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Belanger Books is excited to bring you a new anthology of mystery short stories for student readers inspired by the adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. The anthology is titled In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson and will feature stories by student writers as well as professional authors. Net proceeds will go to the Beacon Society to help them expose more students to the original Sherlock Holmes stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle as well as newer stories about the great detective. Requirements: All entries must be mysteries inspired by the Sherlock Holmes stories. The mysteries can be traditional Sherlock Holmes stories, modern versions of Sherlock Holmes, original detective stories with characters similar to Holmes and Watson, or anything in between. The stories just need to clearly be inspired by the Sherlock Holmes canon. Each submission should be at least 1,000 words in length , and be rated "PG" (i.e. suitable for a school li...