Derrick Belanger's Blog: Book Reviews, Author Interviews, and Ramblings of a Sherlockian - Posts Tagged "gregg-rosenquist"

Hi everyone,

Belanger Books is officially in business!! Today marks the debut of our first publication, The Tall tales of Starman Steve by Gregg Rosenquist. The book is a fun for all ages children's book in the tradition of Paul Bunyan. Kids learn the reasons behind why the sky is blue or why saturn has a ring. From the back cover:

• So you think you know why the sky is BLUE?
• What is THUNDER and LIGHTNING...really?
• What happens when you wish upon a SHOOTING STAR?
• Where did all those craters on the Moon come from?
• What’s the real truth about Jupiter’s RED SPOT?
• Are Saturn’s rings actually a giant HAT?
• Who spilled the MILKY WAY?
• Can the HORSEHEAD NEBULA be tamed?
• Can you race a COMET...and win?
• Ever traveled on the ASTEROID EXPRESS?
Come fly with STARMAN STEVE, the
bravest, most terrific astronaut Earth
has ever seen, and his loyal rocket ship,
Gracie, as they travel the universe and
learn all its wonderful secrets!



The book is available from Amazon at http://www.amazon.com/Tall-Tales-Star.... The softcover edition is coming soon!!

On November 1st, the third book in the MacDougall Twins with Sherlock Holmes series arrives. Curse of the Deadly Dinosaur by Derrick Belanger and Brian Belanger finds the MacDougall Twins solving a strnage mystery of a prehistoric creature sighted in the hills of Surrey. From the back cover:

Terror Strikes! During the Christmas season, a young man named Jonas Bogswell brings a most baffling case to Sherlock Holmes and the MacDougall Twins. A dinosaur with razor sharp claws and a terrifying scream has been spotted roaming the hills of Surrey. Police suspect Jonas Bogswell is really behind the dinosaur attacks, and he needs the help of Sherlock Holmes, the MacDougall Twins, and Toby, their faithful canine friend, to prove his innocence. But how can a prehistoric creature be alive in Victorian England? And is Jonas Bogswell completely innocent, or does he and his family have more knowledge of the dinosaur than they've revealed? Find out as the MacDougall Twins with Sherlock Holmes solve their most extraordinary case - The Curse of the Deadly Dinosaur!



Curse of the deadly Dinosaur is available as an ebook on Amazon at http://www.amazon.com/Deadly-Dinosaur.... You can pre-order the book now and it will be delivered on November 1st. The first two MacDougall Books The Amazing Airship Adventure and Attack of the Violet Vampire! - The MacDougall Twins with Sherlock Holmes Book #2 are available on Amazon at http://www.amazon.com/Derrick-Belange... and at MX Publishing at http://www.mxpublishing.com/brand/Der....

Look for more Sherlock Holmes books, Children's books, and Golden Age Science Fiction from Belanger Books. More titles are coming soon!!

Dear friends,

Wednesday is Veteran's Day, and it is time for our annual Veteran's Day sale. From now through Wednesday all of my share of profits from my publications will be donated to The Fisher House in honor of my childhood friend Sgt. Zachary D. Tellier who valiantly gave his life defending his country on September, 29th 2007. The Fisher House Foundation is a series of homes where military families can stay at no cost while a loved one is receiving treatment.

For the sale, I have lowered the price of the ebook version of A Study in Terror: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Revolutionary Stories of Fear and the Supernatural: Volume 1and A Study in Terror: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Revolutionary Stories of Fear and the Supernatural Volume 2to 99 cents on Amazon. Yes, that's right. For a thin single dollar (two if you want both collections), you can get collections of some of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's best horror fiction as well as essays by scholars on their importance. And every cent of profit will go to the Fisher House Foundation, so you will be supporting a good cause.

For those who prefer Golden Age science fiction and steampunk, might I recommend the new ebook from C. Edward Davis entitled The Voyage of the Lunar Schooner. This amazing steampunk adventure is sure to please fans of H.G. Wells, H.P. Lovecraft, and all fan boys and fan girls.

For Sherlock Holmes fans, my bestselling ebook Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Peculiar Provenancemay be more to your liking. This tale involves the great detective embroiled in a crime that rocks the centre of the art world.

