Several years ago, author Matthew Sullivan joined Dogs in the Nighttime, a Sherlock Holmes-focused book club in Anacortes, Washington, that meets once a month. He writes for Crime Reads about happens when they meet up, why the different members participate, and the many joys and benefits of being a Dog. "Reading can be full of contradictions. It is typically a solitary act, ideal for the non-joiners among us. Yet through reading, we can also learn to empathize and grow closer to each other," he writes. We want to know: Are you in a book club? Tell us in the comments if you have a club with a very specific focus, or an interesting way of choosing what to read.

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#Books @bookstodon #Bookstodon #Reading #SherlockHolmes #ArthurConanDoyle #Lifestyle #Culture

The third story in my Sherlock Holmes series has arrived.

Here's my Holmes, if you're curious: https://agoodtuckering.tumblr.com/tagged/cushing%20holmes

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Following the events of the night prior, Sherlock Holmes makes a decision to call upon Miss Adler. There's no denying the truth of it all. The pair have already made their confessions.

A small teaser:

“He wasn’t wrong,” she added. “You /are/ a man, after all. And I am a woman.”

His head tilted, mind elsewhere as he replied. “You aren’t /a woman/, Irene. You are /the Woman/.”

Read "A Private Affair" here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/64229491

@strangeseawolf @Firlefanz @paulk @QuokkaMocha @therivercrow @aperfectsong @zorrobandito

#WritingCommunity #Writer #Author #ArchiveOfOurOwn #AO3 #SirArthurConanDoyle #ArthurConanDoyle #PeterCushing #AndreMorell #NigelStock #SherlockHolmes #AmWriting

I've just read Arthur Conan Doyle's The Story of the Lost Special for the first time. I was surprised to find Sherlock Holmes making an indirect appearce. I wonder how many other Doyle stories he guests in?
#ArthurConanDoyle #SherlockHolmes #TheStrandMagazine #TheTimes #Detectivefiction

The mindfuck of watching a Sherlock Holmes film made by people who lived within Arthur Conan Doyle’s lifetime. In fact, ACD himself gave the Éclair film company his approval to make the film series
#SilentFlickerSunday #TheCopperBeeches #ArthurConanDoyle #SilentFilm #ACD

Stage musicals should embrace use of surtitles, says lyricist Tim Rice https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/feb/11/stage-musicals-should-embrace-use-of-surtitles-says-lyricist-tim-rice #AndrewLloydWebber #ArthurConanDoyle #Musicals #Theatre #Culture #TimRice #UKnews #Comedy #Stage #Books

S03-E08 - [SeS] Houdini & Doyle

https://skeptikon.fr/videos/watch/706bdc46-2364-4a6b-849c-aec3e3603555

Literaire quiz (14)

Ooit wilde ik dat deze blog een algemeen karakter zou hebben, maar het is steeds meer een Oudheidblog geworden. Dat laat onverlet dat ik zo nu en dan schrijf over andere belangwekkende zaken, zoals de cultuurmoord die Marc Chagall heet, het Ardennenoffensief of Amsterdamse verkeerspaden. Vandaag voel ik me dus vrij een oude reeks te hernemen: de literaire quiz.

Ik toonde dan een foto en liet u raden naar welk beroemd literair werk ik verwees. Een beetje pedant was dat wel. Alsof ik zo verschrikkelijk belezen was. Maar goed, u zult bij een tv-quiz ook wel niet denken dat de quizmaster al die dingen zelf weet, dus vooruit: vanavond stel ik een nieuwe vraag. Hierboven staan vier beeldjes en ik kan u – dit is een belangrijke aanwijzing – verklappen dat er nog twee stonden in de etalage van een winkel in de Brusselse binnenstad.

