Paul Hiscock
@phiscockwriter.bsky.social
Author of crime, fantasy, horror, and science fiction stories. He/Him
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Latest News: Books and Bodies
Holmes and Watson investigate the death of an author and a mystery at Scotland Yard as Sherlock Holmes: A Year of Mystery reaches 1889 and 1890.
#amwriting #SherlockHolmes
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Holmes and Watson investigate the death of an author and a mystery at Scotland Yard as Sherlock Holmes: A Year of Mystery reaches 1889 and 1890.
#amwriting #SherlockHolmes
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Books and Bodies
Holmes and Watson investigate the death of an author and a mystery at Scotland Yard as Sherlock Holmes: A Year of Mystery reaches 1889 and 1890.
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October 20, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Latest News: Books and Bodies
Holmes and Watson investigate the death of an author and a mystery at Scotland Yard as Sherlock Holmes: A Year of Mystery reaches 1889 and 1890.
#amwriting #SherlockHolmes
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Holmes and Watson investigate the death of an author and a mystery at Scotland Yard as Sherlock Holmes: A Year of Mystery reaches 1889 and 1890.
#amwriting #SherlockHolmes
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A little light research #amWriting
September 16, 2025 at 10:14 AM
A little light research #amWriting
Giants, Dragons, Wizards and Knights! I had a great afternoon last week, telling stories and introducing primary school children to some of the great British legends.
July 23, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Giants, Dragons, Wizards and Knights! I had a great afternoon last week, telling stories and introducing primary school children to some of the great British legends.
Last chance to get your ticket for the @mxpublishing.bsky.social celebration of Sherlock Holmes, streaming live from Undershaw on Saturday, and bid on the amazing items in the auction. uk.givergy.com/UndershawMay...
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May 15, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Last chance to get your ticket for the @mxpublishing.bsky.social celebration of Sherlock Holmes, streaming live from Undershaw on Saturday, and bid on the amazing items in the auction. uk.givergy.com/UndershawMay...
Lots of ways to get involved with the celebration of ten years of the MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories, including a chance to read the first volume for free! @mxpublishing.bsky.social #SherlockHolmes
With a week to go to our event from Undershaw, bids on the auction are hotting up - plus free audiobooks and 3for2 on the entire MX collection mxpublishing.com/pages/thank-holmes-its-friday... and a free book for all fans
May 10, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Lots of ways to get involved with the celebration of ten years of the MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories, including a chance to read the first volume for free! @mxpublishing.bsky.social #SherlockHolmes
Ever wonder what inspired my @acdsociety.bsky.social award-winning poem 'The Ascent'? See the staircase and other features of Conan Doyle’s former home Undershaw by joining the livestream of @mxpublishing.bsky.social’s Evening With Sherlock Holmes.
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April 30, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Ever wonder what inspired my @acdsociety.bsky.social award-winning poem 'The Ascent'? See the staircase and other features of Conan Doyle’s former home Undershaw by joining the livestream of @mxpublishing.bsky.social’s Evening With Sherlock Holmes.
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Latest News: An Evening With Sherlock Holmes
Join the 10th anniversary celebration of the MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories!
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Join the 10th anniversary celebration of the MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories!
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An Evening With Sherlock Holmes
Join the 10th anniversary celebration of the MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories!
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April 26, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Latest News: An Evening With Sherlock Holmes
Join the 10th anniversary celebration of the MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories!
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Join the 10th anniversary celebration of the MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories!
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Why authors have been protesting today.
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BBC News: 'We need to speak up': Authors protest against Meta training AI on their work
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BBC News: 'We need to speak up': Authors protest against Meta training AI on their work
Meta AI book scraping: 'We need to speak up', say authors
Authors say their books have been taken without permission and used to train Meta's AI systems.
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April 3, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Why authors have been protesting today.
