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EQMM Blog: Modular Structure

At the Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine blog today, I talk about modular structure and the short story—both in my own […]

Art Taylor / April 25, 2024

On Saturday, May 11, I’ll be presenting a talk and workshop for the Desert Sleuths Chapter of Sisters in Crime.

Art Taylor / February 27, 2024

In April 2015, B.K. Stevens debuted the blog series “The First Two Pages,” hosting craft essays by short story writers

Art Taylor / February 9, 2024

Murder, Neat: A SleuthSayers Anthology features short fiction by members of the group blog SleuthSayers, whose contributors include some of the

Art Taylor / January 23, 2024

Warring neighbors, clashing perspectives, and a journey back to the heart of their conflict. Taking its title from a line

Art Taylor / January 14, 2024

My first event of 2024 will be a short story talk with the Upper Hudson Chapter of Sisters in Crime

Art Taylor / November 25, 2023

The Chesapeake Chapter of Sisters in Crime will be hosting its annual Author Extravaganza on Saturday, December 2, at the

Art Taylor / November 9, 2023

Crippen & Landru is celebrating the new anthology School of Hard Knox this week, encouraging folks to spread the gospel

Art Taylor / October 2, 2023

This year is the 25th anniversary Fall for the Book Festival, held each year at George Mason University and at

Art Taylor / August 27, 2023

This week, we’ll be heading to San Diego—my wife, Tara Laskowski, and our son, Dash—for this year’s Bouchercon, and what

Art Taylor / August 23, 2023

Crippen & Landru has just formally announced a new multi-author anthology: The School of Hard Knox, with fourteen British and

Art Taylor / August 1, 2023

I just sent out my summer newsletter—looking at Bouchercon plans, previewing a new anthology with one of my stories, School