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11/20/2008 8:45:44 PM
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topic:
Recovering from rejection...
luna
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Check out Best Mystery Sories of 2008- in the front of the book they list the magazines the stories first appeard in. The list is surprising- I didn't know that most of them even had fiction in them.
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11/20/2008 5:35:02 PM
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topic:
Just After Sunset by Stephen King
Annie
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I picked it up at the airport last weekend. Had read some of the stories in their first printings, the rest seem as solid.
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11/20/2008 4:02:22 PM
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topic:
RIP Michael Crichton
cshiel63
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Michael Crichton made the best tv show ever to be on the small screen in ER. Just one of the many great things he did.
Farerwell Michael.
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11/19/2008 11:06:28 AM
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topic:
Recovering from rejection...
seymour
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Might I suggest checking out the Short Mystery Fiction Society's Market page?
http://www.shortmystery.net/markets.html
Not to be considered the be all end all of market listings, but there are a few there.
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11/13/2008 7:31:06 PM
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topic:
Factual Mistake .
AspE
Posts 9
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In the Hollywood story that was the lead one in the December ish , a factual mis-statement was made .
At one point , a character sings " the old Sly Stone sone ' We Are Family ' " .
If we refer to hit songs by their recording artists , " We Are Family " was a Sister Sledge song .
If we refer to them by their authors , " We Are Family " is Bernard Edwards/Nile Rodgers song - the leaders of the group Chic .
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11/13/2008 6:40:27 PM
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topic:
Personal Websites/blogs
James A. Ritchie
Posts 3
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Honestly, the only way to sell a novel is to write a good novel, and then to write a good query letter that can make an agent want to read that novel. Pretty much everything else is a distraction.
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11/13/2008 5:33:06 AM
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topic:
100 Malicious Little Mysteries...
Yoshinori Todo
Posts 22
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Okay, ordered that too! Now I have enough books to tide me over till Christmas... 
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11/11/2008 3:47:04 PM
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topic:
100 Malicious Little Mysteries...
ErnestB
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Re: anthologies.
Josh, Wayne, et al,
Have you read:
ALFRED HITCHCOCK'S MYSTERY MAGAZINE PREDENTS: FIFTY YEARS OF CRIME AND SUSPENSE. Ed. Linda Landrigan. New York: Pegasus, 2006.
A month’s worth of great just-before-bedtime reading, and it’s still available on Amazon in hardcover or soft, new and used. It starts with a 1957 Jim Thompson and winds up 31 stories later with a 2004 Rhys Bowen. Scattered amongst some of the lesser-known authors you’ll find stories by Westlake, Hoch, Pronzini, and Block; Paretsky, Rozan, Estleman, and McBain, to name just a few.
Ern
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11/10/2008 9:38:13 AM
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topic:
Just After Sunset by Stephen King
Yoshinori Todo
Posts 22
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Is anyone going to get this?
I'm holding it in my hands right now, and I have just finished reading three stories from it--"Harvey's Dream," "The New York Times at Special Bargain Rates,' and "The Cat from Hell"--in one setting. I've been especially looking forward to "The Cat from Hell," this being one of the stories King wrote in the seventies, along with most of the stories that appeared in his first collection Night Shift, like "Children of the Corn," "The Boogeyman," and "Sometimes They Come Back." (And back then he really knew how to scare the socks off you.)
What a wonderful collection of spooky literary stories! I wonder if EQMM is ever going to publish another Stephen King story...
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11/10/2008 9:18:46 AM
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topic:
100 Malicious Little Mysteries...
Yoshinori Todo
Posts 22
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I just ordered it at amazon.com. I have to read this.
Thanks for the suggestion! 
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11/9/2008 7:09:57 AM
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topic:
"Readers' Corner" (or Some Such)
M_Fan_2008
Posts 14
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Dixon, thanks for your suggestions. I own, and often return to, Ellery Queen's 101 Years' Entertainment, which I've read cover-to-cover with great enjoyment. The introductory essay is worth the price of the book!
