I wanted to give you a quick update with more good news. I am currently more than halfway done my work on the next Sherlock Holmes holiday collection. sherlock Holmes and the great Detectives: Mistletoe and Mysteries will be crowdfunded in August! My goal is to have all the rewards, including the print editions, went out no later than the end of September. That will give everyone a chance to read the advent calendar of mysteries in print or digital editions starting on December first!
This one will be a crossover collection where Holmes collaborates with a different great detective in each adventure. Please vote in the poll to let me know which great detective you'd like to see Holmes work with in the book.
I also wanted to let you know about my current Sherlock Holmes Kickstarter publishing project as well as two projects from our friends at MX Publishing.
"Harding was a junior member of staff at the Tankerville Club. That’s where he was found early this morning, just as you saw him, laid out in the Trophy Room with that tiger lying at his side, and the both of them covered in blood.”
Before Watson. Before 221B Baker Street. Before the stories of the Great Detective became legend... there was SHERLOCK HOLMES, a recent college graduate forced to seek charity from his disapproving brother while struggling to build his career as a consulting detective.
A man is found murdered in an exclusive gentlemen's club... and the main suspect is a tiger-skin rug! Inspector Lestrade calls on amateur sleuth Sherlock Holmes to see if he can offer any insights into this baffling case. Holmes soon learns that the members of the club can hardly be said to act like gentlemen. Murder, theft, and thrashing the staff are all de rigueur, but cheating at cards is simply scandalous! As Holmes uncovers more of the perplexing plot, he receives unlikely assistance from an irregular urchin, a canine companion... and club member Sebastian Moran. The game is afoot!
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I wanted to give you an update on the next advent calendar book. As I've been working on the stories, I've brought in other Victorian era detectives to work alongside Holmes. Thus, the next Holmes advent calendar book will be titled: Sherlock Holmes and the great Detectives: Mistletoe Mysteries. Solve mysteries with Holmes and Watson as well as Father Brown, The Old Man in the Corner, Lois Cayley, and many more! More details about the book are coming soon!
And if you're looking for more Holmes, here's our latest Kickstarter. We're almost at the STRETCH GOAL!
How do you cancel an assassin's contract –– that you took out on yourself? Alton Hughes is desperate to do so, but has no way to call off the killer, and time is running out! Sherlock Holmes swears to protect his client, but how can he locate an anonymous assassin amongst the teeming millions of London?
Thaddeus Tuffentsamer's new novella provides a tense, gripping tale, challenging the Great Detective to save a life hanging in the balance!
Stretch Goals!!!
If the campaign reaches $1,500, this volume will include Thaddeus Tuffentsamer's classic novella "SHERLOCK HOLMES: THE ADVENTURE OF THE GIANT RAT OF SUMATRA"!
In 1881, Professor Moriarty is determined to become the Napoleon of Crime. To finance his expanding criminal empire, he unleashes a vile, villainous vermin on London! As the body count rises as quickly as his extorted gains, the professor finds himself checked by a certain amateur sleuth and his companion. No matter... two more bodies will make no difference...
If the campaign reaches $2,000, we'll also include Thad's classic novella "SHERLOCK HOLMES: THE ADVENTURE OF THE TIGER'S BLOOD"!
Mr. Blanchard has inherited the estate of his late uncle, including a menagerie of rare and exotic animals. Try as he might, his servants will not discuss the circumstances surrounding his uncle's death, only that "...the tiger's blood is on your uncle's hands!" But Mr. Blanchard's uncle never owned a tiger! Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson must unravel a most perplexing, peculiar problem...
Help us reach the stretch goals and make the book TRIPLE in size! Back the project by CLICKING HERE!
I wanted to let you know that I've started on my next Sherlock Holmes Holiday book. this one is tentatively titled sherlock Holmes: Mistletoe and Mysteries. It will follow the same advent calendar format as Sherlock Holmes: Holiday Whodunnits. My hope is to have the book ready for release by autumn so that it will arrive in time for the advent season.
I'll send more updates as the book progresses.
