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Tag Archives: crime
“Tick-Tick-Boom!: Ratcheting Up the Tension with a Ticking Clock” (by Sandy Smith)
Sandy Smith makes her EQMM debut in our 80th Anniversary Issue (September/October 2021)—on sale next week! She’s had a number of stories published elsewhere. Two were nominated for Best of the Net (2018 and 2019) and another for the Pushcart … Continue reading
“This Location Screams for a Murder” (by Elvie Simons)
A Canadian currently residing in the Pacific Northwest, Elvie Simons has had stories in a variety of publications, including The Dark City Mystery Magazine, The Prairie Journal, and Island Writer Magazine. She debuts with EQMM in our current issue (July/August … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Classic Mystery, mystery fiction, Setting
Tagged canada, christie, crime, fiction, murder mystery, mystery, setting, train, writer, writing
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“The Secret of Las Vegas” (by Melissa Yi)
Melissa Yi is a Canadian ER doctor who writes medical thriller novels starring doctor-sleuth Hope Sze. One of the books in the series, Stockholm Syndrome, was named one of the best crime novels of its season by CBC Radio’s The … Continue reading
“You Can’t Make This Stuff Up” (by Mike MacInnes)
Mike MacInnes trained as a lawyer in Canada before deciding to go to work for a publishing company, and to pursue his interest in writing. He currently writes summaries of legal cases by day, and as he explains in this … Continue reading
Posted in Characters, Courtroom Mysteries, crime, Fiction, mystery fiction, Readers, Real Crime
Tagged court, crime, fiction, judge, lawyer, legal, mystery, reading, true crime
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“Summer Reading: Intro to Shakespeare and Agatha Christie” (by Roger Vaccaro)
Roger Vaccaro’s professional fiction debut, the story “Satan’s Circle,” appears in EQMM’s current issue (May/June 2021). The author is a professor of English at St. Johns River State College in St. Augustine, Florida, where, as he mentions in the following … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Characters, Classic Mystery, Readers
Tagged christie, classics, crime, mystery, poe, readers, reading, shakespeare, summer reading
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“Keep the Door Open, Check the Bathroom” (by Linda Stansberry)
Eureka, California resident Linda Stansberry is an award-winning journalist who has recently been devoting more of her time to fiction writing. Her EQMM debut, “The Hidden Places,” appears in our current issue (May/June 2021). She’s had one previous professional fiction … Continue reading
Posted in Books, crime, Fiction, Genre, Guest, Memorial, Novels, Readers, Story
Tagged crime, crime fiction, Memorial, memory, mother, murder mystery, mystery fiction, reading
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“The Most Versatile of All Genres?” (by Mike Adamson)
Mike Adamson made his EQMM debut in our January/February 2021 issue with the story “The Shadow of the New.” Previously, most of his stories were in the field of speculative fiction, where he’s received nominations for the Hugo and Aurealis … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Characters, Classic Mystery, Genre, Guest, hardboiled, Historicals, History, Holmesian, Pop Culture, Writers, Writing
Tagged classical mystery, crime, fiction, golden age, mystery, readers, romance, science fiction, western
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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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