Category: Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
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Subverting Genre Tropes – New Short Story
My new story, “Ouroboros” is written like a pathological serial killer mystery, but there isn’t a single body in it. The tropes of the serial killer genre are used to give the story a sinister texture and structure without ever being about a murder.
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New Poem In Ellery Queen – “River City Angel”
“River City Angel” is the third in a series of noir poems by Carl Robinette and is currently available in the May/June issue.
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“Tightrope City” – Poetry Reading – Carl Robinette
I’ve been experimenting with these reading videos for years now. To what end is still unclear to me. I have a couple more coming soon, so stay tuned.
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New Poem Published in EQMM No. 1,000
It’s always a thrill to hear from Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine… even the rejections, but when I received my author copies for the January/February 2025 issue, I was pretty dang pumped at what I found. But also a little bit bummed-slash-nostalgic.
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A Soldier’s Return – “The Hard Rise” in EQMM
In “The Hard Rise,” by Carl Robinette, originally published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, Hank Garnier is already a small-town hero and the rural press in Los Pinos County is not ready to let go of the past. But when so many of his fellow soldiers were cast out as “baby killers” the last thing…
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Western Genre set in the 1960s – “The Hard Type” in EQMM
In Carl Robinette’s debut short story “The Hard Type,” originally published by Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, we meet Hank Garnier. A 14-year old boy in the badlands of rural California during the wild 1960s. Will Hank show us the path of righteousness when his manhood is tested violently, or will he succumb to his own…
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