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Special Guest Article: “Some Deep Organising Power” – Professor Moriarty and Doyle’s Imagination

Friends, I am thrilled to share with you this excellent article written by special guest blogger Ray Wilcockson. In honor of Sherlock Holmes Week and The Undershaw Preservation Trust, I thought it would be great to invite Ray to be a special guest and write something fascinating and fun for all of you. He decided to write about Professor Moriarty and Doyle’s imagination, and the following article is absolutely brilliant. Have fun feasting upon this!

“Some Deep Organising Power” – Professor Moriarty and Doyle’s Imagination

Nice PALACE, Sherlock! Mine Now!

I put all your PEGS in one basket.

Hope you MIND

 

Relax, Joe – it’s only me, Altamont (aka Ray Wilcockson), taking temporary occupation of your virtual throne as Guest Blogger in honour of Sherlock Holmes Week 2012 and the Undershaw Campaign.
“It is always a pleasure to meet an American” (ACD) - especially one who has revived a neglected literary form, the “trifling monograph,” with your new book, “The Real Sherlock Holmes.” 
The literary letter (of the kind once written by Dickens and Doyle, Stevenson and Barrie) is another genre worthy of revival. So, my new American friend, I send you, from the homeland of Sherlock Holmes:
AN EPISTLE TO JOE.
Dear Joe,
1. Of Memory & Imagination.
I read your book while considering Conan Doyle’s creation of Moriarty in The Final Problem and observed the inherent importance of imagination in building a memory palace. Your advice to create dramatic, even bizarre images in the mind’s eye reminded me of Holmes’s repeated reference to the importance of imagination.
Einstein wrote that “logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.”
America’s great artist, Edward Hopper, noted that “no amount of skilful invention can replace the essential

element of imagination.”
My hat goes off to those writers like Dickens and Doyle who must (in a pre-electronic age) have developed effective Sherlockian Indexes to organize their busy lives. Consider their Memory Palaces.



It seems to me, Joe, that uniquely a writer must house in a special wing products of imagination formed by himself and garnered through reading. Think of those pictures of Dickens surrounded by his characters. It is estimated he invented 963 named characters, all of whom persisted in the imaginative memory. I counted 230 entries in the Who’s Who section of The Sherlock Holmes Companion. And that is only the total for Doyle’s Holmes stories.
Keeping these in some kind of order, maintaining authorial control is a much more difficult feat than retaining knowledge of the kind learned by London taxi-drivers or Dickens himself: “I thought I knew something of the town, but after a little talk with Dickens I found that I knew nothing. He knew it all from Bow to Brentford.” This comment from George Lear, a fellow clerk, was made when Dickens was but 16. Lear also noted Dickens’s powers of observation and love of the theatre.

Mnemosyne.
Memory and Imagination whilst not identical are close relatives. We know this best through the common experience of bereavement where emotional acceptance lags far behind knowledge of the fact of death. The Classical Greeks knew this. At the close of Keats’s Hyperion, the only Titan left alive is Mnemosyne, goddess of Memory and mother of the Muses. She embodies the mythical and emotional memory of a whole race.
2. Of Doyle’s Mind Palace.
Along with all the other calls on a man of unusual energy, multiple interests, a crowded diary and iron self-discipline, I sense, in Doyle’s decision to ‘kill‘ Sherlock Holmes, a timely assertion of personal control. “If I had not killed Sherlock Holmes I verily believe he would have killed me,” echoes Dr. Jekyll’s dilemma. Doyle had been very ill with the killer influenza; in January, 1892, he took a break after finishing The Copper Beeches writing to Mary Doyle:
“poor…Maupassant has written 30 books since 1880, and has now gone mad, so it is bad policy to do too much.”
Perhaps in this age of Sherlock fandom, we omit to observe the effect on the creator when contemplating how some fictional characters are so consummately drawn they are readily believed to be real people.

Doyle had (by his own admission) to be ‘utterly callous…to have a chance of opening out into new fields of imagination‘ for, as Jeremy Brett found (and Cumberbatch will need to address), Holmes can be over-powering if not held in check. For me, The Final Problem is the necessary imaginative enactment of Doyle’s inner struggle with the monster he had brought forth. A balance, a perspective, a pinning down had to be achieved…and,after all, killing a fictional character is not homicide. It is as if the master craftsman returns

the sword blade to the forge for ten long years to achieve a truer Toledo-tempered steel.
When Holmes returns (in Hound of the Baskervilles) it will be by invitation. The physician has healed himself. Dr. Doyle sensed the threat to his burgeoning imagination and sought how best to deal with a personal Mr. Hyde.

