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“Am I and My Detective the Same Person?” (by John Lantigua)
John Lantigua’s fifth and latest Willie Cuesta novel, Remember My Face, was published in 2020 to rave reviews. A Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, John has been writing Willie Cuesta stories for EQMM for many years. In this post he gives … Continue reading
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Tagged character, private eye, writers, writing
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“Jumping Off a Diving Board—It’s Easier than You’d Think” (by Paul Charles)
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
“A Book to Remember” (by Merrilee Robson)
We’re always pleased to see a post on this site from a reader’s perspective. Although Merrilee Robson is the author of both short stories and a first novel (2016’s Murder Is Uncooperative), she addresses here the question of what makes … Continue reading
“The Mystery Writer’s Hidden Weapon” (by John F. Dobbyn)
John F. Dobbyn began his fiction-writing career with stories in verse, published in EQMM. His first prose fiction, published in our Department of First Stories in 1994, introduced Michael Knight and Lex Devlin, now the stars of a series of … Continue reading
“Every Person Is a Mystery” (by Batya Swift Yasgur MA, LSW)
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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Tagged character, fiction, memoir, narrator, psychiatry, story, writers, writing
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“Military Veterans in Crime Fiction” (by Stacy Woodson)
Stacy Woodson’s professional fiction debut, the story “Duty, Honor, Hammett,” appears in EQMM’s current issue, November/December 2018—which just went on sale yesterday! Further stories will appear in EQMM (sometime in 2019), in the Malice Domestic anthology Mystery Most Edible (also … Continue reading
“Thoughts on Noir and Story” (Robert Rivers)
Pseudonymous new writer Robert Rivers appears in the Department of First Stories of EQMM’s current issue, September/October 2017. By day the Bostonian works for a Danish company that makes health-care products, making time to write in the early morning and … Continue reading
Posted in Characters, Fiction, Guest, Noir, Writers, Writing
Tagged character, femme fatale, mystery, noir, story, suspense, writers, writing
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“Three Lessons of Shimon Litvak” (by John Gastineau)
When EQMM’s November/December 2017 issue goes on sale next month, readers will be introduced to a new writer, John Gastineau. With his debut in our Department of First Stories, the former newspaper reporter, photographer, and book editor returns to his … Continue reading
“The Role of Place in Creating Suspense” (by Sheila Kohler)
Sheila Kohler is the author of fourteen books, and the winner of the Willa Cather Award and two O. Henry Prizes for her fiction. Born and raised in South Africa, she has lived in the U.S. for many years and … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Characters, Editing, Fiction, Genre, Guest, History, International, Setting, Story, Suspense, Writers, Writing
Tagged character, crime, crime and punishment, dostoevsky, history, location, novelist, russia, setting, suspense, writer
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“Love Your Characters Before You Kill Them, and Other Strategies for Fledgling Crime Writers” (by Katia Lief)
Katia Lief’s most recent story for EQMM, “The Orchid Grower” (November 2015), was a finalist for the Short Mystery Fiction Society’s Derringer Award for best long story. The Brooklyn author has also been recognized for her novel-length fiction, with nominations … Continue reading
