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“The Legacy of Editor Queen” (by Laird Blackwell)

Posted on April 10, 2019 by somethingisgoingtohappen

A professor emeritus at Sierra Nevada College, where he taught for over thirty years, and currently a teacher of  literature at Tahoe Expedition Academy, Laird Blackwell is an expert on detective fiction. His 2018 book The Metaphysical Mysteries of G.K. … Continue reading →

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“The Unlikely Ladies of Nineteenth Century Crime Fiction” (by Nancy Novick)

Posted on March 27, 2019 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Nancy Novick—a freelance journalist who writes about health, medicine, and the arts—made her fiction debut in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine in the September/October 2018 issue, with “How Does He Die This Time?” The story went on to win the 2019 … Continue reading →

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“Military Veterans in Crime Fiction” (by Stacy Woodson)

Posted on October 24, 2018 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Stacy Woodson’s professional fiction debut, the story “Duty, Honor, Hammett,” appears in EQMM’s current issue, November/December 2018—which just went on sale yesterday! Further stories will appear in EQMM (sometime in 2019), in the Malice Domestic anthology Mystery Most Edible (also … Continue reading →

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“The Ultimate Career Killer” (by John Gregory Betancourt)

Posted on September 19, 2018 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Writer John Gregory Betancourt has an especially demanding day job: He’s the publisher of Wildside Press. Among Wildside’s many fine recent releases is The Misadventures of Ellery Queen, an anthology of Ellery Queen pastiches and parodies, edited by Josh Pachter … Continue reading →

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“A Talent for Historical Accuracy” (by Thomas K. Carpenter)

Posted on June 13, 2018 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Thomas K. Carpenter’s first paid print publication was in EQMM’s Department of First Stories in February of 2015. The story featured an ancient Roman sleuth,  Magistrate Ovid, working in Alexandria. The Magistrate Ovid series now includes a story for AHMM, … Continue reading →

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“EXIT WITH THE BODY”

Posted on April 11, 2018 by somethingisgoingtohappen

In the September 1966 issue of EQMM, editor Frederic Dannay responded enthusiastically to a reader’s assertion that William Shakespeare, in his plays, anticipated the modern detective story. He included the letter in the magazine—along with his own notes—and reprinted 101 … Continue reading →

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“Edgar Allan” (by David Dean)

Posted on October 11, 2017 by somethingisgoingtohappen

David Dean, an EQMM Readers Award winner and an Edgar nominee, has blogged for this site a couple of times before (See “The Human Condition” and “A Day in the Life of the Creative Writer”), and his evocative stories have … Continue reading →

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“Disasters and Inspirations” by O’Neil De Noux

Posted on September 13, 2017 by somethingisgoingtohappen

A contributor to EQMM for nearly a quarter of a century, O’Neil De Noux writes primarily in the crime-fiction genre but sometimes ventures into other genres such as science fiction. He is a winner of the Derringer and Shamus Awards, … Continue reading →

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“The Case of the Unrecognized Editor” (by John Duvall)

Posted on June 21, 2017 by somethingisgoingtohappen

John Duvall is the Margaret Church Distinguished Professor of English at Purdue University. He has published extensively on modern and contemporary American fiction. In this post he discusses how EQMM helped to reignite the career of one of America’s greatest literary writers, … Continue reading →

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“The Not-So-Simple Art of Mystery Reviewing” (by Elizabeth Foxwell)

Posted on April 25, 2017 by somethingisgoingtohappen

It’s our pleasure this week to present a post by a mystery reviewer. Over the several years during which this blog has been active, we’ve had only a couple of previous posts by members of that important profession. Elizabeth Foxwell … Continue reading →

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