For younger readers, we have quite a selection for you. You can get all of the MacDougall Twins with Sherlock Holmes series which includes The Amazing Airship Adventure: The MacDougall Twins with Sherlock Holmes: Book 1,Attack of the Violet Vampire! - The MacDougall Twins with Sherlock Holmes Book #2, and the newly released Curse of the Deadly Dinosaur. All three books are available in both ebook and softcover editions; however, Deadly Dinosaur maynot be available in softcover until next weekend. I will contribute my profits from the first two days of its sales to the Fisher House regardless of its official release day.

For those not enamored by Holmes, I recommend The Tall Tales of Starman Steve. This is a wild and fun collection of tall tales explaining such things as how tornadoes were invented and why the moon has different phases. This picture book has garnered exceptional reviews and I'm sure everyone who is young or young at heart will love it.

So please, in honor of Veterans Day, consider purchasing a book from me,Derrick Belanger. You will be helping out a great cause and supporting our troops. For more information on the Fisher House Foundation, see their website at https://www.fisherhouse.org/.

Thank you everyone, and to the men and women in the armed forces, I commend you and thank you for your service to our country.

Dear friends,

Today is Veteran's Day, and our annual Veteran's Day sale and donations continue through the end of today. Today, all of my share of profits from my publications will be donated to The Fisher House in honor of my childhood friend Sgt. Zachary D. Tellier who valiantly gave his life defending his country on September, 29th 2007. The Fisher House Foundation is a series of homes where military families can stay at no cost while a loved one is receiving treatment.

For the sale, I have lowered the price of the ebook version of A Study in Terror: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Revolutionary Stories of Fear and the Supernatural: Volume 1and A Study in Terror: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Revolutionary Stories of Fear and the Supernatural Volume 2to 99 cents on Amazon. Yes, that's right. For a thin single dollar (two if you want both collections), you can get collections of some of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's best horror fiction as well as essays by scholars on their importance. And every cent of profit will go to the Fisher House Foundation, so you will be supporting a good cause. You can buy the books at this link, http://www.amazon.com/Study-Terror-Re..., and at this link http://www.amazon.com/Study-Terror-Re....

For those who prefer Golden Age science fiction and steampunk, might I recommend the new ebook from C. Edward Davis entitled The Voyage of the Lunar Schooner. This amazing steampunk adventure is sure to please fans of H.G. Wells, H.P. Lovecraft, and all fan boys and fan girls. Again, all of my profits from the sale of this book today are donated to the Fisher House Foundation.

For Sherlock Holmes fans, my bestselling ebook Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Peculiar Provenancemay be more to your liking. This tale involves the great detective embroiled in a crime that rocks the centre of the art world. This one has been my bestseller! Don't miss out!

For younger readers, we have quite a selection for you. You can get all of the MacDougall Twins with Sherlock Holmes series which includes The Amazing Airship Adventure: The MacDougall Twins with Sherlock Holmes: Book 1,Attack of the Violet Vampire! - The MacDougall Twins with Sherlock Holmes Book #2, and the newly released Curse of the Deadly Dinosaur. All three books are available in both ebook and softcover editions.

For those not enamored by Holmes, I recommend The Tall Tales of Starman Steve. This is a wild and fun collection of tall tales explaining such things as how tornadoes were invented and why the moon has different phases. This picture book has garnered exceptional reviews and I'm sure everyone who is young or young at heart will love it.

So please, in honor of Veterans Day, consider purchasing a book from me,Derrick Belanger. You will be helping out a great cause and supporting our troops. For more information on the Fisher House Foundation, see their website at https://www.fisherhouse.org/.

Thank you everyone, and to the men and women in the armed forces, I commend you and thank you for your service to our country.

I would like to end my Sherlock Holmes Christmas gift book suggestions with classic short story collections as well as a few books I've heard are excellent but I haven't gotten a chance to read yet.

My #1 choice is still the MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes stories which I mentioned in a previous blog entry. If you do not yet have all three volumes of this anthology, edited by the talented author David Marcum, then you are missing out on the greatest collection of new Sherlock Holmes stories ever written. Pause in your reading of this blog, order the books, and then come back! You will not be disappointed. Here are links to the volumes: The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories Part I: 1881 to 1889, The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories Part II: 1890 to 1895, The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories Part III: 1896 to 1929.