Ik maakte de foto omdat ik misschien nog eens over Napoleon zou willen bloggen. Een man met meer dan één gezicht. Dus vier Napoleons leek me leuk. Pas toen ik vanavond op mijn hotelkamer de foto’s van mijn telefoon overplaatste naar mijn laptop, realiseerde ik de grap die de winkelier uithaalde. Met zes tinnen soldaatjes knipoogt hij, opzettelijk of bij toeval, naar een literair werk.

Deze blog wordt op gezette tijden gekopieerd door het Nederlandse Nationaal Archief. En ook door Archive.org. Kijk maar. Met die kopieën is dit stukje internet voor de voorzienbare eeuwigheid bewaard. Als u hieronder als eerste weet naar welk literair werk, wereldwijd gelezen, de Brusselse winkelier verwees, is ook uw naam bewaard voor de voorzienbare eeuwigheid. Succes.

#ArthurConanDoyle #Brussel #literaireQuiz #NapoleonBonaparte #SherlockHolmes

'he was nearly strangled by two arms, which, he says, were as strong and as thin as steel bands. He saw nothing; only those beastly arms that tightened and tightened on him...'

Out now on Youtube, Part 2 of Lot 249:
https://youtu.be/2o2V2LbCYVI

#arthurconandoyle #AudioDrama #podcast #gothic #lot249 #spookystories

#WordWeavers 16 — How long is your shortest work?

I've been incredibly busy lately, but I just wanted to answer this prompt. It's fascinating to me, honestly. I loved reading everyone's responses.

I have two short stories that I can think of at the moment. I've written tons, but hey. Ironically, both of these are Sherlock Holmes-related (and for Irene and Sherlock to boot). They were written yeaaars apart from each other.

1. Desire Beyond Skin, 2025
Written For: Arthur Conan Doyle's Books
Word Count: 826
https://archiveofourown.org/works/62038606

2. On the Edge of Forever, 2019
Written For: BBC's Sherlock Series
Word Count: 375
https://archiveofourown.org/works/19878649

I love both of these pieces so much.

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The second story in my Sherlock Holmes series has arrived.

Here's my Holmes, if you're curious: https://agoodtuckering.tumblr.com/tagged/cushing%20holmes

I'm including the accompanying video not because it has much to do with the plot of my story but just because I love it, and it's from one of my favorite films.

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Another case is solved, this one with the help of Miss Adler. Baker Street is silent for a while, and Sherlock Holmes is more than grateful for her assistance. Confessions come to light in the aftermath.

Read "Immovable and Unstoppable" here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/62207659

#WritingCommunity #Writer #Author #ArchiveOfOurOwn #AO3 #SirArthurConanDoyle #ArthurConanDoyle #PeterCushing #AndreMorell #NigelStock #SherlockHolmes #AmWriting

How Sherlock Holmes Broke Copyright Law

the estate drew a contrast between “flat” characters without depth—such as Superman and Amos and Andy—and “round” characters such as Holmes, who were capable of complexity and change.

copyright holders, who would be motivated to retain control over their characters by changing them incrementally for as long as possible.

#SherlockHolmes #ArthurConanDoyle #publicdomain #legal #copyright

https://www.theatlantic.com/books/archive/2025/01/how-sherlock-holmes-broke-copyright-law/681223/

Revisiting a favorite, just because I can. God, I love Stephen Fry so much.

#Audible #ArthurConanDoyle #SherlockHolmes #StephenFry #Audiobooks

I've nicked this from a Diaspora post, because it seemed worth the effort:

A Parable by Dr. Arthur Conan Doyle

The cheese-mites asked how the cheese got there,
And warmly debated the matter;
The Orthodox said that it came from the air,
And the Heretics said from the platter.
They argued it long and they argued it strong,
And I hear they are arguing now;
But of all the choice spirits who lived in the cheese,
Not one of them thought of a cow.

#CheesyPoem #ArthurConanDoyle

Dropping today on Spotify at 11:00 a.m. GMT : our latest audiodrama, adapted from Arthur Conan Doyle's mummified horror!