#MetaBookThieves #DoTheWriteThing @societyofauthors.bsky.social
BBC News: 'We need to speak up': Authors protest against Meta training AI on their work
#MetaBookThieves #DoTheWriteThing @societyofauthors.bsky.social
BBC News: 'We need to speak up': Authors protest against Meta training AI on their work
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You can make a change 📢 Protect authors’ livelihoods from the unlicensed use of their work in AI training by signing this open letter ✒️ authr.uk/sp40 #MakeitFair #MetaBookThieves #DoTheWriteThing
March 27, 2025 at 6:37 PM
You can make a change 📢 Protect authors’ livelihoods from the unlicensed use of their work in AI training by signing this open letter ✒️ authr.uk/sp40 #MakeitFair #MetaBookThieves #DoTheWriteThing
Back the @societyofauthors.bsky.social. Demand that Meta #DoTheWriteThing and fairly compensate and seek consent for the use of authors' work to train Al
April 3, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Back the @societyofauthors.bsky.social. Demand that Meta #DoTheWriteThing and fairly compensate and seek consent for the use of authors' work to train Al
Fans of #SherlockHolmes won’t want to miss the final volumes of The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories from @mxpublishing.bsky.social, featuring contributions from many of the world’s leading Sherlockians, including multiple members of @thecwa.bsky.social.
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The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories - XLIX to LII
81 New Holmes Adventures Collected in Four Companion Volumes - the final four volumes in the record breaking collection.
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March 29, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Fans of #SherlockHolmes won’t want to miss the final volumes of The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories from @mxpublishing.bsky.social, featuring contributions from many of the world’s leading Sherlockians, including multiple members of @thecwa.bsky.social.
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Find out where have I chosen to set my story for the final volume of the MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories in this interview with @mxpublishing.bsky.social.
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The Sherlockian Interview - Paul Hiscock
The final four volumes (49-52) of The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories are now on Kickstarter (click here). Every day we will be featuring one of the authors in the collection. Today its Paul Hiscock. What’s the name of your story in the collection? My final story for the MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories is called ‘The Sound of the Grand’s Piano’. How did the story come about? I like setting stories in places that I have been. In this case, memories of the sumptuous afternoon teas drew me to the Grand Hotel in Eastbourne, just down the coast from Holmes’s retirement home. When I read about Debussy’s stay there, and the piano he bought so that he could work on his latest composition, the idea for a mystery quickly took shape. Have you contributed to anthologies before? I have now contributed over fifty short stories to various anthologies, many of which have been Sherlock Holmes adventures, and this story will be my thirteenth contribution to the MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories. Where can fans find more about your work? You can find out more about all my stories on my website at www.detectivesanddragons.uk
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March 20, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Find out where have I chosen to set my story for the final volume of the MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories in this interview with @mxpublishing.bsky.social.
Last 12 hours to back Sherlock Holmes Into the Fire and get the exclusive 2-volume edition with the original Conan Doyle stories alongside modern reinterpretations by the best modern Sherlockian authors. www.kickstarter.com/projects/bel...
Sherlock Holmes Into the Fire
Sherlock Holmes is thrust into Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's tales of gothic horror!
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March 18, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Last 12 hours to back Sherlock Holmes Into the Fire and get the exclusive 2-volume edition with the original Conan Doyle stories alongside modern reinterpretations by the best modern Sherlockian authors. www.kickstarter.com/projects/bel...
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Just launched - The final volumes of The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories www.kickstarter.com/projects/mxpublishing... Four volumes with 81 new traditional stories on Kickstarter
Coming soon: The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories - XLIX to LII
81 New Holmes Adventures Collected in Four Companion Volumes - the final four volumes in the record breaking collection.
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March 6, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Just launched - The final volumes of The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories www.kickstarter.com/projects/mxpublishing... Four volumes with 81 new traditional stories on Kickstarter
Latest News: A Prehistoric Problem
Sir. Arthur Conan Doyle finds himself drawn into the mysteries of the Lost World in my new story inspired by his novel.
#amwriting
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Sir. Arthur Conan Doyle finds himself drawn into the mysteries of the Lost World in my new story inspired by his novel.
#amwriting
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A Prehistoric Problem
Sir. Arthur Conan Doyle finds himself drawn into the mysteries of the Lost World in my new story inspired by his novel.
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November 25, 2024 at 8:22 PM
Latest News: A Prehistoric Problem
Sir. Arthur Conan Doyle finds himself drawn into the mysteries of the Lost World in my new story inspired by his novel.
#amwriting
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Sir. Arthur Conan Doyle finds himself drawn into the mysteries of the Lost World in my new story inspired by his novel.
#amwriting
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Latest News: Kill or Cure
Watson deals with a difficult patient and Holmes confronts a mass killer in the latest books.
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Watson deals with a difficult patient and Holmes confronts a mass killer in the latest books.
#amwriting #SherlockHolmes www.detectivesanddragons.uk/content/the-...
Kill or Cure
Watson deals with a difficult patient and Holmes confronts a mass killer in the latest books.