This was a crisis of relationship between an artist and his imagination. Ironically, Holmes the hero was very much the villain looming too large in the throne-room of Doyle’s mind palace. The final problem is how best to unseat him.
3. Of Moriarty.

The most interesting (and optimistic) fact about The Final Problem is its very existence. In theory, Doyle might have quietly closed the Canon with The Naval Treaty…and moved on.

Intuitively, Doyle rejects mere abandonment and instead constructs a legend. Upon Dr.Watson, so naturally, falls the mantle of Mnemosyne, reminiscing in bereavement upon the passing of greatness. Only the Great may defeat the Great and in a mere 2300 words at the center of this story Doyle bodies forth a Nemesis worthy of Holmes.
Fact-seekers may who hunt the alleyways of history for Moriarty models but the answers are already there in the language and construction of Doyle’s text.
There the operative vocabulary , images and structures unite to impy distance, elevation, balance, mind, power, organization, invisibility, inevitability and darkness.
My next Markings post will look in detail at this passage which Doyle places entirely in the narrative voice of the dead detective. By the time Watson has transcribed Holmes’s introductory biography of Moriarty and the detective’s account of their unique meeting in Baker Street, the myth has been unforgettably forged.
4. Of Alchemy.
I am sure you delight, as I do, Joe, in those Canonical moments where Holmes conducts some new, ground- breaking (often highly dangerous) experiment.
Literary imagery (by which I mean simile, metaphor, personification and characterization) originates through similar alchemical processes. Images drawn from life, history, nature and reading associate, coalesce and mint novel powerful apparitions hitherto unimagined.
If you ask “Where did Moriarty come from?” I must reply, with Holmes: “Ah! my dear Watson, there we come into those realms of conjecture.“
5. Of Thoth.
At the close of Chapter 12 of The French Lieutenant’s Woman John Fowles intervenes as author to ask:
“Who is Sarah? From what shadows does she come?“
Chapter 13 is devoted to reminding the reader that novelists are not always in full control of their characters. It is prefaced with this quotation from Tennyson’s Maud (1859):
“For the drift of the Maker is dark, an Isis hid by the veil.”
The statue above features Thoth, Egyptian god of Imagination inspiring the scribe, Nebmeroutef, who, absorbed in his writing, does not return the god’s gaze. The inscription is Keatsian: “Imagination brings back truth.”
Conan Doyle would never read Fowles’s novel of 1969. But he had himself written very recently The Ring of Thoth and Lot 249, short stories of Egyptian horror that feed into the image of Moriarty and inspire, notably, the moving Boris Karloff performance in “The Mummy“ (1932).
Stevenson’s Hyde and Mary Shelley’s Creature also lie behind Professor Moriarty – all three created only for eventual destruction. And behind them all is the over-arching figure of Milton’s Lucifer – hideous, murderous all…yet how we take to them, even empathise and sympathise! How we miss them when they fall! (“Moriarty is real” insist the badges and t-shirts of the faithful).
5. Of the Dark Stranger.
Joe, I begin to outstay my welcome, so I shall bring this epistle to a close by returning you to the post’s title.
Holmes has sensed for years, we understand, “some deep organising power” which surfaced eventually in the person of Moriarty. I sense too, in this most complex, courageous and superbly constructed short story a deeper organising power than Doyle’s conscious artistry.
It is a power that lead Conan Doyle into supreme irony – “killing” Holmes in the short term ensured his immortality. It is the sign of a true artist that he drink from the truth of his imaginative fountain (however unpalatable it may taste).

AND , guess what, Joe! (irony of ironies) : the name Doyle is from the Scandinavian.. and translates “the dark stranger“. -x-
Ray vacates Joe’s throne, polishes Joe’s pegs, takes a last look round…and closes the Palace doors behind him…
 -Ray Wilcockson (@RayWilcockson)

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Wow, that was an absolutely captivating article to read! Thanks so much Ray for your contribution, as well as giving back my throne… Find out more about Ray Wilockson and read more of his amazing writings on his blog “Altamarkings.” -Joe Riggs

Live “Sherlock Holmes Week” Mentalism & Deduction Web Event with Joe Riggs!

