#Sherlock Author Showcase 2020

[elldotsee]

Sherlock Author Showcase 2020

It’s back, folks! :D 

Sherlock Author Showcase 2020 Fic Collection

In the midst of all of the “best of” fic rec lists (that always, inevitably, leave someone feeling left out) I have decided to take a different approach and let you tell the fandom what you think your best fic of the year is!  Writers, it’s time to show off. 

Here’s the rules: 

1. Only one (1) fic added per author

2. Fic must be complete and published in full by 31 December, 2020 (It does not have to have been fully published within 2020, just finished by the end of the year)

3. All pairings and ratings are welcome but please make sure you have correctly rated, tagged and used archive warnings, if applicable.

That’s it! Happy showcasing! Spread the word so we can have a lovely collection of fics to kick off our new year! 

Here’s the last Author Showcase from 2018, if you’d like some more to read while you’re waiting.   

#author showcase #Sherlock Author Showcase 2020 #show off your fics #2020 fic rec #johnlock fic recs #sherlock fic recs #2020 in review #ao3 collection

[filesfromabibliophile]

2020 Wrapped

It’s the last month of the year and we’re soon welcoming another year. Before that, let me take a look back on my 2020 highlights, which includes the books I’ve finished, my top favorite quotes, my top favorite author and favorite fictional characters from my 2020 reads. Here’s my year-end book roundup!

Lord Edgeware Dies (1933) by Agatha Christie

Murder on the Orient Express (1934) by Agatha Christie

Three-Act Tragedy (1935) by Agatha Christie

Death in the Clouds (1935) by Agatha Christie

The A.B.C Murders (1936) by Agatha Christie

Murder in Mesopotamia (1936) by Agatha Christie

Cards on the Table (1936) by Agatha Christie

The Count of Monte Cristo (1844) by Alexandre Duma

Murder in the Mews (1937) by Agatha Christie

Something Wicked This Way Comes (1962) by Ray Bradbury 

Slaughterhouse-Five (1969) by Kurt Vonnegut

Breakfast of Champions (1973) by Kurt Vonnegut

The Book of Unholy Mischief (2008) by Elle Newmark 

Girl in a Box (2006) by Sujata Massey

The Three Musketeers (1844), Alexandre Dumas

The Great Gatsby (1925) by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Pride and Prejudice (1813) by Jane Austen

The Sun Also Rises (1926) by Ernest Hemingway

1. The Count of Monte Cristo written by Alexandre Dumas, published in year 1844

by far, the longest novel i’ve read and one of my top favorites. it took me so long to finish this but it’s definitely worth it. it’s a classic revenge story, there’s so much to learn and to love about this story. very well-written, gripping and will take you on an emotional roller-coaster.

2. The Book of Unholy Mischief written by Elle Newmark, published in year 2008

this book kept me sane during the seven-month long lockdown. it made me cry a couple of times and i got easily attached to the characters. it was suspenseful, inspirational and heart-wrenching. talks about the importance of teachers and knowledge.

3. Pride and Prejudice written by Jane Austen, published in year 1813 

i thought it would be a boring love enemy turn to lovers story but it took me by surprise. i am so glad i read this despite the negative comments i’ve heard about it, saying its overrated. i completely disagree. there’s a reason why its one of the most critically acclaimed classical novel of all time.

Kurt Vonnegut (1922—2007)

He is an absolute genius. His novels are satirical, witty and science fiction - all the things I love to find in a book. His take on human affairs and society as a whole makes you ponder about how truly crazy the world works and just life in general. I already read four of his stories and they were such fine masterpiece.

Wilfrid Sheed from Life described his novel Slaughterhouse-Five as “Splendid art... a funny book at which you are not permitted to laugh, a sad book without tears. Very tough and very funny... sad and delightful. Very Vonnegut”, a perfect protrayal of Kurt Vonnegut’s writing style. 

“She was looking into my eyes with that way she had of looking that made you wonder whether she really saw out of her own eyes. They would look on and on after every one else's eyes in the world would have stopped looking. She looked as though there were nothing on earth she would not look at like that, and really she was afraid of so many things.”

― Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises

Elizabeth Bennet

Easily snatched the number one place as my favorite fictional character, which used to be Sherlock Holme’s place. She is the protagonist in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. It won’t be come as a surprise that she’s my favorite character as it is showcased in the novel. She is a strong, beautiful woman who knows how to converse brilliantly. She is quick-witted, honest, and kind, although she can be feisty when needed be. She is what every woman would aspire to be.

The Convert written by Stefan Hertmans, published in year 2020

designed by Jenny Carrow, image by Hans Memling

there’s something so captivating in this cover. it’s so simple yet artistic. maybe it’s the woman’s eyes, or the visible cracks on the painting, or the weirdly but artistically placed strip of blue-sky landscape. 

#books & libraries #literature #bibliophile #novel #2020 wrapped #classic #bookish #goodreads

[weirdletter]

Fighters of Fear: Occult Detective Stories, edited by Mike Ashley, Talos Press, 2020. Cover art by Mélanie Delon, info: skyhorsepublishing.com.

A Retrospective Collection of Classic Occult and Supernatural Detective Stories by Some of the Field’s Greatest and Best-Known Weird Fiction Authors. Since the gaslit nights at the end of the nineteenth century, the occult detective has been a beloved and recurring archetype. Mixing the best aspects of the detective tale and weird or supernatural fiction, and capitalizing in part on the massive popularity of Sherlock Holmes, these stories portrayed men and women pitted against surreal and horrifying foes, usually with little to defend them but their own savvy, experience, and know-how. From William Hope Hodgson’s Thomas Carnacki, to Seabury Quinn’s fearless Frenchman Jules de Grandin, to Jessica Salmonson’s Penelope Pettiweather, the occult detective has taken a variety of forms, investigated a wide array of supernatural and otherworldly cases, and entertained generations of readers. This new collection compiles thirty-one all-time classic occult detective stories as it traces the genre’s growth from its nineteenth-century origins to the late twentieth century, showcasing the work of acclaimed pioneers of weird tales alongside cult favorites and exciting modern talents. So, step into the shadows, join us on this journey into the dark, and become a fighter of fear...

