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The final four volumes (49-52) of The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories are now on Kickstarter (click here). Every day we will be featuring one of the authors in the collection. Today its Thomas A. Turley. What’s the name of your story in the collection? My story, in Part 49, is entitled "The Adventure of the Madman's Sister." How did the story come about? The story is based on the last attempt to assassinate Queen Victoria. However, to give it a happier outcome and include a few elements history did not provide, I wrote instead about the next-to-last...

The final four volumes (49-52) of The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories are now on Kickstarter (click here). Every day we will be featuring one of the authors in the collection. Today its Ashley Williford.   What’s the name of your story in the collection? The Adventure of the Black Diamonds How did the story come about? My three year old little boy was enthralled with all the presents under our Christmas tree this year and continuously found sneaky little ways to abduct and open them throughout the season. I thought, “I bet Holmes was consulted to find...

The final four volumes (49-52) of The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories are now on Kickstarter (click here). Every day we will be featuring one of the authors in the collection. Today its Tim Newton Anderson   What’s the name of your story in the collection? I have two stories - Phantom of the Operetta and The Second Strand How did the story come about? The Phantom came about because I was thinking about Gilbert and Sullivan and an Operetta based on Chinese rather than Japanese themes - specifically the Willow Pattern. That then added the Fu Manchu...

As these are the final four volumes (49-52) of the world's largest Sherlock Holmes anthology we expected a big first day - but not quite this big. We passed the initial goal within 30 minutes and went on to clock 93 backers in the first evening (UK time). The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories on Kickstarter The campaign also gained the coveted Project We Love #projectwelove from Kickstarter on the first day which will help as we aim to get the biggest total we've ever had. There's an interview a day for pretty much the entire campaign with...

The final four volumes (49-52) of The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories are now on Kickstarter (click here). Every day we will be featuring one of the authors in the collection. Today its Martin Daley.   What’s the name of your story in the collection? His Longest Case How did the story come about? It is a follow up to my previous story ‘The Perfect Spy’, where Holmes recruited Martha, who helped him trap Von Bork. ‘His Longest Case’ details his exploits in America prior to apprehending the German spy. Have you contributed to anthologies before? Yes, I’m...