Sunday August 5th, the last day of Sherlock Holmes Week, let’s have some fun at the:

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That’s right friends, we will be bringing Sherlock Holmes Week to a close with some live Mentalism & Sherlockian fun! This event is open to everyone who would like to attend. I will be on video interacting with you via an open chat window visible to everyone. Whether you’re coming to interact or just watch the fun, by all means do stop by and tell your friends about it!

As many of you know from my original blog post here, I’ve sent two separate “predictions” out; one to Sherlockology and the other, a strange phrase, to The Baker Street Babes. If everything goes well, this will all culminate in an amazing tapestry of events during the webcast that should be amazing and interactive for everyone. Special guests Luke Kuhns & Elena Kitzantides will also be present, helping to choose questions and moderate, etc.The theme is, of course, Sherlock Holmes Week. The purposes are: to have some fun, answer your burning questions, and to raise awareness for The Undershaw Preservation Trust.

Winner of the “Cryptic Riddle Contest,” Laura Anderson, will of course be in attendence and will be going live on video with me toward the end of the webcast for the second and final experiment.

She, nor either of the groups that have been sent aforementioned “predictions” have any clue about what exactly I will be trying to do. This is as it should be. What’s a Sherlock Holmes event without a little mystery?

The event will be hosted by Vokle and users can attend right here on my blog by visiting the “Webcast Event”  page via the tab of the same name at the top.

The link to the attend the event on Vokle’s website is:

 http://www.vokle.com/events/70997-joe-riggs-live-mentalism-and-deduction-webcast-event

Also, if you can, RSVP to the event via Facebook here:

http://www.facebook.com/events/416420921727350/

Thanks so much to everyone involved and I look forward to ‘seeing’ you there!

-Joe Riggs (@WorldOfJoeRiggs)

Live “Sherlock Holmes Week” Mentalism & Deduction Web Event with Joe Riggs!

 

That’s right friends, we will be bringing Sherlock Holmes Week to a close with some live Mentalism & Sherlockian fun! This event is open to everyone who would like to attend. I will be on video interacting with you via an open chat window visible to everyone. Whether you’re coming to interact or just watch the fun, by all means do stop by and tell your friends about it!

As many of you know from my original blog post here, I’ve sent two separate “predictions” out; one to Sherlockology and the other, a strange phrase, to The Baker Street Babes. If everything goes well, this will all culminate in an amazing tapestry of events during the webcast that should be amazing and interactive for everyone. Special guests Luke Kuhns & Elena Kitzantides will also be present, helping to choose questions and moderate, etc.The theme is, of course, Sherlock Holmes Week. The purposes are: to have some fun, answer your burning questions, and to raise awareness for The Undershaw Preservation Trust.

Winner of the “Cryptic Riddle Contest,” Laura Anderson, will of course be in attendence and will be going live on video with me toward the end of the webcast for the second and final experiment.

She, nor either of the groups that have been sent aforementioned “predictions” have any clue about what exactly I will be trying to do. This is as it should be. What’s a Sherlock Holmes event without a little mystery?

The event will be hosted by Vokle and users can attend right here on my blog by visiting the “Webcast Event”  page via the tab of the same name at the top.

The link to the attend the event on Vokle’s website is:

 http://www.vokle.com/events/70997-joe-riggs-live-mentalism-and-deduction-webcast-event

Also, if you can, RSVP to the event via Facebook here:

http://www.facebook.com/events/416420921727350/

Thanks so much to everyone involved and I look forward to ‘seeing’ you there!

-Joe Riggs (@WorldOfJoeRiggs)

Baker Street Chronicle Special SHERLOCK Edition Now Shipping! First look at my Mind Palace articles inside!

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I thought this pic was brilliant. click to enlarge.

I could not resist sharing this news! This is such a beautiful edition of the Chronicle based on ‘The Sun’ seen the BBC’s epic “SHERLOCK” television drama. This edition is packed full of amazing content and includes my work on the Mind Palace, or Memory Palace

I am extremely honored to be a part of this wonderful issue. Also, I absolutely loved the photo of Mark Gatiss supposedly holding the issue as in ‘The Reichenbach Fall.’ A brilliant touch indeed!

