scene magazine copublisher Brian Skupin did a post for this site about locked-room mysteries. In it, he mentioned a story in our current issue (September/October 2019) by Dutch writer Anne van Doorn entitled “The Poet Who Locked Himself … Continue reading →

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2019 EDGARS AND MALICE PHOTO GALLERY

Posted on May 8, 2019 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Spring of 2019 turned out to be a very special awards season for the Dell mystery magazines. Not only were our Readers Award winners all graduates of EQMM’s Department of First Stories, EQMM stories won both the Edgar Allan Poe … Continue reading →

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“The Ultimate Career Killer” (by John Gregory Betancourt)

Posted on September 19, 2018 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Writer John Gregory Betancourt has an especially demanding day job: He’s the publisher of Wildside Press. Among Wildside’s many fine recent releases is The Misadventures of Ellery Queen, an anthology of Ellery Queen pastiches and parodies, edited by Josh Pachter … Continue reading →

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“And They Wrote Happily Ever After” (by De Paepe & Depuydt)

Posted on August 22, 2018 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Both from Ghent, Belgium, Herbert De Paepe and Els Depuydt have cowritten four highly acclaimed thrillers. They’ve been nominated for both Belgium’s Diamond Bullet Award and Holland’s Golden Noose Award. Their work first appeared in EQMM in May 2016, in … Continue reading →

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“Agatha Christie: Queen of Many Crimes” (by François Bloemhof)

Posted on May 30, 2018 by somethingisgoingtohappen

South African thriller writer François Bloemhof’s prolific career, spanning more than twenty-five years, includes novels for adults, teenagers, and children, his most recent adult “noir” novels being 2016’s Double Echo and 2017’s Feeding Time. He has received numerous awards and is … Continue reading →

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