Belanger Books Sherlock Holmes and Other Readings Blog

  Hi everyone,  As always, we have a full blog post for you today. We have a call for submissions to an all new Sherlock Holmes anthology edited by David Marcum. First, we want to remind you of our current Kickstarter project and some from MX Publishing that are ending soon. Sherlock Holmes: Stranger than Truth and Stranger than Fiction Sherlock Holmes: Stranger than Truth and Sherlock Holmes: Stranger than Fiction each imagine unique visitors to 221B Baker Street. In Sherlock Holmes: Stranger than Truth , Holmes is hired by such notable historical figures as : P.T. Barnum Theodore Roosevelt Annie Oakley Nellie Bly Lord Kitchener And in Sherlock Holmes: Stranger than Fiction , Holmes is hired by favorite fictional characters such as: Allan Quatermain Huckleberry Finn Frankenstein's monster Peter Pan Dr. John Silence We've already met the first two stretch goals which means each volume contains a bonus story! Back the Kickstarter project today by CLICKING HERE! Other Sherlock ...

Hello everyone, We've got quite a few exciting projects to share with you.  First, I want to thank everyone who backed Sherlock Holmes: Adventures in the Realms of Steampunk on Kickstarter.  The two volume anthology of stories where the traditional Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson find themselves in a world of technological advancements was one of our biggest Kickstarters to date. For those of you who missed the Kickstarter the books will be available on Amazon in May. Stay tuned for more details! MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories - Vols XIII, XIV, XV And speaking of Kickstarters, our friends at MX publishing have a set of books that every Sherlock Holmes fan needs! The MX Books of New Sherlock Holmes Stories have been called the best collections of Sherlock Holmes stories since Watson penned the original canon.  Thanks to the editorial skills of David Marcum and the sheer number of excellent pastiche authors in the world, this year's entry contains a ...

Hi everyone, Belanger Books is excited to announce calls for more publications in 2019 and 2020!  Authors, there are plenty of anthologies out there to choose from involving Sherlock Holmes, Solar Pons, and other great detectives!  Our publications will range from the traditional ( The Early Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson ) to another Realms collection ( Sherlock Holmes: Adventures in the Realms of Edgar Allan Poe ) to more sequels ( Beyond the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes ). We will also have a Solar Pons horror collection entitled, The Necronomicon of Solar Pons .  See submission guidelines for all of our upcoming anthologies below. Announcing "The Great Detective Universe" What if Sherlock Holmes Wasn't Alone? While Sherlock Holmes is the best remembered detective from the Victorian and Edwardian periods, there was a rich plethora of other sleuths solving crimes throughout the world at the same time. The Great Detective Series from Belan...

Attention authors and prospective authors!!! Belanger Books has a call for submissions for three upcoming anthologies!  See requirements and deadlines below!! First up, we have an anthology for those who like to mix science fiction with Sherlock Holmes: Sherlock Holmes Adventures in the Realms of Steampunk Like Sherlock Holmes: Adventures in the Realms of H.G. Wells , this collection will feature all new traditional Sherlock Holmes adventures with a science-fiction edge. Sherlock Holmes: Adventures in the Realms of Steampunk will feature Holmes in a futuristic Victorian setting.  See him deal with airship pirates and steam powered robots. Maybe he’ll even deal with a time traveler or with alien invaders.   Belanger Books is calling for submissions from writers, new or established, which are between 5,000 - 10,000 words (it is okay to be over or under some).  Requirements: The stories must feel like traditional Holmes just with...

The covers to our new editions of the first four Solar Pons books by August Derleth We have some exciting news at Belanger Books!  Once again, we are partnering with the Estate of August Derleth to bring you more Solar Pons collections. This time, we are publishing new editions of the long out of print original Solar Pons books by August Derleth.  Our plan is to publish the first four books in the series in June, and if all goes well, the remainder of the original seven books (plus an Apocrypha) sometime in the winter.  You can be the first person to get copies of the books (available as ebooks for the first time ever) by ordering from the Kickstarter link below! Solar Pons, Sherlock Holmes of Praed Street, New Editions “Solar Pons came into being out of Sherlock Holmes . . . .” – August Derleth   In 1928, college student August Derleth wrote to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, asking if any more Sherlock Holmes adventures were going to be published...