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“Memory and ‘What If . . . ?'” (by Edwin Hill)

Posted on October 21, 2020 by

Since his January/February 2018 debut in our Department of First Stories, Edwin Hill has had three critically acclaimed crime novels published—Little Comfort, The Missing Ones, and Watch Her—earning several award nominations. Mystery Scene has named him one of “Six Crime … Continue reading →

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“The Thin Grey Line” (by Alexandria Blaelock)

Posted on August 14, 2020 by

Alexandria Blaelock is the author of several self-help books applying business techniques to personal matters (drawing from her career as a project manager) and short fiction that appears in Pulphouse Fiction as well as EQMM. Her debut professional fiction publication, … Continue reading →

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“Don Quixote as the First Crime Novel” (by Sheila Kohler)

Posted on July 15, 2020 by

Sheila Kohler, who has written two previous posts here, is an acclaimed novelist and winner of the O’Henry Prize, the Open Fiction Award, the Willa Cather Prize, and the Smart Family Foundation Prize. She is the author of over a dozen … Continue reading →

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“Whodunit and Whoateit: A Perfect Pairing” (by Katherine Hall Page)

Posted on May 20, 2020 by

When it comes to the connection between cooking and mysteries, we can’t think of a more knowledgable author than Katherine Hall Page. She is often cited as one of the foremost writers in the culinary crime genre, and she is … Continue reading →

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“Shelly Dickson Carr’s Bag of Tricks”

Posted on May 6, 2020 by

In the current issue of EQMM (May/June 2020) author Shelly Dickson Carr makes a very welcome EQMM debut! Shelly is the author of the novel Ripped, which won three Benjamin Franklin awards, and of a number of short stories, published … Continue reading →

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“Emil and the Detectives” (by Wynn Quon)

Posted on April 22, 2020 by

Making his debut in EQMM’s May/June 2020 issue (on sale yesterday!) with the story “Art in Pieces” is Canadian writer Wynn Quon, whose previous literary credits are for short film and theater. The Ottowa resident’s short stories have won the … Continue reading →

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“Mysteries and Video Games” (by N.W. Barcus)

Posted on April 15, 2020 by

EQMM’s May/June 2020 issue, which goes on sale next week, contains the paid professional fiction debut of technical writer N.W. Barcus, whose articles and reviews have appeared in the Seattle Stranger, Seattle Weekly, LA Weekly, the Portland Oregonian, and the … Continue reading →

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“Not Just a Mystery” (by Judy Clemens)

Posted on April 8, 2020 by

Judy Clemens makes her first appearance in EQMM with the story “Safe,” in our May/June 2020 issue, which goes on sale in less than two weeks. She is already well known to many in the mystery world, however, as the author of … Continue reading →

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“What Pantsers and Language Learners Have in Common” (by Edith Maxwell)

Posted on March 4, 2020 by

Linguist, novelist, short-story writer, and current Agatha Award nominee Edith Maxwell describes herself as a better-than-average language learner.  “One Too Many,” her first story for EQMM, featured in our current issue (March/April 2020), centers around a hyperpolyglot—someone with extraordinary language-learning … Continue reading →

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“Great Beginnings” (by Sheila Kohler)

Posted on December 18, 2019 by

Sheila Kohler’s work has been appearing in EQMM for a number of years. The distinguished novelist’s books include Dreaming for Freud, Becoming Jane Eyre, Cracks, which was nominated for the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and made into a movie starring Eva Green, … Continue reading →

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