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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 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...

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 Jonathan Schneer.   Tell us a little about yourself – Where you live and your main hobbies. Jonathan Schneer lives in Decatur, Georgia, and Williamstown, Massachusetts. He is a retired historian of modern Britain. He hikes, bikes, skis and swims. Also, he writes books, most recently one about the British General Strike of 1926 that Oxford University Press will publish to coincide with the centenary, probably near the end of 2025; and he...

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 Brenda Seabrooke. Tell us a little about yourself – Where you live and your main hobbies.I live on the west side of the Shenandoah National Park mountain close to a lot of wildlife: foxes, opossums, deer, park bears, raccoons. I like to garden but these wild ones present challenges: the deer eat this, the bears eat that, etc. I have pets: a dog, a cat and 3 hens: Jet, Professor, and Rhodie. What’s...

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 Tim Anderson.   Tell us a little about yourself – Where you live and your main hobbies. I live in England on the Norfolk/Suffolk border. Apart from writing, my main hobby is music as I play guitar and blues harmonica and my wife and I used to organise cabaret nights. I am also a member of the London Institute of 'Pataphysics. What’s the name of your story in this collection, and what is...

Sherlock Holmes Society of London Did Irene Adler actually beat Sherlock Holmes? Chris Chan has identified several inconsistencies and improbabilities in Dr Watson’s account and has devised a scenario that could account for them. Can we really believe that Holmes failed to recognise the cross-dressed Miss Adler, even when she bade him goodnight — immediately after he had publicly told Watson that he knew where the incriminating photograph was, and that he and the King would call at Briony Lodge the next day? “His seeming blundering was a clever feint,” says Mr Chan, “to get Adler to run away with...