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With the upcoming launch of volumes 43-45 of The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories (currently on Kickstarter), we're talking to the authors involved. Today (4th April) it's DJ Tyrer.     Tell us a little about yourself – Where you live and your main hobbies. I studied History and Welsh History at the University of Wales at Aberystwyth. I live in the seaside city of Southend-on-Sea in Essex, England, close to the world’s longest pleasure pier. When I’m not writing, my hobbies and interests include history, roleplaying, wargaming, and conlanging. What’s the name of your story in this collection,...

With the upcoming launch of volumes 43-45 of The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories (currently on Kickstarter), we're talking to the authors involved. Today (3rd April) it's Paul Freeman. Tell us a little about yourself – Where you live and your main hobbies. I'm Paul A. Freeman. I live and work in Nouakchott, the capital city of Mauritania, West Africa, the last stop before the Atlantic Ocean and the Americas. I work at the Higher Institute of English, where I teach General English, Writing and Business Studies to young Mauritanians. My main hobbies are writing (of course), walking and photography....

With the upcoming launch of volumes 43-45 of The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories (currently on Kickstarter), we're talking to the authors involved. Today (2nd April) it's David MacGregor. Tell us a little about yourself – Where you live and your main hobbies. I live in Michigan, about an hour from Detroit, where I teach writing classes at Wayne State University. I am a professional playwright. play soccer and golf, and specialize in keeping a Scottish Terrier (MacDuff) and a West Highland Terrier (Boswell) happy.   What’s the name of your story in this collection, and what is it...

With the upcoming launch of volumes 43-45 of The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories (currently on Kickstarter), we're talking to the authors involved. Today (2nd April) it's Jeffrey Alan Lockwood. Tell us a little about yourself – Where you live and your main hobbies. I live in Laramie, Wyoming, where I'm a professor of natural sciences and humanities at the University of Wyoming.  Living at 7200 feet means that winter is devoted to cross-country skiing and summer is dedicated to hiking and growing a garden against all climatic odds (late snow, summer hail, early frost).   What’s the name of...

With the upcoming launch of volumes 43-45 of The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories (currently on Kickstarter), we're talking to the authors involved. Today it's Peter Shumway. Tell us a little about yourself – Where you live and your main hobbies. I am a retired computer professional residing in Pennsylvania with my wife Patty. We have been married 41 years and have two daughters and four grandchildren. My hobbies include flyfishing and wood carving. In the early 1970s, I performed magic with Bill Baker's World of Magic, John Bundy's Magic Concert, and traded secrets with David Copperfield when...