Part XV: Mark Mower, Thomas Fortenberry, Robert Perret, Tracy J. Revels,
Robert Stapleton, Peter Coe Verbica, Maurice Barkley, Edward A. Enstrom,
William Todd, Roger Riccard, Kelvin Jones, Arthur Hall, Jack Grochot,
David Marcum, Dick Gillman, Will Murray, Tim Symonds, Mike Hogan, Leslie
Charteris and Denis Green, Nick Cardillo, and Darryl Webber with Two
Poems by Christopher James and Forewords by Will Thomas, Roger Johnson,
Melissa Grigsby, Steve Emecz, and David Marcum. 66 Stories New Holmes
Adventures in 3 Simultaneously Published Volumes. In 1881, a weary
doctor, wounded while serving in the military in Afghanistan, returned
to London, only to be introduced to a most unusual young man who was
already making a name for himself as the world's first consulting
detective. At that time, they were just in their late twenties, unaware
of their legendary futures. They would go on to become two of the most
famous and recognizable figures in the world: Sherlock Holmes and Dr.
John H. Watson. In 1887, Holmes and Watson's first investigation as a
team, A Study in Scarlet was published. The Sign of Four followed in
1890, and then, in 1891, the world was electrified with the publication
of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes in the newly-formed Strand
Magazine. And the world would never be the same. Through the rest of
the Nineteenth Century, and all the way through the Twentieth as well,
Holmes and Watson's fame would grow. The Twenty-first Century is no
different . . . . In 2015, The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories
burst upon the scene, featuring stories set within the correct time
period, and written by many of today's leading Sherlockian authors from
around the world. That first anthology, spread over three huge volumes,
contained 63 stories and was the largest collection of its kind ever
assembled in one place. Response was immediately and overwhelmingly
positive, and soon there were calls for additional collections. Now, we
proudly present Parts XIII, XIV, and XV, breaking the record of the
first three volumes with 66 new adventures of Holmes and Watson. Over
150 contributors (so far) to the accumulated volumes of The MX Book of
New Sherlock Holmes Stories have joined together from around the world
to produce over 330 new Holmes adventures, each donating their royalties
to the Stepping Stones School and the continuing restoration of
Undershaw, as well as to honor Sherlock Holmes, the man described by
Watson as "the best and wisest . . . whom I have ever known." All
royalties from this collection are being donated by the writers for the
benefit of the preservation of Undershaw, one of the former homes of Sir
Arthur Conan Doy