This is a one time special edition so order yours today!

 

 

Here is a look inside at the amazing four page spread and wonderful design. (click to enlarge)

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Find out more below:

The brilliant SHERLOCK Special of the Baker Street Chronicle is now on sale worldwide!!

MORE pages, more stuff, more information on SHERLOCK!

Newly added more details on the 221b Baker Street flat!

Newly added “Three patch problems”!

“The Memory Palace” by Joe Riggs!

48 pages, partly coloured, tabloid format!

Price/each: 11,50 EUR / 15.00 USD / 9,50 GBP

!! including: postage and packaging, delivered by air, worldwide !!

Order your English copy NOW: www.baker-street-chronicle.de

Also visit them on facebook here.

Baker Street Chronicle Special SHERLOCK Edition Now Shipping! First look at my Mind Palace articles inside!

I could not resist sharing this news! This is such a beautiful edition of the Chronicle based on ‘The Sun’ seen the BBC’s epic “SHERLOCK” television drama. This edition is packed full of amazing content and includes my work on the Mind Palace, or Memory Palace

I am extremely honored to be a part of this wonderful issue. Also, I absolutely loved the photo of Mark Gatiss supposedly holding the issue as in ‘The Reichenbach Fall.’ A brilliant touch indeed!

This is a one time special edition so order yours today!

 

Find out more below:

The brilliant SHERLOCK Special of the Baker Street Chronicle is now on sale worldwide!!

MORE pages, more stuff, more information on SHERLOCK!

Newly added more details on the 221b Baker Street flat!

Newly added “Three patch problems”!

“The Memory Palace” by Joe Riggs!

48 pages, partly coloured, tabloid format!

Price/each: 11,50 EUR / 15.00 USD / 9,50 GBP

!! including: postage and packaging, delivered by air, worldwide !!

Order your English copy NOW: www.baker-street-chronicle.de

Also visit them on facebook here.

The Cryptic Riddle Has Been Solved! Here is the Solution, Winner & Runner Up!

I am very proud to announce that after 48 hours of brainstorming, reading and re-reading the riddles, we have a winner! Over 300 people submitted their brilliant guesses and explanations behind them. However, in the end, only two people named the correct person and properly deconstructed the cryptic question. Thanks to everyone who worked on this riddle, the response has been wonderful. You guys are amazing!

Elena (@ElenaKSays) and I both worked hard on these puzzles to ensure that they were both difficult and possible. We put an enormous amount of thought into every line, word and phrase. The breakdown of the riddle and the explanation of the answer will likely surprise many. Yet, we must give credit where it is due…

Congratulations To Our Winner:
Laura Anderson!

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The Canadian Sherlock

Laura was the first person to correctly solve the questions. She will now be going live with me at the end of my upcoming live Mentalism & Deduction Web Event! When I notified her that she had won her response was “The puzzle was amazing. I haven’t spent that long on a puzzle in a VERY long time and it was amazing learning so many things about Sherlock Holmes and the characters that inspired him.” I could not have asked for a better answer: in solving the riddle, Laura discovered new and wonderful things about Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle & Undershaw!

Both she and the runner up took two days, and two entries each, to finally arrive at the correct answer. In the end the two correct submissions were only 17 minutes apart!

So I must take a minute and thank the runner up:

Special Thanks To Our Runner Up:
Ray Wilcockson!

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Many of you are likely already familiar with Ray, he is a retired English teacher with an amazing passion for all things Sherlock Holmes. Ray is a personal friend and his blog Altamarkings is terrific.

I will add that his first submission, albeit incorrect, was one of the most well thought out and amazing ‘wrong’ answers we received. His first guess was Charles Darwin and while his ‘deductions’ for Mr. Darwin didn’t fit every aspect of the riddle, it was certainly a compelling entry to read!

Alas upon further contemplation he submitted a second and correct answer yesterday just seventeen minutes after Laura!

 

Now for the answer and breakdown of the riddle!

Here is the original riddle:

“One of the inspirations for Arthur Conan Doyle’s beloved consulting detective was revolutionary.

While that person and I are not family, we will always be connected by a bond stronger than blood, and could be easily confused for one another.

Doyle and I loved to put pen to paper and watch our creations come to life.