I also wanted to remind you about my current crowdfunding campaigns as well as a few from my friends at MX Publishing.
THIRTEEN TANTALIZING NEW TALES OF ALGERNON BLACKWOOD'S ORIGINAL OCCULT DETECTIVE IN TWO TERRIFIC VOLUMES!!
John Silence was a "psychic doctor" –– an independent consultant who helped those who found themselves in... unusual situations. Created by legendary horror author Algernon Blackwood (a favorite of HP Lovecraft), Dr. Silence only appeared in a mere half-dozen stories... but they were enough to cement his reputation as an occult detective par excellence. Belanger Books, in partnership with Cathaven Press and Occult Detective Magazine, are proud to present thirteen all-new mysteries of the self-made psychic sleuth!
VOLUME ONE In the Forest of Venice –– Josh Reynolds Comes the Dream Walker –– Naching T. Kassa A Lack of Silence –– William Meikle Darkness and Light –– A.M. Loweecey The Face of Her Anger –– John Linwood Grant The White Hate –– I.A. Watson PLUS: The Secret Origin of John Silence –– Roy Bayfield
VOLUME TWO The Horror Chamber of Dr. Cagliostro –– John Llewellyn Probert A Final Journey –– Paula Hammond The Adventure of the Automatic Writer –– David Marcum Now the War is Over –– Marion Pitman The Essence of Kali –– Michael Keyton Midnight Vigil –– Jan Edwards The Drum –– Matt Wingett PLUS: Detection and Mystification: The Gems of Silence –– Paul StJohn Mackintosh
EXCLUSIVE BONUS REWARD!!!
472 CHEYNE WALK: CARNACKI THE UNTOLD STORIES
RARE EDITION!!!
William Hope Hodgson's CARNACKI THE GHOST-FINDER returns in a new collection of occult mysteries! CHICO KIDD and RICK KENNETT bring you fourteen adventures of the man with the Electric Pentacle. Witches' rooms, Steeple Monsters and Psychic Doorways await!
All subsequent Kickstarter and retail editions will be exclusively through Cathaven Press, with a new cover. This particular Belanger Books edition will not be made available through any future Belanger Books Kickstarter campaign or through Amazon!
The most ESSENTIAL stories of the SOLAR PONS canon - with all-new essays from today's top Pontine proponents!
August Derleth's Solar Pons stories are beloved throughout the world... but which stories would you consider ESSENTIAL? Belanger Books is proud to present the Praed Street Irregulars' preferred adventures – each with its own extra-special essay on what makes these particular mysteries so... essential! The stories and commentators are:
The Adventure of the Orient Express - Derrick Belanger The Adventure of the Black Narcissus - Jay Hyde The Adventure of the Norcross Riddle - Ray Riethmeier The Grice-Paterson Curse - David Marcum The Adventure of the Lost Locomotive - Brett Graham Fawcett The Adventure of the Unique Dickensians - Brian Belanger The Adventure of the Late Mr. Faversham - Max Magee From the Notebooks of Dr. Lyndon Parker - Chris Chan The Adventure of the Praed Street Irregulars - Frank Schildiner The Adventure of the Purloined Periapt - Mike McSwiggin The Adventure of Ricoletti of the Club Foot - Michael R. Brown The Adventure of the Camberwell Beauty - Roger Johnson The Adventure of the Six Silver Spiders - Kathleen O’Leary The Adventure of the Retired Novelist - Anna Behrens
Stretch Goals!!! - REACHED!!! Stretch Goal #1 - If the campaign reaches 2,000 dollars, we'll add the bonus story "The Adventure of the Seven Passengers" with commentary by Leigh Blackmore!
Stretch Goal #2 - If the campaign reaches 3,000 dollars, we'll add "The Adventure of the Haunted Library" with commentary by Steve Herczeg!
We've almost reached the second stretch goal! Back the campaign today by CLICKING HERE!
Here are Sherlock Holmes projects from my friends at MX Publishing:
We wanted to let you know that we currently have two crowdfunding campaigns on Kickstarter. As fans of previous publications from Belanger books, we think you'll love these:
THIRTEEN TANTALIZING NEW TALES OF ALGERNON BLACKWOOD'S ORIGINAL OCCULT DETECTIVE IN TWO TERRIFIC VOLUMES!!
