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The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories -  Volumes XXXI-XXXIII is currently running on Kickstarter and we're interviewing the contributors. Next up is Steve Herczeg.   1. Please tell us a little bit about yourself, and your story.I’m an IT Geek from Canberra, Australia (that’s the capital by the way, a lot of people presume it’s Sydney). I’ve been writing for over twenty-five years, concentrating mainly on movie scripts for the first part, but returned to prose writing about seven years ago. Since then, I’ve been fortunate enough to have over a hundred short stories published, including a collection of...

The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories -  Volumes XXXI-XXXIII is currently running on Kickstarter and we're interviewing the contributors. Next up is Martin Daley.   1. Please tell us a little bit about yourself, and your story. From James Bond to Jane Eyre, we all have our literary heroes and heroines. I must confess to having a soft spot for both 007 and the future Mrs. Rochester (and many more besides I should add) but Mr. Sherlock Holmes and especially, the unassuming Doctor John H. Watson invariably come out on top of my list of favourites. I first read the...

The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories -  Volumes XXXI-XXXIII is currently running on Kickstarter and we're interviewing the contributors. Next up is Jeffrey A Lockwood   1. Please tell us a little bit about yourself, and your story. I grew up in New Mexico and spent my youthful afternoons darkly enchanted by feeding grasshoppers to black widow spiders the backyard, which accounts for my scientific and literary affinities. I earned a doctorate in entomology and worked as an ecologist at the University of Wyoming before metamorphosing into a Professor of Natural Sciences & Humanities in the departments of philosophy and...

The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories -  Volumes XXXI-XXXIII is currently running on Kickstarter and we're interviewing the contributors. Next up is D J Tyrer. 1. Please tell us a little bit about yourself, and your story.I’m a writer based in the newly-minted city of Southend-on-Sea in Essex, England, where I also run a small press, Atlantean Publishing. A long-term fan of the Sherlock Holmes stories, I’ve been writing my own stories of Holmes’s adventures over the last few years.My story concerns a young woman who finds herself accused of murder by her wealthy and influential employer. Certain the police...

Week 14 - Thank Holmes It's Friday 2022 Before the usual notes we wanted to share that it's the last day for an important Kickstarter - Sherlock Holmes: The Poet and His Muse - as we think it's vital to support independent theatre which has had a tough time under the pandemic. We also have the latest 3 volumes of the MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories (31-33) and our friends at Belanger Books have launched their latest Solar Pons collection - The Novellas of Solar Pons. We're also hosting two free live events next week: The launch of 'New Cases...