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A Long Day’s Journey Into Print (by Josh Pachter)

Posted on April 17, 2025 by somethingisgoingtohappen

EQMM regular Josh Pachter returns to our blog with the fascinating story of how a trip to Belgium’s first psychiatric hospital helped inspire his first locked-room mystery, which you can read in our [May/June issue, on sale now!] “A Short … Continue reading →

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Blood on the Snow—Crime and Crumpets at Christmastime (by Pat Black)

Posted on December 12, 2024 by somethingisgoingtohappen

If you read EQMM and follow our blog, chances are you’re familiar with Pat Black, the Yorkshire-based journalist who regularly contributes to our magazine. In this special post, Black draws on examples of classic mysteries, from Christie to Allingham, and … Continue reading →

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Finding Three Pines (by David Wallace)

Posted on November 7, 2024 by somethingisgoingtohappen

David L. Wallace is a professor of English at Long Beach State University, and he has published a number of articles about the effects of closeting on queer people. He lives in West Hollywood, CA, where he spends as much … Continue reading →

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“The Patient” and My Patients (by Dennis Palumbo, M.A., MFT)

Posted on October 24, 2024 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Dennis Palumbo, M.A., MFT is a writer and licensed psychotherapist in private practice, specializing in creative issues, primarily in the entertainment industry. His award-winning series of mystery thrillers—Mirror Image, Fever Dream, Night Terrors, Phantom Limb, Head Wounds and the latest, Panic Attack—feature psychologist and trauma … Continue reading →

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“The Joy and Sorrow of Magazines” (by Maxim Jakubowski)

Posted on September 9, 2021 by somethingisgoingtohappen

This is the first post for our site by Maxim Jakubowski, but he’s someone whose name is known to nearly everyone in the mystery field. He worked for many years in publishing and later owned London’s Murder One bookstore for … Continue reading →

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“The Greatest Year in the History of Crime Fiction” (by Kevin Mims)

Posted on March 10, 2021 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Short-story writer and popular-fiction fan Kevin Mims is back this week talking about seminal years in crime fiction and making a case for the greatest one of all. —Janet Hutchings What was the greatest year in the history of crime … Continue reading →

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“Through a Child’s Eyes, In a Child’s Voice” (by Batya Swift Yasgur)

Posted on August 14, 2019 by somethingisgoingtohappen

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

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“Murder, Mayhem and Mistletoe” (by Elizabeth Elwood)

Posted on December 13, 2017 by somethingisgoingtohappen

With Christmas less than two weeks away, Elizabeth Elwood is about to debut in EQMM with her story “Ghosts of Christmas Past” (January/February 2018—on sale December 19). Although she is new to EQMM, she is not new to mystery writing, … Continue reading →

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“Librarians as Mystery Writers” by Robert Lopresti

Posted on December 6, 2017 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Any devoted reader of short stories in the mystery genre knows the name Robert Lopresti. He’s been writing for forty years—mostly short stories—and his story oeuvre now includes more than seventy tales. He has received multiple award nominations and has … Continue reading →

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“What I Learned in Prison” (by T.J. MacGregor)

Posted on November 2, 2016 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Trish MacGregor is the author of forty novels and the winner of an Edgar Allan Poe Award for best paperback original novel. In June 2016, she appeared in EQMM for the first time, with the story “The Unit.” We have … Continue reading →

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