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Today's author profile from The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories Volumes XIX to XXI (now on Kickstarter) is Steve Jones.   Steve's Favourite quote from The Canon:  "Oh, if you say so, Mr. Jones, it is all right."  - The Red-Headed League   Steve has a story in volume XX: "A Case of Unfinished Business"   Steve's favourites amongst his own works: Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Opera Ghost (graphic novel) The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Holmes (graphic novel) Curious Cases of Sherlock Holmes (with Gary Reed - graphic novel) King of Harlem Bushwhackers...

Today's author profile from The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories Volumes XIX to XXI (now on Kickstarter) is John Lawrence.   John's Favourite quote from The Canon:  "You have been in Afghanistan, I perceive," (A Study in Scarlet") Not only because the phrase is the first Holmes utters to Watson directly and because it symbolises the analytic prowess on exhibition throughout the Canon, but because when I returned from Afghanistan in 2010 (a congressional, not a military mission), I was greeted by my 14 year old with the same quote   John has a story in volume XXI: "The Adventure...

Today's author profile from The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories Volumes XIX to XXI (now on Kickstarter) is David Marcum - who is also the editor of the collection.   David's Favourite quote from The Canon:  “We can but try.” Holmes says it in “The Problem of Thor Bridge” (published in February-March 1922), and then Watson says it in “The Creeping Man” (published March 1923), whereupon Holmes replies, “Excellent, Watson! Compound of the Busy Bee and Excelsior. We can but try – the motto of the firm.”   David has a story in each of the three volumes:...

The world's only Virtual Gallery of Sherlock Holmes art launches today featuring forty three original pieces of art varying in price from $750 up to $14,000.  Click here for The Art of Sherlock Holmes Virtual Gallery The artists involved have art hanging in more than fifty of the world's leading galleries including The Smithsonian, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Guggenheim. The Gallery's aim is to enable all fans around the world to see the art and get a chance to appreciate it - and of course have a chance to buy the originals. The Art of Sherlock Holmes...

"Calvert Markham has provided the foreword for The Holmes Sutra: A Birthday Gift for Sherlock Holmes as He Turns 160 by Jayantika Ganguly a charming and entertaining collection of observations drawn from apocryphal sources as well as from the canon. I particularly like ‘Sherlock Holmes is more than just a man– he is a just man’ and ‘The canon is real and true –though not always accurate’. As an appendix there’s a questionnaire to enable you to gauge your Holmes Mania Quotient. (I apparently am ‘Holmesick’…)” Sherlock Holmes Society of London Amazon USA     The Strand Magazine  Amazon UK       The Book Depository...