Congratulations!

Arthur Conan Doyle.

Contracts are signed, so I can announce my next book: *Arthur Conan Doyle*, in Liverpool UP's Writers and Their Work series. Or: Southsea resident writes about Southsea resident.

Yesterday marked 47 years in business here at the Mysterious Bookshop. Thanks for keeping us around, mystery fans!

This is triggering

Offering Hell Drivers too

Launching our MRJames manuscript project this Thursday on Kickstarter! Bit.ly/OhWhistle to pre-register.

The Flyer of Dorian Gray.

That’s maybe what it’s missing

Good not GOOD, I'd say. I think if you know Uncanny, you will know what is going on.

Well, that was rather good.

I’m going in. 2:22 in York #uncanny

I am proud to be a contributor to this fascinating and valuable project...

Very excited to have been involved in this, which is, I hope, the first of many such volumes.

Latest update on the M.R. James manuscripts series I am editing with Paul M. Chapman. The first volume - 'Oh, Whistle' - is going live on Kickstarter very soon.

Pre-launch page here: bit.ly/OhWhistle

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Thank you for your attention to this matter.

I feel your pain. Day 3 of a dispute over music with a Creative Commons licence linked in the description…

It's coming...
The Haunted Archive - A Ghost Story Manuscript of M.R. James

A beautiful annotated facsimile manuscript edition of M.R. James's classic ghost story 'Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad'. vimeo.com/1178159474 #MRJames #Ghoststories #manuscripts

Doings of Doyle #73 - A Regimental Scandal (1892) Doings of Doyle - The Arthur Conan Doyle Podcast Episode 73 - 'A Regimental Scandal' (1892) Released 29 March 2026 This episode, we attend an army barracks where a card game raises questions of…

NOW ON YOUTUBE: Episode 73 - 'A Regimental Scandal' (1892) - ACD's short story about cheating at cards that is a veiled commentary on the Royal Baccarat scandal. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJ6c... Shownotes bit.ly/DOD73sn

We've mentioned the Royal Baccarat scandal in previous episodes but this time explore it in more depth. Might the writing of this story and the success of 'A Scandal in Bohemia' have something in common?

Congratulations!

Don’t think much of the Barry Manilow follow up.

Kill it with fire!

TEN HAUNTING TALES BY HELEN GRANT In celebration of Women In Horror Month this year, I want to shine the spotlight on a modern day virtuoso of the genre, Helen Grant. Helen is a horror author from Scotland who writes Gothic novels …

Since it's Women in Horror month, Nightmare Abbey columnist and blogger Matt Cowan has been kind enough to write about some of my recent tales! Many of these are from Nightmare Abbey, which is a great fun publication - if you like horror, well worth checking out.
horrordelve.com/2026/03/22/t...

What is it… a hairy turd?

My eyes!!!

Jesus wept

A Pleasing Terror - Two Ghost Stories by M R James two of the eeriest and most entertaining tales by the master of the English ghost story

stacks of tickets left for "A Pleasing Terror - Two Ghost Stories by M R James" in Levenshulme tomorrow night.
Book here aptlevenshulume.eventbrite.co.uk

And the first episode scripted and sent to other writers as the model for the series

Nope. The Flood almost finished me. Will check it out.

The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Sherlock Holmes looks tragedy in the eye

A Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson adventure tonight on the Nunkie YouTube channel. View here for free live at 8pm, or anytime after:
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And it’s great!