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The Haunting Houses of the Hudson Valley (by Erica Obey)Erica Obey makes her EQMM debut with “The Problem of the Vanishing Sopranos,” in our current issue (January/February 2024). The story is...
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Clark Howard and the Small-Time Second Chance (by James D.F. Hannah)James D.F. Hannah makes his EQMM debut in the Black Mask department of our January/February 2024 issue, which goes on sale this coming Monday. He...
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EQMM’s 1976-1984 Author Interviews (by Arthur Vidro)Arthur Vidro has posted on this site a half dozen times over the years. Most often, his pieces have something to do with EQMM , for he is a...
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HAPPY THANKSGIVING FROM EQMM!Best wishes and gratitude to our readers, contributors, and friends.
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The Power of Place (by Pip Thompson)Pip Thompson’s first paid fiction publication, “The Ring,” appears in EQMM’s current issue, November/December 2023, in the Department of First...
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The Hanged Man (by A.F. Bhuyan)Australian author and solicitor A.F. Bhuyan has been writing short stories for a number of years. His work appeared in Best New Writing in 2008...
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The OJ Connection (by Travis Richardson)Travis Richardson makes his EQMM debut in our current issue (November/December 2023) with the story “Texas-Sized Vanity.” He has previously won...
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Detecting Female Noir (by Carol Goodman)A winner of the Hammett Prize for Literary Excellence in Crime Writing as well as two Mary Higgins Clark awards, Carol Goodman is the author of...
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The Allure of Historicals (by David Krugler)A professor of history and the author of several nonfiction books, David Krugler has also written two World War II spy thrillers (Pegasus Crime...
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Mystery Is in the Eye of the Beholder (by J.D. Frain)J.D. Frain earned a degree in journalism before opening a small marketing company in St. Louis, Missouri. For a few years now he’s been writing...
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September Convention Roundup (by Jackie Sherbow)In several previous years I’ve posted on this site about my experiences at the Bouchercon World Mystery Convention. That gathering of mystery...
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Conversations with James M. Cain and Edgar Winner John McAleer (by Andrew McAleer)Andrew McAleer is the author of 101 Habits of Highly Successful Novelists and co-editor, with Gay Toltl Kinman, of the mystery...
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Three Degrees of Separation From Florabel Muir (by Joseph Koenig)Joseph Koenig’s first novel, Floater (1986), was nominated for an Edgar Allan Poe Award. His fiction has also brought him nominations for the...
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Cop Club (by Paul Ryan O’Connor)Paul O’Connor has written comics, and for decades he developed video games, most recently as game director for Amazon’s Lord of the Rings...
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“Mystery”: A Small Word for a Big Canon (by David Knadler)After a long absence, David Knadler has returned to EQMM’s pages with the story “Five-Hat Minimum” (September/October 2023). The tale stars...
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Eight Dollars Well Spent (by Gabriela Stiteler)Gabriela Stiteler’s first published fiction, “Two Hours West of Nothing,” appears in EQMM’s current issue (September/October), in the...
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We Can’t Write “Diverse” Characters and Expect Our Stories to Remain Unchanged (by Amita Murray)Amita Murray is the author of two series of mystery novels: Her Arya Winters series, begun in 2021, has been optioned for TV, and her historical...
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Heron and the Temples of Alexandria: The Best Stories Aren’t the Obvious Ones (by Thomas K. Carpenter)Thomas K. Carpenter has been contributing stories featuring Magistrate Ovid, from Ancient Alexandria, to EQMM and AHMM since 2015. In our...
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Can Any Author Write Any Character, Regardless of Identity Differences? (by Rob Osler)Rob Osler made his fiction debut in the Department of First Stories of EQMM’s January/February 2021 issue with the story “Analogue,”...
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Writing Is More than Output: Why Writers Shouldn’t Fear AI (by Twist Phelan)A popular novelist with two series (the Finn Teller spy novels and the Pinnacle Peak mysteries) to her credit, Twist Phelan is also a prolific...
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Conversations with Nero Wolfe Creator Rex Stout and Official Biographer John McAleer (by Andrew McAleer)Andrew McAleer is the author of 101 Habits of Highly Successful Novelists and co-editor (with Gay Toltl Kinman) of the mystery anthology Edgar...
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Who Was the First Baby Boomer Detective in American Fiction? (by Kevin Mims)Essayist and short story writer Kevin Mims often reviews books from the 1970s, the decade in which many baby boomers came of age. This time he...
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A Writer’s Walk-On Role in a True Crime Story (by Meghan Leigh Paulk)Meghan Leigh Paulk’s first published fiction, the story “It’s Half Your Fault,” appears in EQMM’s current issue (July/August 2023) in the...
