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Time to go Beyond Watson

Would you like to know how Holmes met Mrs. Hudson? How about the time when Charlie Chaplin befriended Billy the Page? Or, the time when a little girl learned that Yes, Virginia, There is a Sherlock Holmes?

Those are just three of the incredible adventures recounted in Beyond Watson, the first Sherlock Holmes anthology published by Belanger Books, and what is sure to be our second successful kickstarter campaign. All of the stories are told, at least in part, by a character who is not John Watson, and are written by some of the best current Sherlock Holmes authors including David Marcum, Daniel D. Victor, Don Everitt Smith Jr., Elizabeth Varadan, Geri Schear, Kieran Lyne, Luke Benjamen KuhnsMarcia Wilson, David Ruffle, and me, Derrick Belanger. I am also excited to announce that the great science fiction author Jack McDevitt will have his first Sherlock Holmes story in this collection, and another sci-fi author, Richard Paolinelli, will have his story included as long as we reach our Kickstarter stretch goal.

I will post more updates on the Beyond Watson anthology as we get closer to the Kickstarter date in March. Look to this blog for author interviews and other exciting news about Beyond Watson and other upcoming Sherlock Holmes anthologies. And if you'd like to preview some of the products we will offer as Kickstarter rewards, check out the Belanger Books Redbubble page here: http://www.redbubble.com/shop/belange...

My Peculiar Family FUNDED

Yes! The horror anthology My Peculiar Family which was the first anhology and first Kickstarter by Belanger Books is fully funded! There is still a week to go to get your copy of My Peculiar Family and help us reach our stretch goal! Please follow the link to My Peculiar Family and check out the best horror collection of 2016! A huge thank you to Les Rosenthal (a.k.a. The Dome) for putting together such a wonderful anthology and pulling in both new authors and NY Times bestsellers. To wrap up this campaign, I have posted below the table of contents for the anthology as well as my final author interviews for My Peculiar Family.

It is my pleasure to share with you the stories included in the anthology.

Christopher Golden and James A. Moore - The Genealogy of Chastity Willingham Dimsdale
Stacey Longo - Miss Elizabeth’s Poison
Jason J. Mooers - Law and Mother
Robert Mayette - Solomon’s Mirror
William Meikle - The Luck of Walter Dimsdale
F. Allen Farnham - Tuckahoe Marble
Samantha Boyette - A Twisted Vine
David Schechter - Just Words
Rob Watts - Crowninshield’s Apothecary
Kristi McDowell - With This Ring, I Thee Bind
Karen Gosselin - Eggsetential Circumstances
George O'Conner - Joshua Was My Favorite
Derrick Belanger - Pieces of Rosalee
Bracken MacLeod - Know All Men
John Pallisano - The Space Between
Tracy Hickman - (TBD)
STRETCH GOAL STORY - Scott Thomas (Agatha)

Original Artwork by Sara Richard and Peter Vinton, Jr..



F. Allen Farnham Interview

1. Tell us a little about your story. What makes it so peculiar?

While just a boy, Victor’s parents were taken ill with rashes, debilitating nausea, body aches, and unusually high fevers. Doctors of the time were stumped, finding nothing they could bleed or cut away, and it was an herbalist’s healing medicine that saw his parents well again.

Amazed by such artistry, Victor followed in the Herbalist’s footsteps. He studied at the best schools, absorbed everything his mentor would share. Books were not nearly enough to sate his curiosity, and Victor set off to make his own discoveries in the jungles of the Amazon.

What Victor found in the lush tangles more accurately found him.


2. What made you want to participate in My Peculiar Family?

It’s a brilliant concept! Dome and I have been friends and associates for years, and when he told me of his idea, I was immediately interested. I mean, how could I not? One glance at these old tintypes and I had to know their history.

Then he told me some of the other authors on the project, and I knew it was more than an idea. It was happening.


