Tag Archives: mystery

THE WIDE WORLD OF MYSTERY FICTION

Posted on January 23, 2013 by somethingisgoingtohappen

The Edgar Allan Poe Award nominations for 2012 are out and the staff at EQMM wishes to congratulate Tom Piccirilli, author of the November 2012 EQMM story “The Void It Often Brings With It” and Teresa Solana, author of the … Continue reading →

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“Make Way for Mr. Scaredy Pants” (by Geoffrey Thorne)

Posted on January 16, 2013 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Geoffrey Thorne is multi-talented. He’s an actor who, in the 80s and 90s, appeared in many hit television shows, including Hillstreet Blues, ER, In the Heat of the Night, and Diagnosis Murder. By the early 2000s, he had turned to … Continue reading →

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HOLIDAY SHORTS

Posted on December 19, 2012 by somethingisgoingtohappen

With Christmas less than a week away, I decided to repeat the search for new anthologies of Christmas mysteries I made two years ago and update my post about it from the http://www.themysteryplace.com forum. In 2010, the only new holiday … Continue reading →

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ONE OF MY FAVORITE SERIES

Posted on November 7, 2012 by somethingisgoingtohappen

In my last post I said I wished there was more talk of the work of classic authors in the field at mystery conventions. One writer who ought to be considered a luminary of the genre, and worthy of such … Continue reading →

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“Living with the Ghosts of Halloween” (by Toni L. P. Kelner)

Posted on October 31, 2012 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Agatha Award winning author Toni L. P. Kelner has written several stories for EQMM, including two pirate tales. How appropriate, then, that she’s blogging for us on Halloween, when many of the costumed villains appearing at your doors will, no … Continue reading →

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“The American Regional Mystery” (by Marvin Lachman)

Posted on October 17, 2012 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Last week’s post inspired some discussion on the role of fans within the mystery community.  This week’s guest post is by one of our genre’s most distinguished fans, Marvin Lachman. In addition to the work he mentions in his post, Marv … Continue reading →

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“Edgar, Agatha, Hammett, Glauser—and Me” (by Mary Tannert)

Posted on August 22, 2012 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Translators are the unsung heroes of the literary world. What they do requires not just knowledge of the language to be translated from but a writerly feel for the language they are translating to. Mary Tannert fits that bill. A … Continue reading →

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“What is it about magic? Does the paranormal belong in mystery fiction?” by Elizabeth Zelvin

Posted on August 15, 2012 by somethingisgoingtohappen

There’s been a big shift in readers’ perceptions of what belongs in the mystery and crime-fiction genre over the past decade. Here to talk about one area in which the boundaries have been expanded is Elizabeth Zelvin, who has recently … Continue reading →

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Taking Us There

Posted on June 6, 2012 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Many of my own happy memories of Ed Hoch resurfaced with Doug Greene’s post about the much-missed author on this blog last week. Ed and I spoke almost every week over the seventeen years we worked together as writer and … Continue reading →

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“Memories of Ed” (by Doug Greene)

Posted on May 30, 2012 by somethingisgoingtohappen

There are many ways in which individuals can make contributions to the field of mystery and suspense fiction other than by writing the stories and novels we love to read. In recent years, conventions such as Bouchercon and Malice Domestic … Continue reading →

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