The Transfixed Correspondence of Phoenix

05/11/2025

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/rotten-tomatoes-doesn-t-rank-benedict-cumberbatch-as-the-best-modern-day-sherlock-holmes/ar-AA1EuMCe?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=02e90de90a3f43cfb10ebdcb53483f23&ei=12

The fictional character, Sherlock Holmes, first appeared in Doyle’s A Study in Scarlet back in 1887. Since then, he has had countless literary and nonliterary adaptations.

05/10/2025

On the Hounds of the Internet listserv, Karen Murdock noted, "With the new Pope, Leo XIV, just elected, Sherlockians should recall that the last Leo, Leo XIII, served as Pope from 1878 to 1903. It was this Pope for whom Holmes carried out a case "as a favor to the Pope".

04/24/2025

A copper beech. Chanticleer Gardens, Wayne PA, this afternoon. .

04/20/2025

April 20, 1841: Poe publishes "The Murders in the Rue Morgue", the first modern detective story.

04/18/2025

https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/two-new-mysteries-show-the-tariff-proof-resilience-of-arthur-conan-doyle-and-agatha-christie/ar-AA1D1yz5?ocid=msedgntp&pc=EDBBAN&cvid=d200571f404a48178838cb560f3528a1&ei=43

"Sherlock and Daughter," a paternal twist on the Holmes legend and a new adaptation of Agatha Christie's "Towards Zero" debut on the CW and BritBox, respectively.

04/17/2025

Born April 16, 1947 in NYC, Kareem Abdul Jabbar has written (with Anna Waterhouse) three Mycroft pastiches. This interview, with Lyndsay Faye, is from 2018.

Not to dwell on this subject, but I was a fan of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar long before he started writing Mycroft Holmes novels—he was already incredibly accomplished, I have watched many a “skyhoo…

04/16/2025

https://crimereads.com/sherlock-group-matthew-sullivan/

Six years ago, when I first saw the flier pinned to the wall of the pizza place, near a shambolic shelf of board games, I was skeptical. It held a clip-art silhouette of Sherlock Holmes, with his f…

03/19/2025

https://crimereads.com/sherlock-holmes-in-the-world/

Imagine yourself in a world lit only by gas street lamps, a world buried in smog and patrolled by pickpockets and violent criminals. In this world, it can seem like justice and fairness are imagina…

03/15/2025

Last night at the Six Napoleons dinner at the Maryland Club in Baltimore. Denny Kaiser was inducted as Napoleon 285 after delivering his presentation "An Elephant Gun? Really?". Matt Hall was inducted as Napoleon 286.

03/05/2025

And what else would he be named but "Sherlock"?

Loyal London Fire Brigade probe pooch Sherlock begins "new chapter in his life"

01/29/2025

Aspiring Sherlockian authors, take note!

01/08/2025

Is there anyone going to the BSI Weekend in NYC who would like a ticket for the ASH Brunch on Sunday? One of our members has had to cancel her trip due to illness and doesn't want the ticket to go to waste.