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“Memory and ‘What If . . . ?'” (by Edwin Hill)
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
“The Thin Grey Line” (by Alexandria Blaelock)
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
Posted in Guest, Novels, Police Procedurals, Pop Culture, Writers, Writing
Tagged crime, mystery, philosophy, television, writers, writing
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“Don Quixote as the First Crime Novel” (by Sheila Kohler)
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
Posted in Adventure, Books, Characters, Fiction, Genre, Guest, History, International, Novels
Tagged adventure, cervantes, crime, don quixote, historical, history, mystery, novel, writers, writing
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“Whodunit and Whoateit: A Perfect Pairing” (by Katherine Hall Page)
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
“Shelly Dickson Carr’s Bag of Tricks”
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
Posted in Characters, Editing, Guest, Writers, Writing
Tagged clues, crime, fiction, mystery, red herring, tips, tricks, writers, writing
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“Emil and the Detectives” (by Wynn Quon)
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
Posted in Books, Characters, Guest, History
Tagged children, crime, emil and the detectives, literature, mystery, short story, writer
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“Mysteries and Video Games” (by N.W. Barcus)
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
Posted in Adventure, Characters, Guest, Noir, Pop Culture
Tagged computer games, crime, fiction, gamer, games, mystery, nancy drew, noir, play, pop culture, video games
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“Not Just a Mystery” (by Judy Clemens)
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
Posted in Books, Characters, Fiction, Guest, Pop Culture, Writers, Writing
Tagged class, college, crime, history, judy clemens, mystery, mystery fiction, pop culture, teaching, university
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“What Pantsers and Language Learners Have in Common” (by Edith Maxwell)
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
Posted in Adventure, Translation, Writers, Writing
Tagged crime, current issue, edith maxwell, hyperpolyglot, issue, languages, learning, mystery, podcast, short story
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“Great Beginnings” (by Sheila Kohler)
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
