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“Reader as ‘Murderer?’ Not Really.” (by Claire Ortalda)

Posted on June 17, 2020 by somethingisgoingtohappen

A former journalist, editor, and teacher, Claire Ortalda has won various prizes and awards for her fiction, including the Georgia State University Fiction Prize. Her short story “Oglethorpe’s Camera” was included in the 2019 MWA anthology Odd Partners, edited by … Continue reading →

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READING IN A TIME OF CRISIS

Posted on June 3, 2020 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Some years ago, my colleague Linda Landrigan, editor of Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, gave me a copy of Good Poems for Hard Times, edited by Garrison Keillor. That may have been during the Great Recession, because I recall thinking, as … Continue reading →

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“The Mystery Gene” (by Miriam Grace Monfredo)

Posted on April 23, 2014 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Former librarian Miriam Grace Monfredo is an award-winning writer of historical crime fiction. Her first novel, Seneca Falls Inheritance, was set against the backdrop of the first women’s rights convention. Since then she has written eight more novels that focus … Continue reading →

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“The Devil Made Me Do It” (by Richard Helms)

Posted on February 26, 2014 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Although he is primarily a novelist, with sixteen published books—the most recent the standalone thriller The Mojito Coast—Richard Helms has made a mark in the world of short fiction too. His November 2010 EQMM story “The Gods for Vengeance Cry” … Continue reading →

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