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The Puerto Rican Mystery: Steven Torres Interviews Cina Pelayo and Richie Narvaez

Posted on May 5, 2021 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Once in a while we have the privilege of bringing readers an interview on this blog. In this one, Steven Torres talks to Cina Pelayo and Richie Narvaez. Currently a resident of Connecticut, Steven Torres is a Derringer Award winning … Continue reading →

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“Am I and My Detective the Same Person?” (by John Lantigua)

Posted on February 17, 2021 by somethingisgoingtohappen

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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“Jumping Off a Diving Board—It’s Easier than You’d Think” (by Paul Charles)

Posted on March 18, 2020 by somethingisgoingtohappen

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 →

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“A Book to Remember” (by Merrilee Robson)

Posted on January 29, 2020 by somethingisgoingtohappen

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 →

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“The Mystery Writer’s Hidden Weapon” (by John F. Dobbyn)

Posted on August 21, 2019 by somethingisgoingtohappen

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 →

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

Posted on January 23, 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. 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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“Military Veterans in Crime Fiction” (by Stacy Woodson)

Posted on October 24, 2018 by somethingisgoingtohappen

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 →

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“Thoughts on Noir and Story” (Robert Rivers)

Posted on September 27, 2017 by somethingisgoingtohappen

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 →

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“Three Lessons of Shimon Litvak” (by John Gastineau)

Posted on September 20, 2017 by somethingisgoingtohappen

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 →

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“The Role of Place in Creating Suspense” (by Sheila Kohler)

Posted on June 15, 2016 by somethingisgoingtohappen

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 →

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