3. What are some of your other projects you’d like to tell the readers about?

The Angry Ghosts series ( Angry Ghosts) is hard, post-apocalyptic Sci Fi for the reader who wants more than space battles with alien baddies. Ultimately, it’s a story of redemption and the high price that must be paid for it.

Deeper descriptions can be found here:

https://cadreonepublishing.wordpress....

There’s a section reserved for the more interesting dreams I’ve had. Going to throw a cover around them and publish, because some of them are just out there:

https://cadreonepublishing.wordpress....

Samantha Boyette Interview

1. Tell us a little about your story. What makes it so peculiar?

Raised by her uncle after the death of her parents, Jessamine has a way with plants. A few words or a touch and she can make them do what she wants, growing wild or returning to a seed. She keeps the gift to herself as she grows up, never sharing it with her Uncle until years later when another young girl moves in with them.


2. What made you want to participate in My Peculiar Family?

I loved the whole idea right away. Whenever I look at old pictures I can't help but imagine what the lives of the people in them were like. This was a chance to actually write one of those stories.

3. What are some of your other projects you'd like to tell the readers about?

I have five ebooks currently available on Amazon.com (see Samantha Boyette). My next book 18 Months will be available in December 2016 through Bold Strokes Press.


4. Any last thoughts?

I hope readers are as eager to find out the stories behind the pictures as I am!

Jay Mooers Interview

1. Tell us a little about your story. What makes it so peculiar?

For My Peculiar Family I was given an odd looking young man named Edward and he was a lawyer. He didn’t look like a heavy hitter to me, so I figured Edward was trying to become a lawyer and get away from his odd relationship with his mother. But he seems to stumble from one entrapment to another as his first client may be his last. I made my short story a kind of prequel to a series I’ve been working on called Bloodlines. It reveals secrets about characters from that series, but also stands on it’s own.


2. What made you want to participate in My Peculiar Family?

I’m always looking for a new challenge. I’ve spent years doing artwork and only a few writing. I love pushing myself and trying new kinds of story telling techniques. This is my second published short story, and I’m rather proud of it. I know many of the people involved in the anthology and love being associated with them all. They are good people and I’m happy to be a part of this Peculiar family.


3. What are some of your other projects you'd like to tell the readers about?

My second novel, Scales and Sand will be released this spring 2016. It’s a children’s novel about a fantasy world where the daughter of a merchant is chased across a terrible red desert only to discover herself and grow up along the way. My comic book, Autumn Grey will be available this summer after my kickstarter campaign to fund the printing and is already available on comixology. It’s an urban fantasy tale about a young girl in the years between school and adulthood who is drawn into the fantastic world of faeries and monsters with devastating results. There’s many more things coming soon so keep an eye out via my website, www.edenparktales.com


4. Any last thoughts?

I’d just like to thank Dome for all his hard work on this and every project he embraces. His podcast has been a great way of promoting not only myself, but many others whom I’d never have known anything about otherwise. We are all a part of his Peculiar family.

Karen Gosselin Interview

1. Tell us a little about your story. What makes it so peculiar?

Isabelle is an artist living on her own in Civil War era New York City. She receives an unusual commission from a very wealthy, and eccentric man. The commission puts her in the middle of a battle between good and evil, opening her eyes to things she thought were myth.


2. What made you want to participate in My Peculiar Family?

I love writing! I have my own stories I want to tell and share. This was a great way to get my start, cut my teeth on writing fiction and having it published.

3. What are some of your other projects you'd like to tell the readers about?

Mostly artwork for now. Creating a series of pieces that are my interpretations of gods and goddesses from other cultures. I'm also writing a series of urban fiction stories that incorporate various supernatural creatures balancing "battling evil" with living a "normal" life and "fitting in" with modern society. Example: a married couple with supernatural powers not only fight to protect others, but try to raise their children at the same time. Or a Lesbian Werewolf having to deal with a nosy neighbor who is insulted that the "dog" pooed on his lawn. They still have to save the world, but they also have to do their taxes.

4. Any last thoughts?

Really excited about this project and can't wait to share what I wrote with others.

