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“How to Create a Successful Villain” (by Sheila Kohler)

Posted on July 28, 2021 by somethingisgoingtohappen

An award-winning author of novels and short stories, with two O.Henry Awards to her credit, Sheila Kohler writes crime fiction as well as literary fiction. Her most recent novel is the thriller Open Secrets, published by Penguin in 2020. Publishers Weekly said … Continue reading →

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“Mystery” (by Iris Hockaday)

Posted on September 9, 2020 by somethingisgoingtohappen

A Maine native, Iris Hockaday has an Associate of Arts degree in graphic design and a B.A. in psychology. She is a poet as well as a short-story writer, and her first professional fiction publication, “The Thunderstorm,” was in EQMM’s … Continue reading →

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“Frogs, Castles and Crime Writers” (by Jim Weikart)

Posted on April 29, 2020 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Longtime treasurer of the International Association of Crime Writers, Jim Weikart is as knowledgable as anyone about that organization’s history and function. In this post, he gives us a personal perspective on the organization and what it’s meant to his … Continue reading →

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“The Secret Lagoon” (by Josh Pachter)

Posted on September 18, 2019 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Josh Pachter’s story “The Secret Lagoon” appears in EQMM’s current issue (September/October 2019). Readers are often curious not only about where authors get their ideas but about how a story comes together. In this post, we get a look at … 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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“Every Picture Tells a Story” (by Marilyn Todd)

Posted on June 26, 2019 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Marilyn Todd is best known for her mystery novels set in the worlds of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. Last month, Snap Shot, the first in her new series of Victorian mysteries, starring Julia McAllister, a murder suspect turned England’s … Continue reading →

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“Seventh Sense” (by Doug Crandell)

Posted on January 16, 2019 by somethingisgoingtohappen

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 somethingisgoingtohappen

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

Posted on November 28, 2018 by somethingisgoingtohappen

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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“The Writers Are Watching” (by Anna Scotti)

Posted on October 17, 2018 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Anna Scotti is a writer who teaches middle-school English at a French international school. Her work has appeared in literary magazines such as The New Yorker, The New Guard Literary Review, and The Los Angeles Review. She has been nominated … Continue reading →

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