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November 9, 2024 at 8:56 PM
Latest News: Kill or Cure
Watson deals with a difficult patient and Holmes confronts a mass killer in the latest books.
#amwriting #SherlockHolmes www.detectivesanddragons.uk/content/the-...
Watson deals with a difficult patient and Holmes confronts a mass killer in the latest books.
#amwriting #SherlockHolmes www.detectivesanddragons.uk/content/the-...
Latest News: Grave Secrets
Sherlock Holmes is in mourning and not taking on new cases, but Mr. Melas thinks he's being haunted - by the Ghost of Mycroft Holmes!
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Sherlock Holmes is in mourning and not taking on new cases, but Mr. Melas thinks he's being haunted - by the Ghost of Mycroft Holmes!
#amwriting #SherlockHolmes www.detectivesanddragons.uk/content/the-...
Grave Secrets
Sherlock Holmes is in mourning and not taking on new cases, but Mr. Melas thinks he’s being haunted - by the Ghost of Mycroft Holmes!
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October 11, 2024 at 10:21 AM
Latest News: Grave Secrets
Sherlock Holmes is in mourning and not taking on new cases, but Mr. Melas thinks he's being haunted - by the Ghost of Mycroft Holmes!
#amwriting #SherlockHolmes www.detectivesanddragons.uk/content/the-...
Sherlock Holmes is in mourning and not taking on new cases, but Mr. Melas thinks he's being haunted - by the Ghost of Mycroft Holmes!
#amwriting #SherlockHolmes www.detectivesanddragons.uk/content/the-...
Latest News: Youthful Investigations
Every story begins somewhere, and in The Denarian Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, my latest adventures find a young Sherlock Holmes developing his skills at school and university. #AmWriting #SherlockHolmes www.detectivesanddragons.uk/content/the-...
Every story begins somewhere, and in The Denarian Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, my latest adventures find a young Sherlock Holmes developing his skills at school and university. #AmWriting #SherlockHolmes www.detectivesanddragons.uk/content/the-...
Youthful Investigations
Every story begins somewhere, and in The Denarian Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, my latest adventures find a young Sherlock Holmes at school and university, developing the skills that will one day mak...
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September 21, 2024 at 4:35 PM
Latest News: Youthful Investigations
Every story begins somewhere, and in The Denarian Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, my latest adventures find a young Sherlock Holmes developing his skills at school and university. #AmWriting #SherlockHolmes www.detectivesanddragons.uk/content/the-...
Every story begins somewhere, and in The Denarian Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, my latest adventures find a young Sherlock Holmes developing his skills at school and university. #AmWriting #SherlockHolmes www.detectivesanddragons.uk/content/the-...
Latest News: The Female of the Species
Women take the lead in Sherlock Holmes and the Great Lady Detectives, including the first female detective in English fiction, Ruth the Betrayer, who stars in my story, The Red Ledger.
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Women take the lead in Sherlock Holmes and the Great Lady Detectives, including the first female detective in English fiction, Ruth the Betrayer, who stars in my story, The Red Ledger.
#amwriting #SherlockHolmes www.detectivesanddragons.uk/content/the-...
The Female of the Species
Women take the lead in Sherlock Holmes and the Great Lady Detectives, including the first female detective in English fiction, Ruth the Betrayer, who stars in my story, The Red Ledger.
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August 30, 2024 at 12:50 AM
Latest News: The Female of the Species
Women take the lead in Sherlock Holmes and the Great Lady Detectives, including the first female detective in English fiction, Ruth the Betrayer, who stars in my story, The Red Ledger.
#amwriting #SherlockHolmes www.detectivesanddragons.uk/content/the-...
Women take the lead in Sherlock Holmes and the Great Lady Detectives, including the first female detective in English fiction, Ruth the Betrayer, who stars in my story, The Red Ledger.
#amwriting #SherlockHolmes www.detectivesanddragons.uk/content/the-...
Latest News: East Coast Devils
Sherlock Holmes hunts for an arsonist in New York, in a case set before Baker Street, during his time as an actor.
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Sherlock Holmes hunts for an arsonist in New York, in a case set before Baker Street, during his time as an actor.
#amwriting #SherlockHolmes www.detectivesanddragons.uk/content/the-...
East Coast Devils
Sherlock Holmes hunts for an arsonist in New York, in a case set before Baker Street, during his time as an actor.