Go to My Peculiar Family to back the Kickstarter campaign and to see some of the astounding prizes still available!!

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. 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.

There's only a mere 48 hours or so left in our current Kickstarter campaigns!! Yep, just a few hours to be the first to get your hands on two of the best books to be published this year. I can say this with confidence because the first three volumes of the MX Anthology of New Sherlock Holmes Stories was called the greatest collection of new Sherlock Holmes stories ever published by Sherlockian legend Philip K. Jones who has literally read thousands of Holmes pastiches. You know that with David Marcum, one of the best current Sherlock Holmes authors, at the helm as editor, MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories Part IV will be just as incredible as the last three. So don't delay. Follow the link to the MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories Part IV now!

The other book which is a must have for fans of horror and Holmes alike is the gothic horror anthology My Peculiar Family which surprisingly, still has some incredible awards available!! As of my writing this blog post, backers can still get:

7 of the "Vanished Killer" Reward
You get both the e-book version of My Peculiar Family plus the illustrated e-book of my Sherlock Holmes story, "The Case of the Vanished Killer" all for just 10 bucks!! Plus, your name will be published in My Peculiar Family as a patron of the project.

5 of the “Second Chance Collections Edition” Reward."

This award gets you the softcover My Peculiar Family , your name in the book as a patron, plus an original historic tintype used as a basis for a story in the collection.

2 of the "Stacey Longo Book and Bloody Pillow" Reward.

One of my favorite stories in the collection was penned by horror writer Stacey Longo. For just 75 dollars, you get a horror anthology with one of her stories, a handmade bloody pillow designed to look like a blood splot, My Peculiar Family, and your name published as a backer in the book. Personally, I can't believe this award is still available!! I think this one is a steal. So, definitely check it out at the My Peculiar Family Kickstarter page.

3 of the “Co-Host Sci Fi Saturday Night For An Episode” Reward.

Yes, you can co-host an episode of the show that has had such sci-fi legends as Harlan Ellison and Tracy Hickman as guests. Imagine which literary legend could be talking with you. Maybe it would be one of the NY Times Bestselling authors who are part of the My Peculiar Family anthology.

8 of the “Christopher Golden Signed AND Personalized Book” Reward.
And “The “Tracy Hickman Challenge” Reward.

You can get the My Peculiar Family book, your name published as a patron, and a signed and personalized book by Christorpher Golden and Mike Mignola. Since it is personalized, you can say who Mr. Golden makes the book out to and a small amount of text you'd like him to include.

The Tracy Hickman Challenge Reward

Ever want to be a published author? How about co-writing a story with a living legend NY Times Bestseller? That's what you get for the Tracy Hickman reward. You will get a tintype image sent to you. You tell Mr. Hickman the names of the characters in the story and the basic plot, and he will write the tale based on your plot and descriptions. You will be listed as a co-author, so this is a huge opportunity!! Only one available!! Check it out at My Peculiar Family!

Remember, there's only a few hours left to get in on these FUNDED Kickstarter projects!


For one last time, it is my pleasure to share with you the stories included in the My Peculiar Family anthology.

Christopher Golden and James A. Moore - The Genealogy of Chastity Willingham Dimsdale
Stacey Longo - Miss Elizabeth’s Poison
Jason J. Mooers - Law and Mother
Robert Mayette - Solomon’s Mirror
William Meikle - The Luck of Walter Dimsdale
F. Allen Farnham - Tuckahoe Marble
Samantha Boyette - A Twisted Vine
David Schechter - Just Words
Rob Watts - Crowninshield’s Apothecary
Kristi McDowell - With This Ring, I Thee Bind
Karen Gosselin - Eggsetential Circumstances
George O'Conner - Joshua Was My Favorite
Derrick Belanger - Pieces of Rosalee
Bracken MacLeod - Know All Men
John Pallisano - The Space Between
Tracy Hickman - (TBD)
STRETCH GOAL STORY - Scott Thomas (Agatha)

Original Artwork by Sara Richard and Peter Vinton, Jr..