Contents: Introduction by Mike Ashley “Green Tea” by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu “The Shining Pyramid” by Arthur Machen “The Haunted Child” by Arabella Kenealy “The Mystery of the Felwyn Tunnel” by L. T. Meade & Robert Eustace ‘The Story of Yand Manor House” by E. & H. Heron “The Tapping on the Wainscott” by Allan Upward “Samaris” by Robert W. Chambers “The Whistling Room” by William Hope Hodgson “The Woman with the Crooked Nose” by Victor Rousseau “The Sorcerer of Arjuzanx” by Max Rittenberg “The Ivory Statue” by Sax Rohmer “The Stranger” by Claude & Alice Askew “The Swaying Vision” by Jessie Douglas Kerruish “The Sanatorium” by F. Tennyson Jesse “The Villa on the Borderive Road” by Rose Champion de Crespigny “The Room of Fear” by Ella Scrymsour “The Seven Fires” by Philippa Forest “The Subletting of the Mansion” by Dion Fortune “The Jest of Warburg Tantavul” by Seabury Quinn “The Soldier” by A. M. Burrage “The Horror of the Height” by Sydney Horler “The Mystery of Iniquity” by L. Adams Beck “The Thought-Monster” by Amelia Reynold Long “The Shut Room” by Henry S. Whitehead “Dr. Muncing, Exorcist” by Gordon MacCreagh “The Case of the Haunted Cathedral” by Margery Lawrence “The Shonokins” by Manly Wade Wellman “The Dead of Winter Apparition” by Joseph Payne Brennan “The Garden of Paris” by Eric Williams “St. Michael and All Angels” by Mark Valentine “Jeremiah” by Jessica Amanda Salmonson

#book #anthology #weird fiction #horror fiction #supernatural fiction #occult detective fiction #occult investigator #occult detective #supernatural detective stories

[aion-rsa]

Enola Holmes Teaser Trailer Sets Netflix Release Date for Millie Bobby Brown Movie

https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Enola Holmes is set to showcase Millie Bobby Brown as the teenage sister of a certain famous inductively-inclined deerstalker-donning detective. In a bit of content synergy, the streaming-set movie will keep the Stranger Things star on that show’s Netflix home platform, as it will for its co-star Henry Cavill, who temporarily put aside The Witcher to play her brother Sherlock, joined by The Hunger Games’s Sam Claflin as other brother Mycroft.

The film, an adaptation of the first book in a novel series by Nancy Springer, was picked up by Netflix back in April, and was the center of a lawsuit from the estate of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle over changes to the Sherlock Holmes character that allegedly go beyond the franchise’s public domain conditions. Yet, that seems to have done nothing to deter momentum for the film, which has just released its first teaser trailer and—with Holmesian flair—set a release date.

Without further ado, check out the (admittedly-brief) teaser trailer for Netlifx’s Enola Holmes just below.

alone loshme reeebtpms wnettyrhitd 🕵️‍♀️🔍 pic.twitter.com/wslDtygxFn

— Netflix (@netflix) August 17, 2020

Indeed, the name “Enola” is on everyone’s tongues in the clip, which showcases the film’s supporting cast such as Cavill’s Sherlock, Claflin’s Mycroft, also previewing the presence of notables such as Helena Bonham Carter, Fiona Shaw, Adeel Akhtar and Susan Wokoma. However, the clip builds to a crescendo by (quite literally) unveiling Brown’s Enola, accompanied by fanfare that sounds like an orchestral version of the opening chord’s to Hole’s 1998 hit, “Celebrity Skin,” in a bit of intriguing century-displaced “riot grrrl” thematic evocation.

In keeping with the film’s detective motif, the Enola Holmes teaser also challenges the audience to do a bit of gumshoeing to discover the film’s release date, leaving the cryptic message of “alone loshme reeebtpms wnettyrhitd.” While it’s not an exceptionally difficult anagram, we’ll just save you the time and trouble to reveal that it unscrambles to read “Enola Holmes September Twenty Third.” Thus, it seems that film’s Netflix arrival is slightly over a month away from the announcement.

Enola Holmes was directed by Harry Bradbeer, who crosses over from the world of television episodic work, notably on Phoebe Waller-Bridge shows Fleabag and Killing Eve, the latter of which co-stars Fiona Shaw, who is in the cast of this film. Bradbeer worked off a script by Jack Thorne (His Dark Materials), which adapts the first book in author Nancy Springer’s The Enola Holmes Mysteries series, “The Case of the Missing Marquess” (2006). The literary franchise totals six volumes (yielding at least five prospective sequels), last represented by “The Case of the Gypsy Goodbye” (2010). Moreover, the film’s gaggle of producers also includes star Millie Bobby Brown, who, at the age of 16, served as a producer representing her PCMA Productions.

Enola Holmes Release Date

Enola Holmes will use her sharp-as-a-tack mind to pop mysteries in Victorian England on Netflix on Wednesday, September 23.

The post Enola Holmes Teaser Trailer Sets Netflix Release Date for Millie Bobby Brown Movie appeared first on Den of Geek.

from Den of Geek https://ift.tt/3iNv2YB

#aion-rsa #Den of Geek