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SUSPENSE, SERIALIZATION, AND THE SHORT STORY

Posted on August 3, 2016 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Five years ago I posted on the topic of serialization on EQMM’s webpage forum. I continue to be asked, often, whether EQMM serializes novels or novelettes. My position has always been that any piece we publish must be sufficiently self-contained … Continue reading →

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“Sisters in Crime and ‘A Currency of Generosity’” (by Leslie Budewitz)

Posted on June 8, 2016 by somethingisgoingtohappen

It’s been several years since Leslie Budewitz’s fiction has appeared in EQMM. In the intervening time she’s had stories published elsewhere, including in our sister magazine, AHMM, and she has two novel-length series running.  She tells EQMM that she “blends … Continue reading →

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“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 →

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“How I Got Hooked” (by John Lantigua)

Posted on November 25, 2015 by somethingisgoingtohappen

John Lantigua is a journalist whose work has received two Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Prizes, a share of the Pulitzer Prize for investigative journalism, and other awards.  His first novel, Heat Lightning, appeared in 1987 and was nominated for the … Continue reading →

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“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 →

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“How to Read Disreputably” (by Kevin Mims)

Posted on June 3, 2015 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Kevin Mims is a short-story writer and essayist whose stories have appeared in many literary magazines and in EQMM and AHMM. His essays have appeared in the New York Times and many other newspapers. He last contributed a post to … Continue reading →

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“It’s Not So Lonely Here in the Garret” (by Michael Wiley)

Posted on May 13, 2015 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Michael Wiley belongs to a select group of writers who got their start in the Private Eye Writers of America/St. Martin’s Press Best First Novel contest.  The book, published in 2007, was The Last Striptease, featuring P.I Joe Kozmarski, and … Continue reading →

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“The Curious Case of the Novel in Stories” (by Art Taylor)

Posted on March 18, 2015 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Art Taylor made his fiction debut nearly twenty years ago, in EQMM’s Department of First Stories, with the December 1995 story “Murder on the Orient Express,” but there was a long hiatus before he appeared again, and most of his … Continue reading →

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“Preparing for the Audience” (by Michael Haskins)

Posted on February 25, 2015 by somethingisgoingtohappen

A former journalist, Michael Haskins began his fiction-writing career in the pages of EQMM’s 2007 March/April double issue, with the Department of First Stories tale “Murder in Key West.” The central character of that story, Key West journalist Mick Murphy, … Continue reading →

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“Murder Most Entertaining” (by Lucy Ribchester)

Posted on February 18, 2015 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Although she has had a number of stories in other periodicals, Edinburgh native Lucy Ribchester makes her EQMM debut in our March/April 2015 issue (currently on sale). Earlier this year, her first novel, The Hourglass Factory (Simon & Schuster, U.K.) … Continue reading →

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