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July 18, 2024 at 1:38 PM
Latest News: East Coast Devils
Sherlock Holmes hunts for an arsonist in New York, in a case set before Baker Street, during his time as an actor.
#amwriting #SherlockHolmes www.detectivesanddragons.uk/content/the-...
Sherlock Holmes hunts for an arsonist in New York, in a case set before Baker Street, during his time as an actor.
#amwriting #SherlockHolmes www.detectivesanddragons.uk/content/the-...
Latest News: Mind the Gap!
Sherlock Holmes has hunted terrifying creatures before, but this time the monster has come to him! #amwriting #SherlockHolmes www.detectivesanddragons.uk/content/the-...
Sherlock Holmes has hunted terrifying creatures before, but this time the monster has come to him! #amwriting #SherlockHolmes www.detectivesanddragons.uk/content/the-...
Mind the Gap!
Sherlock Holmes has hunted terrifying creatures before, but this time the monster has come to him!
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April 25, 2024 at 3:05 PM
Latest News: Mind the Gap!
Sherlock Holmes has hunted terrifying creatures before, but this time the monster has come to him! #amwriting #SherlockHolmes www.detectivesanddragons.uk/content/the-...
Sherlock Holmes has hunted terrifying creatures before, but this time the monster has come to him! #amwriting #SherlockHolmes www.detectivesanddragons.uk/content/the-...
Sherlock Holmes joins forces with Father Brown and investigates the events leading to H.G. Wells’s War in the Air. Two of my stories which are free this weekend as part of the Black Friday offers from Belanger Books. #SherlockHolmes belangerbooks-sherlockholmes.blogspot.com/2023/11/blac...
Black Friday Weekend Sale - Four FREE Sherlock Holmes and Solar Pons eBooks PLUS All our limited-edi...
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! We wanted to say thank you to you, our readers and fans, by giving away four FREE eBooks on Amazon from Thank...
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November 24, 2023 at 9:46 PM
Sherlock Holmes joins forces with Father Brown and investigates the events leading to H.G. Wells’s War in the Air. Two of my stories which are free this weekend as part of the Black Friday offers from Belanger Books. #SherlockHolmes belangerbooks-sherlockholmes.blogspot.com/2023/11/blac...
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What happens when the zombie apocalypse happens? What would you do? “Is That A Zombie?” Puts that question to groups of people who approach the challenge in ways that you might not expect.
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November 11, 2023 at 1:01 PM
What happens when the zombie apocalypse happens? What would you do? “Is That A Zombie?” Puts that question to groups of people who approach the challenge in ways that you might not expect.
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My big book secret has now been officially announced!
The first in The Lowe and Le Breton Mysteries, a series of new cosy mysteries by me, DEATH AT THE DRESS REHEARSAL, is now available for pre-order from Titan Books.
The first in The Lowe and Le Breton Mysteries, a series of new cosy mysteries by me, DEATH AT THE DRESS REHEARSAL, is now available for pre-order from Titan Books.
November 13, 2023 at 2:06 PM
My big book secret has now been officially announced!
The first in The Lowe and Le Breton Mysteries, a series of new cosy mysteries by me, DEATH AT THE DRESS REHEARSAL, is now available for pre-order from Titan Books.
The first in The Lowe and Le Breton Mysteries, a series of new cosy mysteries by me, DEATH AT THE DRESS REHEARSAL, is now available for pre-order from Titan Books.
Latest News: Liberty and Confinement
Holmes and Watson race to save an iconic statue and find themselves threatened in their own home as Sherlock Holmes: A Year of Mystery reaches 1885 and 1886.
#amwriting #SherlockHolmes
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Holmes and Watson race to save an iconic statue and find themselves threatened in their own home as Sherlock Holmes: A Year of Mystery reaches 1885 and 1886.
#amwriting #SherlockHolmes
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Liberty and Confinement
Holmes and Watson race to save an iconic statue and find themselves threatened in their own home as Sherlock Holmes: A Year of Mystery reaches 1885 and 1886.
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October 11, 2023 at 12:43 AM
Latest News: Liberty and Confinement
Holmes and Watson race to save an iconic statue and find themselves threatened in their own home as Sherlock Holmes: A Year of Mystery reaches 1885 and 1886.
#amwriting #SherlockHolmes
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Holmes and Watson race to save an iconic statue and find themselves threatened in their own home as Sherlock Holmes: A Year of Mystery reaches 1885 and 1886.
#amwriting #SherlockHolmes
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