So, get your copy of MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories Part IV and My Peculiar Family today!!

Next month comes another incredible Sherlock Holmes anthology, Beyond Watson, more info on that collection and how you can submit a Sherlock Holmes story to two additional upcoming anthologies in my next blog post. Stay tuned!!

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. 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.

Belanger Books just wrapped up our first official Kickstarter campaign. The horror anthology My Peculiar Family not only met its goal, but it also met its stretch goal. A big thank you to all of the authors involved, and especially a huge thank you to The Dome (a.k.a Les Rosenthal), the host of the podcast Sci-Fi Saturday Night, for not giving up on his dream project. Rest assured, Les, you'll be the first person to hold a copy of the anthology in your hands come May.

Also, a big congratulations to David Marcum and Steve Emecz for another successful Kickstarter campaign in support of Undershaw. The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories met its goal early in the campaign and was a smashing success. Here's to more MX anthologies in the future.

So, what's next? well, we have four additional Kickstarter projects in the works. The first, which will launch next month, is Beyond Watson. The campaign for this anthology of new Sherlock Holmes stories NOT told by Dr. Watson is set to run March 20 - April 18th. All of the stories are told, at least in part, by a character who is not John Watson, and are written by some of the best current Sherlock Holmes authors including David Marcum, Daniel D. Victor, Don Everitt Smith Jr., Elizabeth Varadan, Geri Schear, Kieran Lyne, Luke Benjamen KuhnsMarcia Wilson, David Ruffle, and me, Derrick Belanger, plus an introduction co-written by Mark Levy, BSI. I am also excited to announce that the great science fiction author Jack McDevitt will have his first Sherlock Holmes story in this collection, and another sci-fi author, Richard Paolinelli, will have his story included as long as we reach our Kickstarter stretch goal.

Call for Sherlock Holmes Stories

We are also planning on two additional Sherlock Holmes collections. The first, Holmes Away from Home: Tales of the Great Hiatus will be an anthology of stories which take place during May, 4th, 1891 - April 5, 1894, or the time when Sherlock Holmes was believed to be deceased having "perished" in his confrontation with Professor Moriarty at the Reichenbach Falls. the second anthology is called Before Watson: Sherlock Holmes in Montague Street, and it is a collection of stories that take place before Holmes met Watson and resided in rooms in Montague Street.

If you are interested in submitting a story, it should be between 5,000 - 10,000 words (though if you go over or under some it is okay as long as it benefits the story). Entries for Holmes Away From Home should be received at submissions@belangerbooks.com no later than July 1st, 2016. Entries for Before watson should be received before September 1st, 2016. Again, please send all entries to submissions@belangerbooks.com.

You are also welcome to contact me at derrick@belangerbooks.com with any questions you may have. Thank you,

Derrick Belanger

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. 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.

Beyond Watson Makes Half of its Goal in First 24 Hours on Kickstarter

What a great first day! Within the first 24 hours Beyond Watson is already more than halfway to its goal. Thank you to everyone who has backed the project so far!!

Also, we heard from many of you that you wanted Beyond Watson to be available in Germany or France or Sweden. We did not expect such an outpouring of support from the EU, but because of you, we have now made it so that there is free shipping to any EU country. If you could not order your copy yesterday and you live in an EU country, please go back and make your order.

Remember, all of the stories in Beyond Watson are told, at least in part, by a character who is not John Watson, and are written by some of the best current Sherlock Holmes authors including David Marcum, Daniel D. Victor, Don Everitt Smith Jr., Elizabeth Varadan, Geri Schear, Kieran Lyne, Luke Benjamen KuhnsMarcia Wilson, David Ruffle, and me, Derrick Belanger. I am also excited to announce that the great science fiction author Jack McDevitt will have his first Sherlock Holmes story in this collection, and another sci-fi author, Richard Paolinelli, will have his story included as long as we reach our Kickstarter stretch goal.

