Scuttlebutt from the Spermaceti Press 2012 - Red Circle of ...

Apr 12 #7 Further to the report (Mar 12 #7) on "Steampunk Holmes: Legacy
of the Nautilus" (the first in a "multi-channel" series that's
going to be available both in print and electronically), the publishers are
asking for financial support for the project; pledges start at $1.00, with
premiums offered at various levels (the campaign ends on May 3). There's
an interesting web-site at with more information,
artwork, and a five-minute video.
LUKOLI CHIKCHIKA APISA (a Choctaw translation of "The Speckled Band") was
commissioned by Don Hobbs, who offers it as a 40-page pamphlet for $20.00
postpaid (to the U.S.); his address is 2100 Elm Creek Lane, Flower Mound,
TX 75028 .
There's a nice assortment of new pastiches from MX Publishing, all of them
(and more) available at their web-site : Tim Symonds'
SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE DEAD BOER AT SCOTNEY CASTLE (2012; 277 pp., £11.99)
pits Holmes and Watson against the Kipling League, a sinister society that
manages to outwit Holmes (who understandably did not want this account pub-
lished). Dean P. Turnbloom's SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE WHITECHAPEL VAMPIRE
(2012; 246 pp., £10.99) has Holmes and Watson in pursuit of the Ripper, who
is a sophisticated vampire who has fallen in love with the niece of Metro-
politan Police Commissioner Sir Charles Warren. Amy Thomas' THE DETECTIVE
AND THE WOMAN (2012; 204 pp., £9.99) sends Holmes and a widowed Irene Adler
to Florida during the Great Hiatus, meeting Thomas Edison and foiling com-
plicated villainy.
Also from MX Publishing is Dan Andriacco's HOLMES SWEET HOLMES (2012; 260
pp., £10.99), a murder mystery in which the victim is writer-actor-director
Peter Gerard, whose latest film "221B Bourbon Street" had Holmes and Watson
in New Orleans in the 1920s and triggered a storm of protest from Sherlock-
ian purists, one of whom may or may not be the murderer.
The winners of Edgars awarded by the Mystery Writers of America this year
included Michael Dirda's ON CONAN DOYLE; OR, THE WHOLE ART OF STORYTELLING
(for best critical/biographical) and Ken Ludwig's "The Game's Afoot" (for
best play).
"I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere" is an interview podcast by Scott Monty and
Burt Wolder, and the latest episode (#41) runs 62 minutes and includes an
interview with Lara Pulver, who plays Irene Adler in "A Scandal in Belgrav-
ia" (the first episode of the second series of "Sherlock", airing on PBS-TV
on May 6). Listen to or download the podcast at ;
earlier episodes also are available, and there are no spoilers in Pulver's
interview. It has been rumored that she was fully clothed during her in-
terview, but Monty and Wolder weren't.
The Missing Three-Quarter has been to Japan. The manuscript, that is. The
British Library sent "two major treasures" (the manuscript, and a copy of
Shakespeare's First Folio) to Tokyo as highlights in an exhibition at the
British Embassy, Apr. 23-25, promoting British culture and education.
The Spermaceti Press: Peter E. Blau, 7103 Endicott Court, Bethesda, MD
20817-4401 (301-229-5669)