Tag Archives: fiction

“Report from Baker Street” (by Steve Steinbock)

Posted on January 20, 2016 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Steve Steinbock is well known to EQMM readers. He has been the magazine’s regular book reviewer since 2011 (relieved twice a year by longtime EQMM reviewer Jon L. Breen). In EQMM’s March/April 2010 double issue he debuted as a fiction … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards, Books, Characters, Conventions, Fiction, Genre, Guest, History, Holmesian | Tagged baker street, baker street irregulars, bsi, crime, detective, fiction, history, holmes, literature, sherlock, sherlock holmes, victorian | 4 Comments

“Faster, Miss Marple! Kill! Kill!” (by Catherine Robson)

Posted on January 6, 2016 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Catherine Robson’s accomplished debut fiction, the short story “Just Desserts,” appears in EQMM’s January 2016 issue, in the Department of First Stories. The Southern California native is a lifelong fan of the mystery in all of its forms, as is … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Genre, Guest, Noir, Pop Culture, Readers, Writers | Tagged crime, fan, fiction, genre, mystery, noir, readers, reading, writers | 6 Comments

“The Good, the Bad, and the Criminally Stupid” (by Rob Brunet)

Posted on December 2, 2015 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Rob Brunet turned to writing crime fiction after running a “digital-media boutique” for twenty years. His short fiction and reviews have appeared in a number of publications, including the Toronto Standard, Shotgun Honey, and the latest Bouchercon anthology, Murder Under … Continue reading →

Posted in Adventure, Characters, Fiction, Guest, International, Pop Culture, Real Crime, Story, Writers, Writing | Tagged canada, crime, criminals, fiction, inspiration, mystery, real crime, true crime | 2 Comments

“Dutch Treats” (by René Appel)

Posted on October 14, 2015 by somethingisgoingtohappen

René Appel was a professor of Dutch as a second language at the University of Amsterdam until 2003. But he has been writing fiction since the 1970s, a decade in which his output was mostly short stories for literary magazines. … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Fiction, Genre, Guest, History, International, Passport, Publishing, Readers, Writers | Tagged bestsellers, crime, detective, dutch, fiction, international, literary, netherlands, novels, writers | 3 Comments

“A Belgian Mystery (Solved by Poirot Himself)” (By Hilde Vandermeeren)

Posted on September 2, 2015 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Hilde Vandermeeren, a psychologist and former teacher, had authored some forty books for children (winning numerous literary prizes for them) before she wrote her first crime novel, When Darkness Fell, in 2013—and it won the Hercule Poirot Public (or “Readers”) … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Business, Characters, Fiction, Genre, Guest, International, Passport | Tagged belgium, christie, crime, crime writing, detective, dutch, fiction, flemish, german, international, language, marple, poirot, thriller, translation | Leave a comment

“From Page to Screen” (by John M. Floyd)

Posted on August 5, 2015 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Edgar-nominated author John M. Floyd is a short-story specialist rather than a novelist. His stories have appeared in a great variety of publications, from our sister magazine, AHMM, to the Saturday Evening Post and Woman’s World. The Mississippi writer has … Continue reading →

Posted in Adventure, Books, Fiction, Genre, Guest, Pop Culture, Readers, Story, Supernatural, Suspense, Thrillers | Tagged character, crime, fiction, film, genre, movies, mystery, readers, reading, story, storytelling, supernatural, western | 3 Comments

“Location, Location, Location: Writing and Place” (by Elle Wild)

Posted on July 15, 2015 by somethingisgoingtohappen

EQMM’s September/October issue (on sale August 11) contains a Department of First Stories debut that readers won’t want to miss, Elle Wild’s “Playing Dead.” Though it is the author’s first paid fiction publication, she is not a newcomer to the … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Editing, Fiction, Genre, Gothic, Noir, Setting, Story, Writers, Writing | Tagged fiction, gothic, location, noir, setting, travel, writers, writing | 2 Comments

“A Break in the Order of Things: Coincidence in Fiction and in Life” by Steven Gore

Posted on March 11, 2015 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Steven Gore is a former private detective who told EQMM he spent decades “investigating murder, fraud, organized crime, corruption, and drug, sex and arms trafficking.” He has been featured, for his investigative work, on 60 Minutes. The San Francisco Bay … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Fiction, Genre, Guest, Police Procedurals, Private Eye, Readers, Story, Writers, Writing | Tagged coincidence, crime, fiction, investigator, private eye, reading, writing | 3 Comments

“Who Wrote the First Whodunit?” (by Steven Saylor)

Posted on November 12, 2014 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Steven Saylor’s first novel, Roman Blood, introduced Gordianus the Finder, a private detective, of sorts, in ancient Rome. The critically acclaimed Roma Sub Rosa series now numbers a dozen novels, including two recent prequels about the younger days of Gordianus, … Continue reading →

Posted in Ellery Queen, Fiction, Genre, Guest, Historicals, History | Tagged biblical, classics, detective, dramas, fiction, first detective, hercules, history, literature, oedipus, whodunit | 10 Comments

“Words and Pictures: Short Stories, Novels, and Screenplays” by Paul D. Marks

Posted on October 22, 2014 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Paul D. Marks made his EQMM debut in this year’s November issue with the story “Howling at the Moon,” but he has long been established in the field, and is the author of more than thirty published short stories. He … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Editing, Fiction, Genre, Guest | Tagged advice, fiction, forms, hollywood, movie, mystery, novel, screenwriting, short story, writing | 4 Comments