Okay,
I’m rolling it out here late—because I’m so out of touch with
the blog there are times I forget it’s clamouring for new posts!
The
fact is there’s so much on in Real Life it’s a wonder I can think
of specifics at all... Between my second Sherlock Holmes novel half
way along and other projects in the offing, I thought I had a lot on,
but a serious medical diagnosis in the family changes everything, and
there’s nothing you an do but put what needs to be done first, and
do it with a will.
Yes,
as you see from the header, my second Sherlock Holmes volume is now
available. The Remarkable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is my first
anthology, collecting ten stories from the pages of Belanger Books
anthologies, Strand Magazine and Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, plus
brand new stories never seen before.
This
is an anthology of my canonical stories to the tune of around 100,
000 words, and was rele4ased in September, 2024, after a very
successful Kickstarter campaign that saw the project funded many
times over.
The
adventures span the years 1881 to 1889, and deal with entirely mortal
cases—no supernatural themes or thematic crossovers. All being
well, this will be the first in an ongoing series—as indeed is my
novel. A second volume is almost complete in terms of contents—I
need only two more stories to flesh it out, and The Remarkable
Adventures Volume Two will be in the pipeline, though quite when
it’ll put in an appearance is an open question.
More
certain, my second novel, titled Ravensgate, is in development
and should be in the 2025 publishing schedule; and at this point a
collection of my Lovecraftian cosmic horror writings is also slated
for a 2025 appearance, the manuscript being in preparation at this
time—I wrote the foreword this morning!
Here
are some useful links. Go here to view the Kickstarter page, which
features a marvelous promotional video trailer, courtesy of the
multi-talented Brian Belanger:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1606726313/the-remarkable-adventures-of-sherlock-holmes
And
here is the Amazon purchase pink, for hardback, paperback and Kindle:
https://www.amazon.com/Remarkable-Adventures-Sherlock-Holmes/dp/B0DJ8LWQVK/
