The Alchemical Anchorite has been, in the three centuries since its discovery in a trunk in a Cavalier stronghold by an invading Roundhead who’d expected the trunk to contain Charles the First, a more than usually fertile field for wild academic speculation. Its anonymous authorship and unknown date of publication… Continue reading
I am a bibliophile. I really should not be allowed to go to used bookshops: I come away with bags of books, some of which I never intend to read. I buy them just to take them home and gloat over them in solitude. This makes the library at Atherton… Continue reading
Hey there! So, sometimes I submit stories to various people, in the hope that I will receive money and Increased Visibility by so doing. It may sound sordid, but it is actually quite good fun, and I now recommend it as a health-tonic to those in my circle of acquaintances… Continue reading
The Mystery Section: An Open letter to Barnes and Noble, with painstakingly constructed visual aids Dear Barnes and Noble, I love mysteries. Therefore, when I found myself in a Barnes & Noble the other day, I naturally drifted over to the Mystery section. I had forgotten how useless this would… Continue reading
Zeppelin Z is for Zeppelin: A Poem Eleven Little Pleasure-Seekers On a Zeppelin One Got Vertigo, and Then There Were Ten Ten People Up Where The Air Is Fine; One Went Mad, and then There Were Nine. Nine Old Friends in the Hands of Fate; An Old Quarrel… Continue reading
Yacht Gentlemen! Do you sometimes Find It Necessary to have a Private Chat in Pleasant Surroundings With Someone Who May Or May Not Be Going Home Again? Do you find it Difficult to find a Venue for your Business Meetings? Are you getting tired of Disposing of Witnesses? Have you… Continue reading
X Marks The Spot Where The Body Was Found Notes: No case in over a week. Nothing of real interest since the case of The Bilious Barking Bouncing Baby Bassinet (I shudder to remember the details of that case, and yet I would trade my current peace for another like… Continue reading
Widow Four Times A Widow, She Will Brave The Altar Once More Madame Carnehomme Will Walk Up The Aisle Again- Will The Fates Be Kinder To Her This Time Than They Have Been Thus Far? “Zometimes I wonder if I am Cursed!” Says the Charming Mme. Carnehomme Madame Carnehomme, the… Continue reading
Villains A Policeman’s Guide To Villains Chapter 8: Villains In Crimes Involving Toffs How to Identify a Toff Style of Murder 1) Your suspects: do any of them have Titles? For these purposes, “Sir” and “The Hon.” both count as titles. 2) The victim: had he a Title? If he… Continue reading
Undetectable Poison Notes: I have included this page out of sheer admiration for the character of Dr. Brambleweir, who I dearly wish was a Veridical Personality, and not consigned merely to the pages of books and magazines. Sigh… Continue reading
