Sherlock Holmes and John Watson by Atlin Merrick

The Weekend Australian 'What a brilliant idea - to put together an anthology of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson short story mysteries in which the central characters come from vastly different cultural backgrounds, from any gender and sexuality, and set in any time period. Aurealis #144 'Smart, entertaining, and fresh.' 'A delightful collection for lovers of nimble crime.' Prince Ha-mahes and the Adventure of the Stoned Mason by LJM Owen.The Adventure of the Fated Homecoming by Jayantika Ganguly.A Scandalous Case of Poisoning by Katya de Becerra.Mistress Islet and the General’s Son by Lucy Sussex.The Problem of the Lying Author by Lisa Fessler.The Saga of the Hidden Treasure by Kerry Greenwood and David Greagg.

The Adventure of the Disappearing Village by Natalie Conyer.

Sharaku Homura and the Heart of Iron by Jason Franks.The Affair of the Purloined Rentboy by Greg Herren.The stories and contributors taking a new look at our old friends, Sherlock Holmes and John Watson, include: In The Only One in the World, we asked a baker’s dozen of writers to answer these questions, and the marvelous results are adventures in Ancient Egypt, Viking Iceland, and 17th century England in 19th century Ireland, Germany, and Poland in South Africa of the 1970s and New Orleans of the 1920s and in contemporary Australia, USA, Russia, India and Portugal. What if Sherlock Holmes was Polish? What if he or John Watson were Indian or Irish or Australian or Japanese? How would their worlds look if one or both was from a completely different background?

Sherlock Holmes and John Watson by Atlin Merrick