I would love to see Beyond Watson meet its goal by the end of the first week of the campaign. The best thing we all can do to help continue the momentum (besides buying a copy) is to let others know about this project. Please share via Facebook, Twitter, Email, Instagram, or any other social media method you employ. I will have an author interview series with the Beyond Watson participants throughout the campaign, so look back here for author interviews in the near future.

Thank you and looking forward to sending you advanced copies of Beyond Watson after the Kickstarter meets its goal.

Historical Festival Update

The Endeavour Press Historical Festival is just around the corner. The festival will run from April 18th - 22nd and each participating author will have a 30 - 60 minute time slot where you can ask them questions and interact with them via their Goodreads author page. At least two Sherlock Holmes authors, Derrick Belanger and David Stuart Davies (Ed.), will be participating. I have requested a time on April 18th or 19th. When I know the precise time, I will update on this blog. You can check out all the authors and events at: https://historicalfestival.wordpress.....

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. 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.

It goes without saying that out of all the current Sherlock Holmes authors out there today, David Marcum is one of the very best. His books The Papers of Sherlock Holmes: Volume One, The Papers of Sherlock Holmes: Volume Two, and Sherlock Holmes – Tangled Skeins - Stories from the Notebooks of Dr. John H. Watson are some of the closest in voice to Doyle. He also edited and assembled the MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes series which is probably the best collection of Sherlock Holmes stories ever published outside of the original canon. I am proud to say that Mr. Marcum contributed a story to Beyond Watson, the Sherlock Holmes anthology currently available on Kickstarter.

I interviewed Mr. Marcum about his Beyond Watson story, the fourth volume of the MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories, and his forthcoming Sherlock Holmes novel.

1. Your story "Some Notes upon the Matter of John Douglas", is a "sort-of" sequel to The Valley of Fear, partly retold by Colonel Sebastian Moran. What made you decide to have some of your Beyond Watson story told by one of the great villains of the Canon?

David Marcum (DM): My method of coming up with these new Holmes adventures is to block out a few hours in front of the computer, sit down with coffee, and go into The Holmes Zone where Watson talks and I type, no plan or outline involved. I come back in a few hours with a few thousand words on the screen, an empty coffee cup, and a need to get up and walk it off. In this case, it wasn’t Watson that started talking to me, but rather Colonel Sebastian Moran. I think this story all came together to show that something that has long been perceived as one of Holmes’s failures was actually a triumph after all.

2. You have the only story in the anthology not completely told by someone besides Watson. Why did you decide to keep Watson's voice, instead of say Holmes or Lestrade, for some of your tale?

DM: Without giving anything away about the story before people read it, one can see that in the part narrated by Colonel Moran, he – like all of us – is trapped within his own head, and only knows of the events that he witnessed. If the story had ended with just his section, then the reader wouldn’t know the countermoves that Holmes, as the player on the other side, also made.




3. Beyond Watson has a unique requirement that the stories must be told, at least in part, by a character besides John H. Watson. Doyle rarely told his stories by anyone besides Watson (and if he did, it was either in third person or told by Holmes). Why do you think Doyle limited his tales to Watson's point of view?

Well, I play The Game with extreme seriousness, so the answer has to be that, as Watson’s Literary Agent, nearly all of the material that Doyle had to work with came from Watson, so of course it’s from Watson’s viewpoint. Later, Doyle Literary-Agented a couple of cases written up by Holmes, and also two others that worked better to be narrated from a third person perspective. After Doyle gave up Literary Agenting, and as Watson’s various other papers began to come to light, a lot of other more modern Literary Agents have helped to get these additional narratives into the hands of a public starving for more Holmes adventures. Additionally, over the years there have also been a great deal of other tales showing Holmes from points of view other than Watson’s, and they all work great as well.

4. Recently, you have become well known as the editor of The MX Books of New Sherlock Holmes Stories, the latest of which will be released on May 22nd, followed by a Christmas story collection to be released in autumn. All of the royalties from these books go to helping to restore Undershaw. Can you give the readers an update on the success of the anthologies as well as the ongoing restoration of Undershaw?

