Tag Archives: setting

“This Location Screams for a Murder” (by Elvie Simons)

Posted on July 21, 2021 by somethingisgoingtohappen

A Canadian currently residing in the Pacific Northwest, Elvie Simons has had stories in a variety of publications, including The Dark City Mystery Magazine, The Prairie Journal, and Island Writer Magazine. She debuts with EQMM in our current issue (July/August … Continue reading →

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“The Secret of Las Vegas” (by Melissa Yi)

Posted on June 2, 2021 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Melissa Yi is a Canadian ER doctor who writes medical thriller novels starring doctor-sleuth Hope Sze. One of the books in the series, Stockholm Syndrome, was named one of the best crime novels of its season by CBC Radio’s The … Continue reading →

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The Puerto Rican Mystery: Steven Torres Interviews Cina Pelayo and Richie Narvaez

Posted on May 5, 2021 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Once in a while we have the privilege of bringing readers an interview on this blog. In this one, Steven Torres talks to Cina Pelayo and Richie Narvaez. Currently a resident of Connecticut, Steven Torres is a Derringer Award winning … Continue reading →

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“Mystery” (by Iris Hockaday)

Posted on September 9, 2020 by somethingisgoingtohappen

A Maine native, Iris Hockaday has an Associate of Arts degree in graphic design and a B.A. in psychology.  She is a poet as well as a short-story writer, and her first professional fiction publication, “The Thunderstorm,” was in EQMM’s … Continue reading →

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“The Page Where It Happens” (by Joseph S. Walker)

Posted on July 29, 2020 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Joseph Walker’s short stories have appeared in our sister publication, Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, and in various other periodicals and anthologies, including the MWA’s Life Is Short and Then You Die, edited by Kelley Armstrong. His story “The Last Man … Continue reading →

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“A Book to Remember” (by Merrilee Robson)

Posted on January 29, 2020 by somethingisgoingtohappen

We’re always pleased to see a post on this site from a reader’s perspective. Although Merrilee Robson is the author of both short stories and a first novel (2016’s Murder Is Uncooperative), she addresses here the question of what makes … Continue reading →

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“Crimehampton: Myth and Reality” (by Elizabeth Zelvin)

Posted on October 16, 2019 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Elizabeth Zelvin’s latest short story, “The Island,” appears in EQMM’s November/December issue, which goes on sale next week (though many subscribers already have copies!). The New York City author, recently the editor of the anthology Me Too Short Stories, has … Continue reading →

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“A Talent for Historical Accuracy” (by Thomas K. Carpenter)

Posted on June 13, 2018 by somethingisgoingtohappen

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 →

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“Tense Boundaries” (by Matthew Wilson)

Posted on January 31, 2018 by somethingisgoingtohappen

By most definitions Matthew Wilson’s story “Burg’s Hobby Case,” in the Department of First Stories of our current issue, would not quite qualify as historical fiction. Many people consider fifty years in the past the necessary distance to earn the … Continue reading →

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“Great God! This is an awful place.” (by Christine Poulson)

Posted on December 20, 2017 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Setting always features interestingly in Christine Poulson’s fiction, whether it is Cambridge and the surrounding Fens as depicted in her Cassandra James mystery series; Sweden, Hong Kong, and Devon in her novel Invisible; or the cathedral of her upcoming EQMM … Continue reading →

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