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Today we talk to David MacGregor 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 Amateur Mendicant SocietyHow did the story come about?In "The Five Orange Pips," Arthur Conan Doyle referenced The Amateur Mendicant Society as an unwritten case of Sherlock Holmes. I happen to belong to a Sherlock scion society called The Amateur Mendicant Society of Detroit, and it made perfect sense to make an attempt to turn Conan Doyle's reference into a full-fledged story. Have you written...

Today we talk to Margaret Walsh 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? My story is called “The Strange Case of the Disappearing Factor”. How did the story come about? I was looking at the untold stories and came across “The Adventure of the Grice Patersons in the Island of Uffa”.  When I discovered that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle has created Uffa for his story “Our Midnight Visitor”, I could not resist taking Sherlock Holmes there. Have you contributed...

Today we talk to Barry Clay who has two stories in Part XLII: 1895-1903 currently on Kickstarter as part of the MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories XL to XLII campaign. Where did you first discover Holmes?I was a voracious reader as a child, and that's when I bumped into Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson. Now, as an adult, I buy second-hand copies and hand them out (along with other books) for Halloween. And, of course, I hand out candy, too.Are there any writers/adaptations of Holmes you particularly enjoy?Yes, there is. I stumbled upon The Mammoth Book of The Lost Chronicles of Sherlock Holmes...

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Today we talk to Naching Kassa 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 title of my story is, "The Adventure of the Tired Captain." It's an untold tale mentioned in, "The Naval Treaty." Like all my stories, this one is a little bizarre. Holmes and Watson find a man fast asleep in the street while on an evening constitution. You'll have to see where it goes from there.Where did you first discover Holmes?NTK: One evening, in the...