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Today we talk to Thomas A. Burns who appears in Part XLII: 1895-1903 currently on Kickstarter as part of the MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories XL to XLII campaign.     What's the name of your story in the collection? My story is entitled Death in the Workhouse.How did the story come about?As an untold tale, it depicts one of the seven times that DI Stanley Hopkins referred a case to Holmes. As for the subject matter, I always try to base my Holmes stories on some facet of Victoriana that might be of interest to my readers. This story explores the...

  Today we talk to Will Murray who appears in Part Part XLI: 1887-1894 currently on Kickstarter as part of the MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories XL to XLII campaign.   What’s the name of your story in the collection? "The Difficult Ordeal of the Paradol Chamber" How did the story come about? I have for years been intrigued by the untold Holmes exploit involving the mysterious Paradol Chamber. When David Marcum announced another Untold Cases collection, I decided to take a stab at it. And think I've come up with a take that's not only original, but fiendishly clever. It tests...

Today we talk to DJ Tyrer who appears in Part XLII: 1895-1903 currently on Kickstarter as part of the MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories XL to XLII campaign.   What’s the name of your story in the collection? The title of my story is The Mulberry Frock Coat Mystery, which, whilst referencing an element integral to the mystery, will, I hope, leave readers guessing at what exactly is happening and why.Where did you first discover Holmes? The earliest Holmes story I can just dimly recall reading was the Ladybird Children’s Classics adaptation of The Hound of the Baskervilles. Although it was, obviously,...

Today we talk to Mike Chinn who appears in Part XLI: 1887-1894 currently on Kickstarter as part of the MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories XL to XLII campaign.     What’s the name of your story in the collection?"The Mystery of the Unstolen Document" and was inspired by London's 19th century pornography industry centred around Holywell Street.Where did you first discover Holmes?At quite an early age I was aware of Sherlock Holmes. He's one of those characters who has entered the public consciousness so that people who have never read of word or seen a film or TV episode know all about...

  Today we talk to Susan Knight who appears in Part Part XL: 1877-1887 and Part XLII: 1895-1903 currently on Kickstarter as part of the MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories XL to XLII campaign. 1. I have two stories in the collection, The Adventure of the Old Russian Woman and The St Pancras Puzzle. 2. For these anthologies, David Marcum, the editor, provided a list of untold cases. In fact, I'd had the idea for The Old Russian Woman before receiving the prompt, but it fitted in well. The St Pancras Puzzle arose simply because I found the facts of the case in the original intriguing: a dead policeman at St...