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11/9/2008 12:16:02 AM
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topic:
"Readers' Corner" (or Some Such)
Dixon
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M_fan: You also asked about anthologies. I'm fairly new here, but might mention a few anthologies I've been reading lately. Currently, I'm reading The Best American Mystery Stories, 2007, edited by Carl Hiaasen and Otto Penzler. I've only finished the first story so far, but it's a good one. Stab by Chris Adrian was origionally written for Zoetrope: All-Story magazine. The story is perhaps more literary than "mystery," however it does involve serial killings. I enjoyed it quite a bit and look forward to reading the rest of the collection.
You might also check out Great Tales of Mystery & Suspense, compiled by Bill Pronzini, Barry N. Malzberg and Martin H. Greenberg, with an intro by John D. MacDonald. Frankly, I tend to pick-up anthologies at my local library, but MacDonald's introduction, alnone, has me looking for a place to buy this one. Published in 1994, this anthology has mysteries I had read before (such as Poe's The Gold-Bug) as well as stories I had not, though they were by well-established writers. Stories from EQMM and elsewhere show up, and I think you'll love most of them. Even Mark Twain has a mystery here.
Sing out if you want more suggestions about anthologies, and don't forget those edited/collected by EQMM's own editor. They're waiting for you out there. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do!
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11/8/2008 6:07:20 PM
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topic:
100 Malicious Little Mysteries...
dws
Posts 2
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Yes, I noticed Elsin Ann's stories ("Wide O--" was a great way to end the volume), as well as a few stories by the late Edward D. Hoch (sometimes as R. L. Stevens).
DWS
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11/7/2008 6:18:15 PM
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topic:
scary times
Dick Stodghill
Posts 14
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Aside from all that, what do you think of the forum?
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11/7/2008 12:13:49 PM
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topic:
100 Malicious Little Mysteries...
M_Fan_2008
Posts 14
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DWS, as you no doubt noticed, Elsin Ann ("elsinann" above) was well represented in the collection!
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11/7/2008 10:03:19 AM
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topic:
scary times
JacksonCoates
Posts 12
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To my mind, "the ambience of this web site" reeks of moribundity. I seem to have a predilection for haunting dead or dying fora. As I've had the sad occasion to remark elsewhere, what a certain Mr. Praline had to say about a dead parrot seems to apply here (with appropriate changes): "This forum's not pinin'! This forum's passed on! This forum is no more! It has ceased to be! This forum's expired and gone to meet it's maker! This forum's a stiff! Bereft of life. It rests in peace! It's metabolic processes are now 'istory! This forum's off the twig! This forum's kicked the bucket. It's shuffled off it's mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisibile!! THIS IS AN EX-FORUM!! " What killed it? My answer: the indifference of most "users."
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11/7/2008 9:40:38 AM
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topic:
100 Malicious Little Mysteries...
dws
Posts 2
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Wayne,
Based on your recommendation, I checked the book out from my local library. I just finished reading it and I thoroughly enjoyed it, too. There was a nice mix of stories and some real gems. I would say that it is the best anthology of mystery/crime short stories that I have read.
DWS
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11/6/2008 7:14:42 PM
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topic:
scary times
Leigh
Posts 37
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This is à propos of nothing but the ambience of this web site. It's kind of fun, in a scary way. It requires Flash.
http://www.controlyourcredit.gov/
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11/6/2008 6:35:24 PM
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topic:
Personal Websites/blogs
Leigh
Posts 37
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There's several popular site such as RedRoom.com and AuthorNation .
You'll probably want to establish a presence on CrimeSpace .
I thought Zoetrope.com looked fascinating, but I haven't found the time to dig into it and learn it. Perhaps you can teach the rest of us.
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11/5/2008 11:45:26 PM
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topic:
Steve Hockensmith
Dixon
Posts 2
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I recently read Holmes on the Range. It was great! You're in for a fun time. I'll have to check out the website, myself.
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