He once used words to describe me that could have just as easily been used to describe Sherlock Holmes, himself.

One of my three names is also the first name of one of the most well-known characters in the Canon.

Who am I?”

 The revolutionary inspiration for Sherlock Holmes referred to in the first line is of course, Dr. Joseph Bell. Many guessed him, yet he is not the answer.
The second line indicates that the ‘answer’ and Dr. Joseph Bell are not related yet can be confused for each other in some way. Also a bond, both being friends of Doyle that had ties to Holmes/Undershaw.
The third line only tell us that Doyle and our answer both put pen to paper and enjoy watching their creations come to life.
The fourth line clearly tells us that Doyle is quoted somewhere, using words that could describe Holmes, to describe our answer.
The last line gives us the solid clue that ‘one’ of this persons three names is a well known first name of a canon character.

The Solution:
Joseph Henry Ball

Ball was the architect Doyle commissioned to build UNDERSHAW, the former home of Arthur Conan Doyle! Remember, I originally said the answer would have something to do with Sherlock Holmes Week, Arthur Conan Doyle, or Undershaw.

Since Doyle is mentioned in the riddle, and the answer clearly wasn’t Sherlock Holmes Week, I knew some people would start realizing that Undershaw must have something to do with the answer. It was literally the ‘foundation’ of the riddle…  ;-)

While not related, Joseph Bell & Joseph Ball could be confused for each other: similar sounding names.
He used pen and paper to design things that came to life, namely Undershaw!
Doyle said about Ball “…an old friend and a man of most fastidious taste and critical turn of mind who will keep a constant eye upon the work.” These words could easily apply to Sherlock Holmes!
His middle name ‘Henry’ is of course a very famous name in the canon, Henry Baskerville.

Congratulations to Laura and Ray; they absolutely deserve it! Thank you to everyone who has had fun with this, as well as the 300+ people that submitted wonderful, well-thought-out answers. That’s all for now, I will be announcing the date of the Live Web Event as soon as I speak with everyone involved to pick a date that works well for us all. It’s going to be an amazing and fun night. I’ll ‘see’ you guys there! – Joe Riggs

Save Undershaw!

Special Thanks to ElenaKSays for helping me brainstorm and write these cryptic riddles.

Special Guest Ray Wilcockson of Altamarkings to discuss ‘The Final Problem, Professor Moriarty and Conan Doyle’s Imagination.’

Sherlock Holmes Week just keeps getting better…

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Sherlock Holmes by Sidney Paget
(I feel Ray looks exactly like this)

Friends I am very happy to be able to announce that in honor of Undershaw and Conan Doyle the illustrious and endlessly witty Ray Wilcockson, a brilliant former English teacher, writer, blogger and fierce Sherlock Holmes fan will be making a very special guest blog appearance right here during Sherlock Holmes Week! Ray will be my first ever guest blogger and just today he announced on his blog ‘Altamarkings‘ what he will be writing about.

He begins “It is half a century since I wrote a history project about the London of Sherlock Holmes. Much as I enjoyed reading the Canon as a schoolboy, an appreciation of Sir  Arthur Conan Doyle’s pre-eminence as one of English Literature’s greatest short story writers has dawned on me only now, in 2012″

He later goes on to reveal “I am currently working on ‘The Final Problem’, which I consider the most complex, sophisticated and revealing of all 56 short Holmes stories. This involves a consideration of Doyle’s presentation of Professor Moriarty and I feel this section of my forthcoming posts on ‘The Final Problem’ will illustrate Conan Doyle’s consummate craftsmanship as a short story writer and provide a fitting contribution to Joe’s blog and this worthy campaign.”

 To read the full post with all the details from Ray please visit:

http://altamarkings.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/markings-to-guest-blog-on-world-of-joe.html

Stay tuned for this, I know whatever he writes is going to be excellent!

Live Webcast Event: Q&A, Mentalism & Deduction Demonstrations and A Cryptic Contest!

[image error]With two weeks left to Sherlock Holmes Week its time to release information on a very special live event and contest I’ve been asked to run. I’ve been contemplating this for awhile now and things are starting to get pretty exciting!

