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Press Release - 8th May, 2020 The Strand Magazine is one of the USA's most popular Crime and Mystery titles. Now, thanks to a partnership with the world's largest Sherlock Holmes publisher MX Publishing based in London, the magazine is launching in Europe.By working with MX, The Strand is able to reduce subscription costs for Europeans by over 25% - making the magazine a must-have for mystery fans. The Strand Magazine is a quarterly which offers the best of both worlds—publishing previously unpublished works by literary masters such as John Steinbeck, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Joseph Heller, Mark Twain, Tennessee Williams...

An extract from 'The Adventure of the Wordy Companion: An A-Z guide to Sherlockian Phraseology' by Nicko Vaughan Here are just five of the 'H's referenced in Nicko's Wordy Companion: Harum-scarum - a person who is reckless, impetuous or irresponsible. Henry Wood explains his past self  to Holmes and Watson before he became the twisted wreck of a man in The Adventure of the Crooked Man. “I was a harum-scarum, reckless lad, and he had had an education, and was already marked for the sword-belt”  Heeled - a slang word meaning armed, most likely with a gun. Abe Slaney recalls to...

The speed of innovation in print-on-demand is quite wonderful to behold. This week Redbubble launched print on demand masks enabling artists to create their own designs on the fly. For those already merchandising prints, t-shirts, mugs, pillows and dozens of other products.   This is a great opportunity to make wearing a mask cool, and very personalised. The example above is one of our Art of Sherlock Holmes pieces - 'The Woman Returns' a beautiful painting from Christina Major created from a story written by Richard Paolinelli. The story and art appear in the 2nd Art of Sherlock Holmes book...

"This is a compilation of short adventures that appeared previous in numerous Holmes anthologies by multiple publishers.  Some of the early stories have terrific premises, such as a mysterious ancient tablet that can mystically answer questions.  Many of the later narratives are a bit more experimental in tone, such as the retelling of a critical scene from A Study in Scarlet, told from the perspective of the killer.  This is an intriguing collection which attempts to provide a fresh understanding of the Holmes universe through new approaches." The Strand Magazine April 2020 Dead Ringers – Sherlock Holmes Stories, by Robert Perret...

"This little book is a delightful adaptation of The Hound of the Baskervilles, told with only twenty-six words, and slightly fewer images.  Macaluso has taken Lego figures and replicated approximately two dozen scenes from the classic novel, and the photographs illustrate each page.  Each scene is summed up in either one, or occasionally two words.  For example, a Lego version of the titular character appears under the words “Gigantic Hound.”  Despite the extreme brevity, Macaluso manages to summarize the entire novel with words and pictures, stretching only once, with the letter “X.”  It’s a really fun work, and one which ought...