Oxford in the 1880s: freshman Abercrombie Smith's curiosity is piqued when he is warned about his neighbour....but why should he avoid Bellingham?

Find out later today!

https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/the-penny-blood-tales/episodes/Lot-249---Part-1-e2t6rkv

#audiodrama #podcast #victorian #literature #spooky #lotno249 #arthurconandoyle

Bienvenidos de nuevo a nuestra mesa de disección. Aquí os dejamos un breve adelanto de lo que se viene este domingo en el decimoséptimo episodio de esta última temporada de FICCIÓPATAS.

Feliz día. 😉🖖🏼

#victormorata #ericluna #siervosdelaguadaña #UniversoMagico #lasombradelnagual #elartedemantenerseaflote #algoteesperaeneldesierto #ficciopatas #ficciopataspodcast #podcast #temporada3 #temporada20242025 #avancepodcast #trailer #avance #destripandohistorias #arthurconandoyle #elcuartodelaspesadillas #thenightmareroom #valdemar #elparasitoyotroscuentosdeterror

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DEjcvCCIJBr/?igsh=MXBjZDhrcW1pYXEwZQ==

So, I did a thing tonight and wanted to share it with everyone.

Random but over the years, I've written well over 100+ Sherlock Holmes-related stories on other sites. I’ve even written roleplay stories as various different versions of Sherlock Holmes, Mycroft Holmes, and John Watson. I wanted to move some of my stories to AO3, and perhaps add a few new ones while I’m at it. So, here goes nothing.

Here's my Holmes, if you're curious: https://agoodtuckering.tumblr.com/tagged/cushing%20holmes

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Come one particularly rainy afternoon, Sherlock Holmes finds that he has a rather interesting visitor who's popped round to say hello.

Read "Desire Beyond Skin" here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/62038606

#WritingCommunity #Writer #Author #ArchiveOfOurOwn #AO3 #SirArthurConanDoyle #ArthurConanDoyle #PeterCushing #AndreMorell #NigelStock #SherlockHolmes #AmWriting

#Piramidedipaura di #BarryLevinson Alle soglie del primo centenario della nascita editoriale del più grande ed eccentrico detective di tutti i tempi #sherlockholmes avvenuta con la pubblicazione del leggendario #Unostudioinrosso firmato da #ArthurConanDoyle nel 1887, #StevenSpielberg ... #cinema #film #filmmastodon #recensioni #unofilm #unocinema

https://www.valeriotagliaferri.it/piramide-di-paura-di-barry-levinson/

#recensione free sul #podcast #lafogliadacanto

https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/valeriotagliaferri8/episodes/Piramide-di-paura-di-Barry-Levinson-1985-e2s9ud6

https://music.amazon.it/podcasts/9959c2cc-0b2e-4c55-b985-b0d7c39aaf2a/episodes/2ce45e16-1949-4dd4-8344-8e0dad280cb2/piramide-di-paura-di-barry-levinson-1985

https://youtu.be/JkGoRADIKTc?si=M0tuL806rGzrL6AK

Initially in English fiction, mummies were less horrific and more romantic - exotic people from ancient times who wake to romance the protagonist. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was one of the first authors to present the mummy as a lumbering undead monster, in "Lot No. 249."

#MythologyMonday #BookChatWeekly #31DaysofHaunting #Folklore #Mythology #EgyptianMythology #Egypt #Horror #Mummy #Undead #Literature #SirArthurConanDoyle #ArthurConanDoyle

Audiobook of "Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter" (1893) by Arthur Conan Doyle

https://fedi.video/videos/watch/efcd2bcb-a757-43a2-9641-f67488a9cc65

REGISTER NOW for THE LITERARY AGENTS #5 - The Land of Mist at 100. With special guests Christine Ferguson, Michael Homer, Steven Rothman and Bob Stek. Friday 17th January 2025, 10:30-11:30am EST via Zoom. Register here: https://buff.ly/3UxQ3Ma #ArthurConanDoyle #ProfessorChallenger