by Nils Clausson | Nov 29, 2018 | Sherlock
The Myth of the ‘Scientific’ Detective: A Dissenting View of Science in the Holmes Stories Early in the first Holmes story, A Study in Scarlet, an admiring Watson, a few hours after observing his friend and roommate examine a crime scene, exclaims, “You have brought...
by H.B. Lyle | Oct 24, 2018 | Sherlock
The Top Ten Sherlock Holmes short stories When I first sat down to make this list, I thought I’d be deliberating for weeks; sifting through Conan Doyle classics, weighing up excitement, humour, thrills and the exquisite pleasures of deduction. But then I realised...
by Daniel E. Lambert | Jan 29, 2018 | Fiction, Sherlock
Sherlock Holmes in Verse (Sung to the tune of SILVER BELLS) Melodic adaptations of Sherlock Holmes in Verse By Daniel E. Lambert Dirty racetrack, muddy racetrack Running mile after mile In the air There’s a feeling of winning. People yelling Vendors selling...
by David Marcum | Jan 11, 2018 | Blog Article, Reviews, Sherlock
Book Review of the Week: Unquiet Spirits by Bonnie MacBird In October 2015, Bonnie MacBird published her first Sherlock Holmes pastiche, Art in the Blood (not to be confused with the similarly named 2008 Holmes novel by Rainer Jaeger). It was an intriguing tale...
by David Marcum | Jan 4, 2018 | Sherlock
A Few Words About Mycroft Holmes What do we know about Sherlock’s Bro, Mycroft Holmes? Mycroft Holmes: Smarter than his younger brother, Sherlock, by Sherlock’s own estimation—and no doubt his own as well. A figure of mystery. We know just a little about him...
by Bonnie MacBird | Nov 2, 2017 | Sherlock
THE RISK OF “THE REVEAL” (Part I) Tampering With or Augmenting the Legend of Sherlock Holmes Sherlockians are a picky lot. And there are degrees of Sherlock Holmes fandom fastidiousness ranging from “I love Holmes in all his incarnations” to “How dare you mess even...