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“This Location Screams for a Murder” (by Elvie Simons)
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
Posted in Adventure, Classic Mystery, mystery fiction, Setting
Tagged canada, christie, crime, fiction, murder mystery, mystery, setting, train, writer, writing
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“The Secret of Las Vegas” (by Melissa Yi)
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
“Plot” (by Robert Cummins)
Colorado-based author Robert Cummins has had a successful academic career, and has now turned his pen (which authored four books from MIT and Oxford Press as well as sixty articles) to fiction writing. His two novels—Hariq, a Cold War spy … Continue reading
“Emil and the Detectives” (by Wynn Quon)
Making his debut in EQMM’s May/June 2020 issue (on sale yesterday!) with the story “Art in Pieces” is Canadian writer Wynn Quon, whose previous literary credits are for short film and theater. The Ottowa resident’s short stories have won the … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Characters, Guest, History
Tagged children, crime, emil and the detectives, literature, mystery, short story, writer
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“Too Good to Be True?” (by Anne van Doorn)
Last week, Mystery Scene magazine copublisher Brian Skupin did a post for this site about locked-room mysteries. In it, he mentioned a story in our current issue (September/October 2019) by Dutch writer Anne van Doorn entitled “The Poet Who Locked Himself … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Characters, Fiction, Guest, International, Passport
Tagged author, classic mystery, dutch, passport to crime, short story, traditional mystery, translation, writer
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“Stories from the Courthouse Where I Work” (by Kevin Egan)
Kevin Egan is the author of eight novels, including the legal thriller Midnight, a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2013. A number of his novels and short stories are set in the legal world, for he worked for many years … Continue reading
Posted in Courtroom Mysteries, Guest, History, Setting, Story
Tagged courthouse, history, kevin egan, legal thriller, thriller, writer
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“The Other Face” (by Pat Black)
Pat Black makes his EQMM debut in our current issue (May/June 2019) and we have more of his work coming up. His stories have also been published in a number of anthologies, including Northern Crime One. He was the runner-up … Continue reading
Posted in Characters, crime, Fiction, Genre, Guest, International, Setting
Tagged crime fiction, doubles, noir, pat black, scotland, scottish, tartan noir, writer, writing
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“The Legacy of Editor Queen” (by Laird Blackwell)
A professor emeritus at Sierra Nevada College, where he taught for over thirty years, and currently a teacher of literature at Tahoe Expedition Academy, Laird Blackwell is an expert on detective fiction. His 2018 book The Metaphysical Mysteries of G.K. … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Editing, Ellery Queen, Genre, Guest, Magazine, research
Tagged detective fiction, ellery queen, ellery queen's mystery magazine, eqmm, frederic dannay, history, short story, writer
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“Seventh Sense” (by Doug Crandell)
Doug Crandell makes his first appearance in EQMM with the story “Shanty Falls,” in our current issue (January/February 2019). We have another of his stories coming up soon. He is the author of the 2007 Barnes & Noble Discover pick, … Continue reading
Posted in Characters, crime, Fiction, Guest, History, Story, Writers, Writing
Tagged characters, crime fiction, family, memory, short story, writer, writing
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