DM: It’s really exciting how this whole thing has happened. From the time I popped awake early one morning in January 2015, dreaming about editing a new Holmes anthology, to the appearance of the first collection of three books (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) in October, was an incredible ride of contacting authors, making decisions, keeping things on track, and most of all getting to read all of these new Holmes stories, fresh out of the Tin Dispatch Box. I can’t ever thank all the authors enough for participating. Now the renovation at Undershaw is nearing completion, and soon the school will be able to move in. The royalties from these books have already started being sent there and helping out.

After the books came out, I soon realized that the “machine” was still in place to make more of these anthologies, the Stepping Stones School at Undershaw can always use the additional support, and there is always a need for more great traditional Holmes stories – as shown by the success of Beyond Watson as well!

I put out the call for new adventures to both previously participating authors and also some new ones, and had 22 stories in my greedy fingers by the first part of 2016. In fact, there were so many people interested in participating that Steve Emecz and I decided to have two volumes this year, the Part IV – 2016 Annual, to be published on May 22nd, and the Part V – Christmas Adventures for later this year. And I already have half-a-dozen stories in hand and edited for the Part VI – 2017 Annual for next year!

5. You have been working on a new Sherlock Holmes novel. Without giving too much away, can you tell the readers what to expect from your latest Sherlock Holmes pastiche.

DM: I sat down last November with the intention of writing a short story for the proposed and upcoming collection featuring Holmes’s adventures while still living in Montague Street, before he moved to Baker Street. As always, I had no plan, and just eavesdropped and transcribed while Holmes told Watson about one of his old cases. At the end, the mystery having been cleared up, Holmes mentions that the next day he and Watson should take a trip to look at the object of this earlier investigation. And it should have ended there as a self-contained story. But then Watson kept talking to me about how they went the next day to look at the object, setting in motion a chain of events that could very well lead to a full-scale war. If I had ignored the good Doctor, it would have just been a short story, but it turned out to be my second Holmes novel, almost twice as long (114,000 words) as my first, Sherlock Holmes and A Quantity of Debt (2013). Even as I type this, I’ve finished the new book, except for the final final read-through. And now I’m getting ready to transcribe another Montague Street adventure for the upcoming collection – who knows where that will lead? Not me, since Watson hasn’t started talking yet.

6. Any last thoughts?

DM: As always, I can’t believe how lucky I’ve been over the last few years to get to play in this sandbox. From finding Holmes when I was ten in the mid-1970’s to when I was in my mid-40’s, I studied Holmes in solitude, reading and collecting thousands of pastiches, but living in a part of the country that has no Sherlockian interest in terms of clubs or societies. After writing and publishing my first Holmes book, The Papers of Sherlock Holmes (2011, 2013), I’ve been able to meet some really great people, and also participate in incredible Sherlockian conversations. And on top of all of that, more and more new and wonderful Holmes adventures keep getting published, and my addiction still isn’t anywhere near satisfied. This is truly a wonderful time to be a Sherlockian!

David Marcum first discovered Sherlock Holmes in 1975, at the age of ten, when he received an abridged version of The Adventures during a trade. He is the author of The Papers of Sherlock Holmes Volume 1 and 2, Sherlock Holmes and a Quantity of Debtand Sherlock Holmes – Tangled Skeins - Stories from the Notebooks of Dr. John H. Watson. Additionally, he is the editor of the three-volume set Sherlock Holmes in Montague Street (Sherlock Holmes In Montague Street Volume 1, recasting Arthur Morrison's Martin Hewitt stories as early Holmes adventures,) and the massive three-volume "The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories" (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). He has contributed essays to the "Baker Street Journal", "The Solar Pons Gazette", and "The Gazette", the journal of the Nero Wolfe Wolfe Pack.

Beyond Watson is currently available for a limited time on Kickstarter. Get your copy today!

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.