Belanger Books Sherlock Holmes and Other Readings Blog

  Hi everyone, we have a packed blog today with Kickstarter project updates, an interview with the renowned Sherlockian Tom Turley, and a call for submissions to several Belanger Books Sherlock Holmes projects.  Let's start with Kickstarter: Sherlock Holmes: After the East Wind Blows Contained in this collection are 36 Canonical adventures in three companion volumes by many of today’s best Sherlockian pasticheurs, relating some of Holmes and Watson’s wartime adventures, and then telling us what happened afterwards during those years immediately following the Armistice, and on through the 1920’s. Join Holmes and Watson as the thunderous Guns of War begin to fire, through the nightmarish years that followed, and then through the other side when the storm has cleared... The game is afoot! A Kickstarter Project We Love! The three volume anthology, Sherlock Holmes: After the East Wind Blows was named a "Project We Love" by the Kickstarter team.  From Kickstarter: Congratulati...

  Hi everyone, As always this is a packed blog update. We've got a FREE Sherlock Holmes eBook ( Sherlock Holmes and the Occult Detectives Volume Two ), a CALL for SUBMISSIONS to TWO new Sherlock Holmes anthologies as well as the latest volume of The Pontine Dossier: Millenium Edition, two Kickstarter projects, and Not Forgetting Adele on Indiegogo. Let's start with the crowdfunding. Beyond the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes This special three-volume edition of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes reprints each one of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's cases from that classic collection, and then goes a step further.  Each original tale is paired with an all-new sequel, spinning our hero off into plots and directions that Sir Arthur may never have considered.   In many cases, years have passed by since the events of the canon.  Holmes and Watson find that people change.  New facts are uncovered.  Some characters aren't as dead as one might have assumed! Intriguingly,...

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...