For an amazing anthology of previously published material, I highly recommend Otto Penzler's The Big Book of Sherlock Holmes Stories. This dictionary size collection is the largest collection of Sherlock Holmes stories ever compiled. Yes, Holmes fans, you probably will have at least some of these stories in your collection, but only the most thorough collector will have a majority of them, and even so, this handsome edition is worth it to have all the tales between two covers. You have everything from traditional pastiches to comedies and fantasies, plus you have every author from Doyle himself to contemporaries like Gaiman, Neil and Lyndsay Faye. Worth every penny!

For those of you not wanting ginormous collections of Holmes stories, I have two new books that I can recommend wholeheartedly. The first is this excellent collection from author Mark Mower. A Farewell to Baker Street is a collection of five stories that spans the full time period which Holmes worked with Watson, even ending with their supposed last case together in 1926. My favorite case in this collection is "A Study in Verse" which deals with Edwin Halvergate, a gifted writer of haiku who studied under Professor Moriarty and is an equally dangerous criminal mastermind. I'd like to see a whole collection focusing on this delightful character.


Some Holmes writers like Mitch Cullin ascend the traditional pastiche and write what can only be described as literature. For those who prefer full, well rounded characters which stay with you for months after finishing a book, then I recommend Marcia Wilson's groundbreaking short story collection You Buy Bones: Sherlock Holmes and His London Through the Eyes of Scotland Yard. Ms. Wilson has taken the character of Inspector Lestrade and made him wholly out of flesh and blood. There is no bumbling fool next to Holmes here. Rather, we have an insightful character who has a deep understanding of Holmes and Watson. When reading this book, I felt like I was standing beside Lestrade throughout the stories and seeing the dear detective for the first time. This book is astonishing.

Okay, I've mentioned it before, but the softcover edition of my own novella Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Peculiar Provenance contains an extra story and an author interview, making it a short story collection. The reviews have been quite good, and looking at the cover, isn't it a perfect book for this snowy December?

Sherlock Holmes: The Pearl of Death and Other Early Stories For the bargain hunter, I was just notified that this short story collection from Gregg Rosenquist is currently on sale at Amazon in America for the shockingly low price of $2.50. This is a fun collection of short stories from Mr. Rosenquist who usually focuses on science fiction. The book has some short vignettes that are more on the ironic side than mystery, but he has some good traditional stories in the collection as well. Hey, for $2.50, can you go wrong?

Before I sign off, I would like to mention two Holmes books which I have heard are very good, but I have not had a chance to read yet. The first is Art in the Blood: A Sherlock Holmes Adventure by Bonnie MacBird, and the second is Mycroft Holmes by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Both are supposed to be excellent traditional Holmes novels. I own them, but just have not had a chance to read them. That's the problem with having so many pastiches in the world. With thousands in existence and hundreds of new ones arriving each year, it is difficult to keep up without going blind. Of course, this is a wonderful problem to have.

Take care everyone and a Merry Christmas to you!!

Derrick Belanger is the author of the #1 bestselling book Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Peculiar Provenance which was in the top 200 bestselling books on Amazon. He also is the author of the MacDougall Twins with Sherlock Holmes books, the latest of which is Curse of the Deadly Dinosaurand edited the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle horror anthology A Study in Terror: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Revolutionary Stories of Fear and the Supernatural. Mr. Belanger also is a frequent contributor to the blog I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere. Mr. Belanger resides in Colorado and continues compiling unpublished works by Dr. John H. Watson.

From June 17th - June 22nd, Belanger Books is offering our three children's/ YA adults for FREE in the Kindle store. That's right, for absolutely nothing, you get three fun and enjoyable reads. The only price we hope you'll pay is to write reviews of the books after you read them. The books are:

Curse of the Deadly Dinosaur: Terror Strikes! During the Christmas season, a young man named Jonas Bogswell brings a most baffling case to Sherlock Holmes and the MacDougall Twins. A dinosaur with razor-sharp claws and a terrifying scream has been spotted roaming the hills of Surrey. But how can a prehistoric creature be alive in Victorian England? Police suspect Jonas Bogswell is really behind the attacks, and he needs the help of Sherlock Holmes, the MacDougall Twins and their faithful canine friend Toby to prove his innocence. Is Jonas completely innocent, or do he and his family have more knowledge of the dinosaur than they've revealed? Find out as the MacDougall Twins and Sherlock Holmes solve their most extraordinary case --- the Curse of the Deadly Dinosaur!

