“Morgue Attendance and the Hair in the Chimney” (by E. Gabriel Flores)

“Morgue Attendance and the Hair in the Chimney” (by E. Gabriel Flores) | SOMETHING IS GOING TO HAPPEN: E. Gabriel Flores is a geography professor who has recently begun another career as a crime writer. Her first published fiction, “The Truth of the Moment,” appeared in EQMM’s December 2016 issue, in the Department of First Stories, and was recently named the winner of the Robert L. Fish Memorial Award for best short story by a new American author. Many different experiences form a writer and perhaps those that enter into the inspiration for crime fiction are of a darker sort. In this post, we learn about one of the early jobs that stirred ideas in this talented newcomer.—Janet Hutchings