Clues: A Journal of Detection
For over two decades, Clues has included the best scholarship on mystery and detective fiction. With a combination of academic essays and nonfiction book reviews, Clues covers all aspects of mystery and detective fiction material in print, television and movies. As the only American scholarly journal on mystery fiction, Clues is essential reading for literature and film students and researchers; popular culture aficionados; librarians; and mystery authors, fans and critics around the globe.
“Clues is a must-have for readers and writers of crime fiction. Scholarly, thought-provoking, wide-ranging in its topics, Clues covers the crime and thriller map.”—Sara Paretsky
“A. Conan Doyle, notoriously resentful of Sherlock Holmes’s success, liked to scorn ‘police romances’ as less significant and worthy of his talents than his other literary work. If he could have read Clues, the thinking mystery reader’s journal, he would surely have felt differently—and learned much he never realized himself about even his own landmark contribution to the genre, from which so much else by others has flowed.”—Jon Lellenberg, U.S. agent for the Arthur Conan Doyle estate
“I love reading Clues. Every issue provides thought-provoking, well-researched articles. The variety and scope of the material found in Clues makes an unparalleled, ongoing contribution to our understanding of the role of crime fiction in our culture, and the genre’s reflection of its time and society.”—Jan Burke, Edgar-winning author of The Messenger
“Clues is an important journal. It carries the torch of tradition that is the backbone of detective fiction. It goes below the surface and gets to the heart of what makes the genre so fascinating and valid today”—Michael Connelly, author of the Harry Bosch novels, including The Overlook
“For erudite and fascinating truths about mysteries, follow the clues to Clues, the scholarly journal that is an essential resource for every serious student of the mystery”—Carolyn Hart, author of Death Walked In
“With scholarship ranging from Poe to Peters, nothing beats Clues”—Joan Hess, author of Mummy Dearest
General Information
Clues is published twice a year in the spring and fall. Annual subscription rates are $120 for institutions and $40 for individuals. Subscribers outside the United States add $20 for additional postage. Online only subscriptions are available to all institutions for $100.
Subscribing Online
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Subscribing via Other Methods
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General Information
Back issues from earlier volumes of Clues are available for order. Also, single issues of the current volume may be ordered one at a time. The charge for single issues for institutions is $75 per issue (postpaid). Orders from individuals are also welcome, and the charge for individuals is $30 (postpaid).
Individual articles are available for purchase at the e-journals access page.
Ordering Back Issues
To order single issues via mail, telephone, fax or e-mail, please contact:
McFarland
Box 611
Jefferson NC 28640
USA
tel 336-246-4460
fax 336-246-4403
email journals@mcfarlandpub.com
General Information
The peer-reviewed Clues invites article submissions related to all aspects of mystery and detective material in print, television, and film without limit to period or country covered. All articles in languages other than English must be accompanied by a short paragraph describing their contents. Submissions should include a short (50-word) abstract and be between 15 and 20 double-spaced, typed pages (approximately 3,300 to 6,000 words) with minimal formatting in Times or Times Roman font. Number pages consecutively.
Submit two hard copies, plus an electronic copy saved as a Microsoft Word file burned onto a CD. Editorial decisions will be sent out within 60 days of manuscript receipt.
Submit materials to:
Janice M. Allan
Executive Editor, Clues
University of Salford, UK
J.M.Allan@salford.ac.uk
Address questions to:
Elizabeth Foxwell
Managing Editor, Clues
clues@elizabethfoxwell.com
Send books for review to:
Jim Mancall
Book Review Editor, Clues
Wheaton College
26 E Main St
Norton MA 02766
General Instructions
The peer-reviewed Clues invites article submissions related to all aspects of mystery and detective material in print, television, and film without limit to period or country covered.
Style
Articles should be prepared according to the MLA Style Manual by Joseph Gibaldi (2nd ed., 1998). All articles accepted for publication are subject to editorial changes.
Reference Citations
Include parenthetical citations in text and an alphabetized list of works cited.
Illustrations
Illustrations related in some meaningful way to the article topic are considered. Good-quality prints or scans (300 dpi or greater, at full size) and all necessary permissions must be provided to the editor at the time of article delivery. All illustrations will be reproduced in black and white.
EXECUTIVE EDITOR
Janice M. Allan
University of Salford
| MANAGING EDITOR Elizabeth Foxwell Catholic University of America |
| CONSULTING EDITOR Margaret Kinsman London South Bank University |
| BOOK REVIEW EDITOR Jim Mancall Wheaton College |
| EDITORIAL BOARD | |
| Clive Bloom Middlesex University |
Shelley Godsland Manchester Metropolitan University |
| Manina Jones University of Western Ontario |
Natalie Hevener Kaufman University of South Carolina |
| Marty S. Knepper Morningside College |
Stephen Knight Cardiff University |
| Gianna Martella Western Oregon University |
Christopher Pittard University of Portsmouth |
| Gill Plain University of St. Andrews |
Susan A. Rowland University of Greenwich |
| John Scaggs Southwestern College |
Rachel Schaffer Montana State University Billings |
| Nancy Ellen Talburt University of Arkansas |
Juana Young University of Arkansas |
| PUBLISHER Rhonda Herman McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers |
| BUSINESS MANAGER Adam Phillips McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers |