Sherlock Holmes Enter the Realms of H.G. Wells and More Christmas Gift Ideas from Our Author Friends at MX Publishing!

There are still plenty of shopping days left til Christmas, especially for those with Amazon Prime.  We have a few more great gift ideas for the mystery lover in your life.  Let's start out with a two volume anthology which was the most successful Kickstarter from Belanger Books!

Sherlock Holmes: Adventures in the Realms of H.G. Wells 

This two volume collection of short stories combining traditional Sherlock Holmes pastiches with the fantastic worlds of H.G. Wells is sure to be a big hit with both mystery fans and sci-fi lovers alike.  

The World's Greatest Detective in the Realms of the Master of Science Fiction!

Imagine Holmes trying to solve the case of an invisible man attacking London - matching wits with a traveler from out of time - tracking down a human/feline hybrid - using his deductive skills to help fight Martian and lunar invaders! These are just some of the stories included in Sherlock Holmes: Adventures in the Realms of H.G. Wells. 

This one-of-a-kind two volume anthology features traditional Sherlock Holmes stories blended with one or more tales from H.G. Wells including:

•The War of the Worlds

•The Island of Dr. Moreau

•The First Men in the Moon

•The Time Machine

•The Invisible Man

•The New Accelerator

•The Man Who Could Work Miracles

•The Country of the Blind

•And many more!!

Authors include Andrew Lane (Young Sherlock Holmes), Daniel D. Victor (The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Seventh Bullet), Derrick Belanger (Sherlock Holmes, The Adventure of the Peculiar Provenance), Benjamin Langley, Michael Wells, David Friend (The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories), William Campbell Powell (Expiration Day), John Linwood Grant (Occult Detective Quarterly), Megan M. Elmendorf, Steve Herczeg, Derek Nason, Michael Siverling (Midnight Investigations), Jaap Boekestein (Mystery Weekly Magazine), Richard Paolinelli (Escaping Infinity), GC Rosenquist (Sherlock Holmes and the Pearl of Death), Steve Poling (The Aristotelian), Katie Magnusson (The Adventures of Watts and Sherlock), Rohit Sawant (Down With the Fallen: A Post-Apocalyptic Horror Anthology), Emma Tonkin (Universal Enigma Anthology), and C. Edward Davis (The Voyage of the Lunar Schooner). Featuring forewords by Mark Levy, BSI in Volume 1 and Neil Cole (Adventures in Science Fiction: Sci-Fi Museum) in Volume 2.

Volume 1 is available in both Kindle and paperback editions on Amazon here.

Volume 2 is available in paperback on Amazon.  The Kindle edition should be up soon. Get your copy here.

Special!  You can get a gorgeous hardcover edition which includes Volumes 1 and 2 in a single slipcover edition at Blurb.  Order your copy here!

Christmas Gift Ideas from MX Publishing

Here are some cool Sherlock Holmes gift ideas suggested from our friends at MX Publishing. The covers were designed by Brian Belanger.  Check them out below and consider adding them to your collection. You won't be disappointed!

Mrs. Hudson is possibly the most famous landlady in literature. Presiding over the comings and goings at 221B Baker Street, she saw many clients, villains and Baker Street Irregulars during the tenancy of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. This series of columns, thoughts, recipes and memoirs are from a long-running column in the Sherlockian journal Canadian Holmes. In it the author, Wendy Heyman-Marsaw, puts herself in Mrs. Hudson’s shoes, up and down the 17 steps, and recounts not only the time and era but the food, dining and eating habits of Victorian England. This book explores the meals Mrs. Hudson would have prepared and served her two famous lodgers, what food they would have had while on rail journeys or eaten at hotels around London or inns around England. You will also learn about Mrs. Hudson herself, her husband and even her views towards women’s roles and rights in Victorian times. With many illustrations from the Strand Magazine, readers will get a rare peek inside Victorian life.

Get your copy of Memoirs from Mrs. Hudson's Kitchen here!

This is a collection of the first three stories written by the English author Dick Gillman. In these stories, he introduces the character of Julia Moriarty. Holmes and Watson become acutely aware of her existence in 1894 in the story aptly recorded by Watson as that of ‘The Shadow of James Moriarty’. Shopping for a Christmas gift for Holmes exposes Watson to an underworld that he had hoped had disappeared with the death of James Moriarty. The New Year brings even greater peril as an attempt is made on Holmes's life and once again the shadow of James Moriarty seems to be reaching out. Revenge is clearly the motive but who is seeking to finally destroy Holmes? In order to solve the mystery, Holmes must offer his life in order to attempt a grand deception. In the second story, Watson goes on to describe how their paths cross again in 1897 when Holmes investigates the tragic case of ‘The Highgate Magician’. The mysterious disappearance on stage of a magician's assistant is the beginning of a case that draws Holmes and Watson into the world of international intrigue. A German pianist, a diplomat working as an aide to the Kaiser is enraged by Holmes's activities during the investigation. However, this chance meeting inadvertently saves Holmes from certain death. A secret deal struck by the British Government with an old foe threatens to tear Sherlock and Mycroft apart. Only Holmes's unique skills of observation and deduction coupled with swift action can halt a very public assassination and avert war in Europe. In 1899, Watson recounts the case of ‘The Severed Finger’ in which Julia Moriarty reveals her truly ruthless nature. This, in turn, leads Holmes to describe her as “the very embodiment of evil.” Holmes and Watson's evening is disturbed by a gruesome find by cabbie Henry Wiggins. A cryptic note and a freshly severed finger trigger a desperate search for its owner. Mycroft is summoned when the involvement of Julia Moriarty is discovered. Holmes has a bitter encounter with Moriarty and must now balance an arms shipment to a potential enemy against a man’s life. It appears that Julia Moriarty has finally defeated Holmes...but all may not be as it seems.

Get your copy of the Julia Moriarty Trilogy here! Also, check out other Sherlock Holmes books by author Dick Gillman here.

For the Lego lover!  Check out the series by James Macaluso!

Sherlock Holmes, the world's "only unofficial consulting detective", was first introduced to readers in A Study in Scarlet published by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in 1887. It was with the publication of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, however, that the master sleuth grew tremendously in popularity, later to become one of the most beloved literary characters of all time. In this book series, the short stories comprising The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes have been amusingly illustrated using only Lego® brand minifigures and bricks. The illustrations recreate, through custom designed Lego models, the composition of the black and white drawings by Sidney Paget that accompanied the original publication of these adventures appearing in The Strand Magazine from July 1891 to June 1892. Paget's iconic illustrations are largely responsible for the popular image of Sherlock Holmes, including his deerstalker cap and Inverness cape, details never mentioned in the writings of Conan Doyle. This uniquely illustrated collection, which features some of the most famous and enjoyable cases investigated by Sherlock Holmes and his devoted friend and biographer Dr. John H. Watson, including "A scandal in Bohemia" and "The Red-Headed League", is sure to delight Lego enthusiasts, as well as fans of the Great Detective, both old and new.

Check out his Lego Sherlock Holmes series here!

That's all for this update. We will have one or two more out before the end of the holiday season with more Sherlock Holmes gift ideas!

Belanger Books is a small press owned by artist Brian Belanger and author Derrick Belanger specializing in new Sherlock Holmes books, Children's books, Steampunk, and genre specific anthologies.  Some of our books have been #1 bestsellers in their categories on Amazon.