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“Rock ’n Rail: Take the Quiz, or, The Peak Hour Commute Seen Through the Eyes of a Mystery Writer” (by V.S. Kemanis)

Posted on November 1, 2017 by somethingisgoingtohappen

V.S. Kemanis has had a varied career in the law and the arts. As an attorney, she has been a criminal prosecutor, a civil litigator, and the supervising editor of decisions for an appellate court. Her short fiction has appeared … Continue reading →

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“Open Letter to Queen Fans” (by Francis M. Nevins)

Posted on October 25, 2017 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Francis M. Nevins has distinguished himself in every area of the field of mystery and crime fiction. He’s the author of six novels and forty short stories and has won the Edgar Allan Poe Award twice for his critical work. … Continue reading →

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“Bayou City Breakdown” (by Susan Perry Benson)

Posted on October 18, 2017 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Susan Perry Benson debuted in EQMM’s Department of First Stories in July 2013. A native Houstonian and a frequent contributor to the Houston Chronicle and Texas Magazine, she had already moved to North Carolina by the time she turned her … Continue reading →

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“Edgar Allan” (by David Dean)

Posted on October 11, 2017 by somethingisgoingtohappen

David Dean, an EQMM Readers Award winner and an Edgar nominee, has blogged for this site a couple of times before (See “The Human Condition” and “A Day in the Life of the Creative Writer”), and his evocative stories have … Continue reading →

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“Thoughts on Noir and Story” (Robert Rivers)

Posted on September 27, 2017 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Pseudonymous new writer Robert Rivers appears in the Department of First Stories of EQMM’s current issue, September/October 2017. By day the Bostonian works for a Danish company that makes health-care products, making time to write in the early morning and … Continue reading →

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“Three Lessons of Shimon Litvak” (by John Gastineau)

Posted on September 20, 2017 by somethingisgoingtohappen

When EQMM’s November/December 2017 issue goes on sale next month, readers will be introduced to a new writer, John Gastineau. With his debut in our Department of First Stories, the former newspaper reporter, photographer, and book editor returns to his … Continue reading →

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SOLVING THE PUZZLE

Posted on September 6, 2017 by somethingisgoingtohappen

I’ve been watching Endeavour on Masterpiece this summer. For those who haven’t ever tuned in to the series, which is now in its fourth season, the title character is Colin Dexter’s Inspector Morse, depicted in the early years of his … Continue reading →

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“Doing the Twist” (by Laura Pigott)

Posted on August 23, 2017 by somethingisgoingtohappen

With our September/October issue just on sale, this morning we introduce a writer whose Department of First Stories debut appears in that issue. Laura Pigott works in the field of corporate communications, but she has been interested in mysteries since … Continue reading →

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ON ENDINGS

Posted on August 16, 2017 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Recently I was asked to serve on a short-story panel at the Bouchercon World Mystery Convention in Toronto (October 12-15) that will attempt to provide advice to new writers on various aspects of craft. The panel’s moderator, frequent EQMM and … Continue reading →

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“The Trials of Writing at 65 MPH” (by M.C. Lee)

Posted on August 9, 2017 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Fiction writers come from all walks of life, as this post demonstrates. And those who really have it in them to write will often endure many difficulties, even hardships, to make it possible. I’ve known writers who composed all their … Continue reading →

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