Call for Sherlock Holmes Stories, Beyond Watson Launch Date, and a Peculiar Family Thank You

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.