The Devil

The Devil’s Foot (1917)

Want to read this along with me? This essay is part of His Last Bow, published in 1917. I used the epub version found on Feedbooks.com. “The Devil’s Foot” is one of Doyle’s favorite stories, and I actually quite like it myself, so it’s a little hard to decide where to start with this one. [...]

Books

My projects outside of Vampire

While I’ve been hammering away at Vampire: The Masquerade — 20th Anniversary Edition, a few other things have fallen into place recently in my non-vampiric life. Recently, Gareth Skarka announced that I’ve been signed up to work on his fiction anthology, Tales of the Far West. We’re still sorting out details, which I’ll share once [...]

Lady Frances Carfax

The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax (1911)

Want to read this along with me? This essay is part of His Last Bow, published in 1917. I used the epub version found on Feedbooks.com. “Lady Frances Carfax” is, on the surface, a typical story with a few interesting points of canonical reinforcement – another case of Holmes deducing something from a trifling of [...]

Please Stand By

Skipping Tour de Holmes this week

I haven’t done this in a long time (at least several months), but I’m going to have to skip my Tour de Holmes post this week. I’m in the last stretch of revisions on the layout of Vampire: The Masquerade — 20th Anniversary Edition, and it’s taking more than I expected out of me. I’m [...]

The Dying Detective

The Dying Detective (1913)

Want to read this along with me? This essay is part of His Last Bow, published in 1917. I used the epub version found on Feedbooks.com. This story is undoubtedly one in which Holmes is incredibly cruel to Watson – not nearly as cruel as allowing Watson to believe him dead for three years, but [...]

221B Baker Street Floorplan

221B Baker Street

Not technically part of the Tour de Holmes, but amazing nonetheless. An artist has done what has previously been impossible — reconciling all of the 60 canonical stories to provide a comprehensive floor plan of 221B Baker Street. He posts a comprehensive explanation for his details on his blog. You can also buy a variety of [...]