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Tag Archives: mystery fiction
“On Attending the International Murder Games Expo” (by Martin Edwards)
Author of two highly regarded series of mystery novels and several standalone crime novels (including 2018’s critically acclaimed Gallows Court), Martin Edwards is also a short-story writer with dozens of stories in print, many of which appeared for the first … Continue reading
Posted in Conventions, Fiction, Genre, Guest, International, Magazine, Passport
Tagged china, detective, fiction, games, IMGE, martin edwards, murder games, murder mystery, mystery fiction, shanghai
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“Ordinary, Run-of-the-Mill People” (by A.M. Porter)
A.M. Porter has traveled the world writing articles and nonfiction books, and as you’ll see in this post, she’s also had some interesting jobs closer to home, in her native Canada. More recently, she has turned her hand to writing … Continue reading
Posted in Characters, crime, Genre, Guest, Real Crime, Story, Writers
Tagged mystery, mystery fiction, television, true crime, writing
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TO HAUNT OR NOT TO HAUNT?
With Halloween just hours away, I thought I’d try to answer a couple of questions that sometimes come up at the writers’ conferences and conventions we attend: 1) Does EQMM publish stories involving the supernatural? And 2) If not, why not? … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Ellery Queen, Fiction, Genre, Magazine, Supernatural
Tagged eqmm, halloween, magazine, mystery fiction, supernatural, writers, writing
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“EQMM and the Locked Room Mystery” (by Brian Skupin)
Brian Skupin is Consulting Editor for the publishing company Locked Room International (founded by one of EQMM’s most prolific translators, John Pugmire!) and copublisher of Mystery Scene Magazine, for which he has won the Mystery Writers of America’s Ellery Queen Award, … Continue reading
Posted in Classic Mystery, Fiction, Genre, Guest, Story
Tagged locked room, mystery fiction, puzzle, traditional mystery
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“Chekhov for the Gun-Shy” (by Reed Johnson)
Reed Johnson’s fiction and nonfiction have appeared in many publications, including The Gettysburg Review, Meridian, New England Review, Narrative, and The New Yorker online. His first story for EQMM was November/December 2018’s “Open House,” which has been chosen for inclusion in Best American … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, Genre, Guest, History, International, Readers, Story, Writing
Tagged chekhov, literature, mystery fiction, readers, reading, short story, writers, writing
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“What’s in a Name?” (by Angela Crider Neary)
Angela Crider Neary is an attorney, an avid mystery reader, and a mystery writer. She has had short stories in anthologies and in EQMM, and in 2015 her first mystery novel, Li’l Tom and the Pussyfoot Detective Bureau: The Case … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Characters, Genre, Guest, Story, Writers, Writing
Tagged bill crider, character names, characters, literature, mystery fiction, naming, shakespeare, writers, writing
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“Damaged Goods, Great Detective” (by Louisa Luna)
A San Francisco native who now lives in Brooklyn, Louisa Luna is the author of four novels. The most recent, Two Girls Down (Doubleday), was released to rave reviews in January of this year. In this post the author discusses … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Characters, Fiction, Guest, Pop Culture, Readers, Thrillers
Tagged domestic suspense, mystery, mystery fiction, noir, P.I., private eye, readers, suspense, thriller, why we read
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“A Talent for Historical Accuracy” (by Thomas K. Carpenter)
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
Posted in Guest, Historicals, History, Setting, Writers, Writing
Tagged ancient, ancient alexandria, historical, historical fiction, history, mystery, mystery fiction, setting, sleuth
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