The Sherlockian Interview - DJ Tyrer
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The final four volumes (49-52) of The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories are now on Kickstarter (click here). Every day we will be featuring one of the authors in the collection. Today its DJ Tyrer.
What’s the name of your story in the collection? How did the story come about?
I have two stories. The first, The Mystery of the Missing Body, derived from me wondering whether it was possible for Holmes to prove a murder had occurred if there was no body, which sent me off researching the law of the period to see if it were even legally possible to make such a case. The second story, A Puzzle in Porphyry, gained its title from that of an article in a history magazine, which sparked in my mind thoughts about just what such a puzzle might be if offered to Holmes to answer.
Have you contributed to anthologies before?
Yes. I’ve had stories in several previous MX volumes, as well as in anthologies from Belanger Books. You can find a full list of my Sherlock Holmes stories, with links to the books they are published in, on my website at DJ Tyrer.
Where did you first discover Holmes?
I still recall my copy of the Ladybird Horror Classics version of The Hound of the Baskervilles, which was my first encounter with Holmes in print (I know I also saw Basil Rathbone’s films on television as a child). I read many of the Holmes mysteries as I grew up, but, though I did revisit them occasionally, I drifted away from them somewhat as an adult. Then, in 2017, I wrote a crossover of Sherlock Holmes investigating the King in Yellow for a themed issue of Awesome Tales magazine, which rekindled my interest in Holmes, and which led to me turning my hand to writing canonical tales.
Do you write on any other subjects?
I do. I have written other mysteries, a few of which have been published in such places as Mystery Magazine, Journ-E, and on the Mystery Tribune webzine, as well as fiction in other genres, such as horror, fantasy, and science fiction. I also write poetry (including a couple of poems with Holmesian themes). Interested readers can find links to various publications on my website at DJ Tyrer.