“This book I highly recommend to Sherlockians who want to introduce children or grandchildren to the world of Sherlock Holmes. I give the book five stars plus.” - Dale Harris, Raven’s Reviews

Link to Curse of the Deadly Dinosaur in Kindle store: https://www.amazon.com/Deadly-Dinosau...



The Voyage of the Lunar Schooner:

At the dawn of the 20th century, brilliant inventor E.D.C. Ballantine embarks on a most extraordinary venture – to be the first human being to orbit the moon! Working in secret with “The Society for Lunar Exploration,” Ballantine designs the vessel for his orbital voyage - The Lunar Schooner! But can he keep his mission a secret? And is the moon really the lifeless orb we assume it to be, orbiting the Earth in the night sky? Find out in this exceptional adventure.
Written in journal form, C. Edward Davis shows his mettle as a master of the Steampunk novella. Fans of Golden Age science fiction, H.G. Wells, Edgar Allan Poe and even H.P. Lovecraft will not be disappointed in this extraordinary story of a man’s journey to overcome the impossible.

“The Voyage of the Lunar Schooner is a fun story that would have appeared with the greats in the Golden Age of Pulp Stories! Imagine Gulliver meets Robinson Crusoe with some Jules Verne and and you have C. Edward Davis! Please read this! It is so much fun!” - Don Everett Smith Jr., author of The Vampire of the Lost Highway

Link to Voyage of the Lunar Schooner in Kindle Store: https://www.amazon.com/Voyage-Lunar-S...



The Tall Tales of Starman Steve:

• So you think you know why the sky is BLUE? • What is THUNDER and LIGHTNING...really? • What happens when you wish upon a SHOOTING STAR? • Where did all those craters on the Moon come from? • What’s the real truth about Jupiter’s RED SPOT? • Are Saturn’s rings actually a giant HAT? • Who spilled the MILKY WAY? • Can the HORSEHEAD NEBULA be tamed? • Can you race a COMET...and win? • Ever traveled on the ASTEROID EXPRESS? Come fly with STARMAN STEVE, the bravest, most terrific astronaut Earth has ever seen, and his loyal rocket ship, Gracie, as they travel the universe and learn all its wonderful secrets!

“Fun stories that entertain the reader who is learning at the same time”. -- Brenda Seabrooke, award-winning author of 23 books for young readers, and stories in literary reviews.

Link to Starman Steve in Kindle Store: https://www.amazon.com/Tall-Tales-Sta...

Derrick Belanger is the author of the #1 bestselling book Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Peculiar Provenance which was in the top 200 bestselling books on Amazon. He also is the author of the MacDougall Twins with Sherlock Holmes books, the latest of which is Curse of the Deadly Dinosaur and edited the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle horror anthology A Study in Terror: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Revolutionary Stories of Fear and the Supernatural. His latest novella Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure Of The Primal Man is currently available as an ebook from Endeavour Press. Mr. Belanger also is a frequent contributor to the blog I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere. Mr. Belanger resides in Colorado and continues compiling unpublished works by Dr. John H. Watson.

November 11th is Veteran's Day in America. As always, in honor of my dear friend Army Sgt. Zachary Tellier who gave his life serving our country, I am donating a portion of my profits over the course of this weekend to the Fisher House Foundation which is a charity designed to help and support military members and their families by providing housing close to loved ones during a time of hospitalization due to injuries. You can learn more at https://www.fisherhouse.org/.

To give the paperback books a boost this year, we are offering many of our Kindle ebooks for free! You can get:

Scones and Bones on Baker Street, Sherlock's Dog (Maybe!) and the Dirt Dilemma

Description: Digby, a London street dog, hopes he can find a crumb of food and maybe a warm place to sleep around the next corner. Instead, he finds himself face-to-face with the Great Detective himself, Sherlock Holmes! Digby is thrilled. He decides to prove his worth to Holmes by helping him solve his latest case. However, Digby discovers that detectives have to follow certain rules. No scratching in public. No howling in concert halls. No ruining Mr. Holmes’ shoes. Who knew that solving crimes could be so hard? Can Digby help Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson solve the Adventure of the Red-Headed League, and finally find a home --- at 221B Baker Street?

