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Margie Deck
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I read, mostly from the long 19th century. I write, mostly Victorian Gothic & Sherlock Holmes. #DotingOnDoyle at margiedeck.blogspot.com. https://www.amazon.com/stores/Margie-Deck/author/B0966BSG1N
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My friend down the street had old, not so great copies of Collier's complete #sherlockholmes in 8 volumes, The Further Adv of SH by Peter Haining, The Uncollected SH by Richard Lancelyn Green, The Exploits of SH by Adrian Conan Doyle. He had Loxley Books in England remake them into this set.😍
Possibly the best birthday card I ever received… now my new motto:
Argh! I failed to include the photo of the other items!
I love every bit of it! Thank you so much! 💜
Look at this amazing gift I received from the talented and very clever @tiger-daniels.bsky.social. 😍 #sherlockian friends are the best!
@221bcooee.bsky.social --Interesting that the gravestone said she was 29 and the death certificate said she was 25, but I note a ? beside the birth date on the certificate. Is your missing name 'Werner'? I first thought 'Herman' but the upper case W look very similar? Not sure. Good work and post.
Understood! A set of the old series Baker Street Journal had to take a back seat behind some other books to make space....the struggle is real. 🫢
We finished the little book nook kit, despite our own limitations and the limitations of the instructions. Far from our best work, but fun, and now a Christmas gift from two years ago is done.
#sherlockholmes (of a sort)
Good stuff right there.....⬇️⬇️⬇️
Public Domain Stories

Explore Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s original Sherlock Holmes adventures — preserved and shared by www.gutenberg.org.

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#books #literature #publicdomain
Well, the ham sandwich and cold beer at 10 pm did nothing for the writer's block but they were damn tasty.
Not #writing #sherlockholmes or #gothic
#makingthebestofit
"The Adventure of the Three Students" is complete! The three suspects are represented at the top, the crime scene is at the bottom. My Watson said it was one of his favorites ☺️ #sherlockholmes #miniatures #art #booksky #mysteries #victorian
The tiny little #SherlockHolmes and Dr. Watson I’m tasked with painting for the husband’s model project. Wish me luck…🫤
Hey @221bcooee.bsky.social -- FWIW, the missing words for Sir George Newnes might be:
BarT -- The common abbreviation then for baronet; most often BT now.
M.P. -- He was an MP for more than a decade; retired a few months before his death.
Maybe?
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A post on Charles Blasson, and his published diary. Blasson was dresser with Conan Doyle in the Boer War, and became his personal secretary during that time.

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This looks like fun; check it out #sherlockholmes devotees...
Call for Submissions: Trifles: a Quarterly for Devotees of Sherlock Holmes will be coming in 2026. Trifles will be a compilation of stories, essays, puzzles, trivia, humor, and art. Trifles will be accepting submissions through December 31, 2025. More details: foolscap-quill.com/trifles.html
Many thanks to the kind Harrison Terry Hunt for this amazing copy of ACD’s Round the Red Lamp from 1894. Once again #sherlockian friends are the best.
OK— I’ve opened the box to the new computer. Let us see how much time and frustration it takes to get it doing what I want how I want it, and nothing else. Wish me luck….🫠🫠🫠🫠
Picked this up at the library this morning— should be fun….👀👀
At the airport at stupid o’clock early as directed so I can wait an annoying amount of time to board. I’ve brought a suitably grumpy and often annoying (but brilliant, damn it) man to read.
Hey @221bcooee.bsky.social -- I hope you'll write a follow up if you find out anything further about this. I've not heard of it before. So very interesting!