John Silence was a "psychic doctor" –– an independent consultant who helped those who found themselves in... unusual situations. Created by legendary horror author Algernon Blackwood (a favorite of HP Lovecraft), Dr. Silence only appeared in a mere half-dozen stories... but they were enough to cement his reputation as an occult detective par excellence. Belanger Books, in partnership with Cathaven Press and Occult Detective Magazine, are proud to present thirteen all-new mysteries of the self-made psychic sleuth!
VOLUME ONE In the Forest of Venice –– Josh Reynolds Comes the Dream Walker –– Naching T. Kassa A Lack of Silence –– William Meikle Darkness and Light –– A.M. Loweecey The Face of Her Anger –– John Linwood Grant The White Hate –– I.A. Watson PLUS: The Secret Origin of John Silence –– Roy Bayfield
VOLUME TWO The Horror Chamber of Dr. Cagliostro –– John Llewellyn Probert A Final Journey –– Paula Hammond The Adventure of the Automatic Writer –– David Marcum Now the War is Over –– Marion Pitman The Essence of Kali –– Michael Keyton Midnight Vigil –– Jan Edwards The Drum –– Matt Wingett PLUS: Detection and Mystification: The Gems of Silence –– Paul StJohn Mackintosh
EXCLUSIVE BONUS REWARD!!!
472 CHEYNE WALK: CARNACKI THE UNTOLD STORIES
RARE EDITION!!!
William Hope Hodgson's CARNACKI THE GHOST-FINDER returns in a new collection of occult mysteries! CHICO KIDD and RICK KENNETT bring you fourteen adventures of the man with the Electric Pentacle. Witches' rooms, Steeple Monsters and Psychic Doorways await!
All subsequent Kickstarter and retail editions will be exclusively through Cathaven Press, with a new cover. This particular Belanger Books edition will not be made available through any future Belanger Books Kickstarter campaign or through Amazon!
The most ESSENTIAL stories of the SOLAR PONS canon - with all-new essays from today's top Pontine proponents!
August Derleth's Solar Pons stories are beloved throughout the world... but which stories would you consider ESSENTIAL? Belanger Books is proud to present the Praed Street Irregulars' preferred adventures – each with its own extra-special essay on what makes these particular mysteries so... essential! The stories and commentators are:
The Adventure of the Orient Express - Derrick Belanger The Adventure of the Black Narcissus - Jay Hyde The Adventure of the Norcross Riddle - Ray Riethmeier The Grice-Paterson Curse - David Marcum The Adventure of the Lost Locomotive - Brett Graham Fawcett The Adventure of the Unique Dickensians - Brian Belanger The Adventure of the Late Mr. Faversham - Max Magee From the Notebooks of Dr. Lyndon Parker - Chris Chan The Adventure of the Praed Street Irregulars - Frank Schildiner The Adventure of the Purloined Periapt - Mike McSwiggin The Adventure of Ricoletti of the Club Foot - Michael R. Brown The Adventure of the Camberwell Beauty - Roger Johnson The Adventure of the Six Silver Spiders - Kathleen O’Leary The Adventure of the Retired Novelist - Anna Behrens
Stretch Goals!!! - REACHED!!! Stretch Goal #1 - If the campaign reaches 2,000 dollars, we'll add the bonus story "The Adventure of the Seven Passengers" with commentary by Leigh Blackmore!
Stretch Goal #2 - If the campaign reaches 3,000 dollars, we'll add "The Adventure of the Haunted Library" with commentary by Steve Herczeg!
We've almost reached the second stretch goal! Back the campaign today by CLICKING HERE!
Thank you for supporting the Belanger books Sherlock Holmes projects on Backerkit and Kickstarter. Our latest blog post includes FOUR FREE Sherlock Holmes eBooks, our latest Kickstarter project, and our CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS for our upcoming 2026 Sherlock Holmes anthologies. Check it out at the link below:
