Tag Archives: real crime

“Untouchable Truth” (by Max Allan Collins)

Posted on August 8, 2018 by somethingisgoingtohappen

This year, for the first time in nearly seventy-seven years of publication, EQMM brought a true-crime column (Stranger Than Fiction by Dean Jobb) under its banner. The connections between crime fiction and true crime are many, and a number of … Continue reading →

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A New True-Crime Department for EQMM and Some Reflections on Converging Fields

Posted on January 10, 2018 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Yesterday, Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine’s new web-only column Stranger Than Fiction went live on our website. Written by award-winning Canadian author and journalist Dean Jobb, the new department explores the true-crime field through reviews of true-crime books and occasional articles … Continue reading →

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“The Good, the Bad, and the Criminally Stupid” (by Rob Brunet)

Posted on December 2, 2015 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Rob Brunet turned to writing crime fiction after running a “digital-media boutique” for twenty years. His short fiction and reviews have appeared in a number of publications, including the Toronto Standard, Shotgun Honey, and the latest Bouchercon anthology, Murder Under … Continue reading →

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“Talking The Talk” (by David H. Ingram)

Posted on June 18, 2014 by somethingisgoingtohappen

David Ingram won the Mystery Writers of America’s Robert L. Fish Award for best short story by a new author for his January 2011 EQMM story “A Good Man of Business.” A subsequent story for EQMM, November 2013’s “The Covering … Continue reading →

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