Hi everyone,

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.

SILENCE –– with CARNACKI the Ghost-Finder!

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

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!

Back the campaign by CLICKING HERE!

We also have another Kickstarter campaign going on right now:

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:

The Redacted Sherlock Holmes Volume X - Orlando Pearson is back with eight more Sherlock Holmes stories in his tenth collection.

The Incredible Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Amanda Knight  -  new Sherlock Holmes mysteries! From grim crimes to whimsical cases, join the Great Detective in a fresh, fog-shrouded 221B adventure.

Tales of Scotland Yard: The Constable's Last Beat - London. 1868. When a constable is found dead in a back alley in London's East End, it's left to Lestrade to find the man's killer!