Sherlock Holmes Enters the Realms of Edgar Allan Poe; B is for Baskerville (A Lego Version of the Hound of the Baskervilles); and a Sherlock Holmes Anthology Accepting Submissions


Hi everyone,

We have two exciting Sherlock Holmes projects to share with you in this blog update. Both are currently available on Kickstarter.

Sherlock Holmes: Adventures in the Realms of Edgar Allan Poe

The Great Detective explores the macabre worlds of Edgar Allan Poe!

Imagine Sherlock Holmes solving cases where the clues include a mysterious cask of amontillado - the haunting cries of a raven - an unnerving asylum - a man's uncanny doppelgänger!  These are just some of the stories in our new anthology Sherlock Holmes: Adventures in the Realms of Edgar Allan Poe.
This one-of-a-kind anthology features traditional Holmes stories, blended with one or more tales from Edgar Allan Poe, including:

  • The Raven
  • The Cask of Amontillado
  • Murders in the Rue Morgue
  • The Masque of the Red Death
  • The Gold-Bug
  • The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether
  • William Wilson

and many more!!
Authors include Derrick Belanger, Craig Stephen Copland, Megan Elmendorf, David Marcum, Robert Perret, Katie Magnusson, Jen Matteis, Richard Paolinelli, Rohit Sawant, Brenda Seabrooke, Elizabeth Varadan, Joseph S. Walker, Vicki Weisfeld
This one of a kind anthology is only available on Kickstarter.  Get your copy today by clicking here.

A Baskerville Curse - Sherlock Holmes Re-Imagined


Fans of Legos and Sherlock Holmes are sure to love this alphabet book in which James Macaluso retells the entire Hound of the Baskervilles in simple words with with Lego images.

James Macaluso has two passions - Sherlock Holmes and Lego - and he has brought them together to create the series of books 'Sherlock Holmes Re-Imagined' which have proved a hit with fans all over the world:
"The illustrations by P James Macaluso Jr are eccentric, clever, beautifully presented, witty, and bang up to date, being full-colour photographs of creations in Lego, each a scene depicted by Sidney Paget in The Strand Magazine. Ideal presents for the young Holmesian in your life." Sherlock Holmes Society of London
An image from The Baskerville Curse showing a scene from The Hound of the Baskervilles created in Legos. Death Ensues!
Get this very cool one of a kind Sherlock Holmes book on Kickstarter. Sure to be a big hit for any Lego or Sherlock Holmes fan.  You can get the book by clicking here.

Accepting Submissions for Beyond the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes


Description: Our next Sequels book. This time, the collection will feature sequels to the 12 stories in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes:

A Scandal in Bohemia


The Red-Headed League


A Case of Identity


The Boscombe Valley Mystery


The Five Orange Pips


The Man with the Twisted Lip


The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle


The Adventure of the Speckled Band


The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb


The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor



The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet 




The book will be set up to include the original adventure by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle followed by the sequel(s) to that adventure.  

No need to claim a story! We plan on publishing multiple sequels to stories (i.e. the anthology could include three sequels to The Red Headed League, two sequels to Speckled Band, four sequels to Scandal in Bohemia, etc…).  

I would like to have at least one sequel to each story in the Adventures. Even though you don't need to claim a story, I would like a heads up if there is a story you plan on writing a sequel to.

Submission guidelines:  A 5,000 - 10,000 word Sherlock Holmes story which is a sequel to one of the stories in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.

Payment: Authors shall receive a payment of $50 plus a percentage of the Kickstarter project profits and a paperback copy of the anthology.  

Rights: Authors shall retain rights to their work. We only retain the rights to the story within the publication.

Submission Deadline: November 15th, 2019 (This is an extension of the previous deadline)

Kickstarter will run in March 2020 and publication of book will occur in April 2020




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



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