Get your copy here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01LJYLD92

The Voyage of the Lunar Schooner
Description: Voyage to the Moon!

At the dawn of the 20th century, brilliant inventor E.D.C. Ballantine embarks on a most extraordinary venture – to be the first human being to orbit the moon! Working in secret with “The Society for Lunar Exploration,” Ballantine designs the vessel for his orbital voyage - The Lunar Schooner! But can he keep his mission a secret? And is the moon really the lifeless orb we assume it to be, orbiting the Earth in the night sky? Find out in this exceptional adventure.

Get your copy here: https://www.amazon.com/Voyage-Lunar-S...

Curse of the Deadly Dinosaur

Description: Terror Strikes! During the Christmas season, a young man named Jonas Bogswell brings a most baffling case to Sherlock Holmes and the MacDougall Twins. A dinosaur, a creature that should have been extinct millions of years ago, with razor sharp jaws and a terrifying scream, has been spotted roaming the hills of Surrey. The creature has been preying on sheep in the countryside, or has it? The local police believe Jonas Bogswell is responsible for the death of the sheep, and he needs the help of Sherlock Holmes, the MacDougall Twins, and Toby, their faithful canine friend to prove his innocence. But how can a prehistoric creature be alive in Victorian England? Could the monster have something to do with the local legend of Bald Hill where the Devil was supposedly imprisoned a hundred years before? And is Jonas Bogswell completely innocent, or does he and his family have more knowledge of the dinosaur than they've revealed? Find out as the MacDougall Twins with Sherlock Holmes solve their most extraordinary case and learn the truth behind the curse of the deadly dinosaur!

Get your copy here: https://www.amazon.com/Deadly-Dinosau...

The Tall Tales of Starman Steve

Description: • So you think you know why the sky is BLUE?
• What is THUNDER and LIGHTNING...really?
• What happens when you wish upon a SHOOTING STAR?
• Where did all those craters on the Moon come from?
• What’s the real truth about Jupiter’s RED SPOT?
• Are Saturn’s rings actually a giant HAT?
• Who spilled the MILKY WAY?
• Can the HORSEHEAD NEBULA be tamed?
• Can you race a COMET...and win?
• Ever traveled on the ASTEROID EXPRESS?
Come fly with STARMAN STEVE, the
bravest, most terrific astronaut Earth
has ever seen, and his loyal rocket ship,
Gracie, as they travel the universe and
learn all its wonderful secrets!

Get your copy here: https://www.amazon.com/Tall-Tales-Sta...

For all available books check out my author page at Goodreads:

Derrick Belanger

Please considering purchasing one or two books. They make great Christmas presents, and the money is going to a great cause.

Holmes Away From Home Update



The Kickstarter campaign is halfway over, but there is still time to order your books and receive them in time for Christmas! We currently have made it well past our initial goal and we are more than halfway to our stretch goal of 3,000 dollars. If you are a fan of Sherlock Holmes or mysteries in general, please check out the campaign here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/...

33 Terrific Tales!



At Belanger Books, we don't just publish Sherlock Holmes books (see book list above), we publish a variety of genres including children's, steampunk, and now humor. This delightful book by Gregg Rosenquist about growing up in Illinois in the 1970s is sure to delight fans of A Christmas Story and Diary of a Wimpy Kid.

You can check out the book at Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/33-Terrific-Ta...

Stay tuned for more updates throughout the weekend. Thank you everyone, and please help us raise money for the Fisher House!

Derrick Belanger is the author of the #1 bestselling book Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Peculiar Provenance which was in the top 200 bestselling books on Amazon. He also is the author of the MacDougall Twins with Sherlock Holmes books, the latest of which is Curse of the Deadly Dinosaur and edited the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle horror anthology A Study in Terror: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Revolutionary Stories of Fear and the Supernatural. Through Belanger Books, he published the Sherlock Holmes anthology Beyond Watson. His latest novella Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure Of The Primal Man is currently available as an ebook from Endeavour Press.