Following the revealing interview with Ross K Foad (here) a few weeks ago, I’ve been inundated with friends and fans around the world asking if I’d be prepared to do a similar live event with them. At the same time I’ve just become an ambassador for the Undershaw Preservation Trust. Seems like combining the two is perfect…

So yes, here we go! Stay with me because quite a few things are going to be happening at once to make this event the most fun it can be for all of you.

 

Firstly within the next 24 hours I will be mailing a special package to Emma and Leif at Sherlockology. This will [image error]be a major prediction for the live event. They will be guarding this package and are even talking about streaming the package live everyday until the event. In either case it will be far from my hands and safe in London.

To keep things above board and as fair as possible I will also be sending a curious ‘phrase’ to Curly from The Baker Street Babes. She has agreed to keep this phrase an absolute secret and to only reveal it during the coming event. That’s Sherlockology and The Baker Street Babes keeping me honest. Now let’s find out what all of this is for, shall we?

In honor of Sherlock Holmes Week and the Undershaw Preservation Trust I will be taking part in a live webcast event. I will be live on video answering your questions and talking about what it is I do and shedding some light on various subjects. During the webcast I’m going to be attempting two very exciting feats. You won’t want to miss these demonstrations! The details are as follows:

One week from today I’ll post a VERY cryptic question about Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Home, Undershaw, on my Facebook page and the first person who answers it correctly will get to go ‘live’ with me at the end of the webcast for a very personal and hopefully amazing Mentalism & Deduction experiment for all to see. The winner will have nothing embarrassing take place or be used. If you haven’t joined my Facebook page already do so now and keep an eye out for the cryptic question to come.

The other demonstration I mentioned will involve randomly selected people from the chat window during the [image error]webcast event. The special package sent to Sherlockology and the curious phrase sent to The Baker Street Babes will both come into play and while I can never be 100% positive of how things will turn out, I’ve got a very good feeling that you’ll want to see what all of this will culminate into!

The rules are simple, if you haven’t already then like my Facebook page to keep an eye out for the cryptic question next week. Also it wouldn’t hurt to clue up on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s former home Undershaw. The question could be about the house, the people Conan Doyle entertained there (like Bram Stoker for example) or the recent court case fight to stop developers destroying the house. If you wish to take part and solve this, make sure you are prepared to join me on the webcast for some harmless fun, I promise.

The date of the webcast will be decided after next weeks cryptic question is solved. I am extremely excited about this event and the chance to interact with some of you. Luke Kuhns, author of ‘The Untold Adventures of Sherlock Holmes’ will also be a special guest helping to moderate and assist in the webcast. I urge everyone to share this and make it a point to join in on what should be a very fun experience for all involved. -Joe Riggs

Special thanks to:

Sherlockology

The Baker Street Babes

The Undershaw Preservation Trust

Sherlock Holmes Week

Goodreads Giveaway: FIVE signed copies of my new book till the end of Sherlock Holmes Week. Enter Today!

 In honor of the upcoming worldwide “Sherlock Holmes Week” and the “Save Undershaw” movement, Goodreads and I will be giving away five signed copies of my new book from now until the end of Sherlock Holmes Week on August 5th. Good luck to everyone! Enter below for your chance to win:

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Baker Street Chronicle Special SHERLOCK Edition Now In Print! My Mind Palace articles also featured.

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I thought this pic was brilliant. click to enlarge.

I could not resist sharing this news! This is such a beautiful edition of the Chronicle based on ‘The Sun’ seen the BBC’s epic “SHERLOCK” television drama. This edition is packed full of amazing content and includes my work on the Mind Palace, or Memory Palace

I am extremely honored to be a part of this wonderful issue. Also, I absolutely loved the photo of Mark Gatiss supposedly holding the issue as in ‘The Reichenbach Fall.’ A brilliant touch indeed!

This is a one time special edition so order yours today! Find out more below:

 

The brilliant SHERLOCK Special of the Baker Street Chronicle is IN PRINT and will be ready for shipment soon!

MORE pages, more stuff, more information on SHERLOCK!

Newly added more details on the 221b Baker Street flat!

Newly added “Three patch problems”!

“The Memory Palace” by Joe Riggs!

48 pages, partly coloured, tabloid format!

Price/each: 11,50 EUR / 15.00 USD / 9,50 GBP

!! including: postage and packaging, delivered by air, worldwide !!

Order your English copy NOW: www.baker-street-chronicle.de

Also visit them on facebook here.