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Check out this week's blog post, where S.B. Watson discusses a time he experienced a long philosophical argument on the nature of mystery fiction. Catch his latest story in our May/June issue!
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This week we have a special blog post from literary critic and scholar Yusan Iiki on the rise of Japanese mystery fiction. Don't miss it!
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Learn all about "The Rome of the North" in this week's blog post, where Herbert De Paepe discusses the inspiration behind his latest story in EQMM, "The Defixio Murders," translated by Josh Pachter!
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Get to know Dr. Marchland a little better in this week's blog post, where David Dean lays out the thought process and inspiration behind his long-running series featuring our readers' favorite Victorian alienist
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We're thrilled to announce that Michael Bracken and David Dean have been nominated for Derringer Awards this year!
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Check out this week's blog post where Richard Z. Santos discusses how he learned that, in his own mystery fiction, less is sometimes more
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This week we're sharing a special post by Sheila Kohler, who makes the case that the Brontës were great writers were great writers of literary mystery fiction
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Get to know author Marilyn Todd a little better in this week's blog post where she discusses some formative experiences that led to her becoming a writer of over 100 short stories and 23 historical novels
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This week's blog post is sure to entertain both music fans and mystery lovers alike. Read on to discover how Nick Guthrie's experiences as a musician in the UK inspired his story "Where's Pete?"
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Warm up a little this winter with Ashley-Ruth M. Bernier's post on how her her native St. Thomas inspires her fiction
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Check out this week's blog post, where Meenakshi Gigi Durham describes how photography inspired her story from our March/April issue
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We'd like to offer our heartiest congratulations to Edith Maxwell, whose story "While the Iron is Hot" (March/April 2025) has just been nominated for an Agatha Award!
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Want to improve your writing skills this summer? Then consider applying for the Newberry Crime Writing Workshop, the first mystery-writing workshop of its kind
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Check out this week's blog post, where V.G. Burke talks about how living in Savannah, GA in the 1970s helped inspire his story from our Jan/Feb issue
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Join us in congratulating Charlaine Harris @RealCharlaine, whose story "The One That Got Away" (Jan/Feb 2025) will be a finalist at this year's Edgar awards! We'd also like to congratulate Billie Kay Fern and Rick Marcou for their Robert L. Fish Memorial Award nominations
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Check out this week's blog post, where Anna Scotti describes some of the inspiration behind the child characters that appear in her stories
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Dear EQMM subscribers: Have your magazines been getting damaged in the mail? If so, please contact Sandy Marlow at smarlowe@pennypublications.com with pictures to help us assess the scale of this issue
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Find out what makes the Knives Out series so great in this week's blog post by Thomas K. Carpenter @thomaskcarpente, whose latest story appears in our Jan/Feb issue, on sale now!
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Check out this week's blog post, where we talk to @PatBlack9 about his latest story, which was inspired by a unique Christmas event held annually in the author's native Glasgow
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Learn all about Finnish crime fiction in this week's blog post by Finnish author Tapani Bagge, who makes his EQMM debut in our Jan/Feb issue, on sale now!
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