Charles Prepolec
@sherlockeditor.bsky.social
Editor on the 'Gaslight Sherlock Holmes' series, 'Professor Challenger: New Worlds, Lost Places' and 'Beyond Rue Morgue' anthologies. Mostly, I just like to read... but will rage about Canadian politics as a federal Liberal and AB NDP supporter in Calgary.
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"There are times, young fellah, when every one of us must make a stand for human right and justice, or you never feel clean again." - Lord John Roxton in The Lost World (1912) by Arthur Conan Doyle. Illustration by Harry Rountree.
In today’s mail from Telos Publishing is the limited hardcover of Terror Tales of Chaos edited by Paul Finch. Sprayed edges and gorgeous endpapers based on Jan Van Eyck’s Last Judgment. Excellent group of authors including four who had stories in our Gaslight Sherlock Holmes anthologies.
November 24, 2025 at 9:46 PM
In today’s mail from Telos Publishing is the limited hardcover of Terror Tales of Chaos edited by Paul Finch. Sprayed edges and gorgeous endpapers based on Jan Van Eyck’s Last Judgment. Excellent group of authors including four who had stories in our Gaslight Sherlock Holmes anthologies.
A happy 83rd birthday to the 'Big Yin' himself, Sir Billy Connolly CBE, who was born #OTD November 24, 1942. I don't think there's a comedian alive who has ever made me laugh harder or longer than Billy.
November 24, 2025 at 6:18 PM
A happy 83rd birthday to the 'Big Yin' himself, Sir Billy Connolly CBE, who was born #OTD November 24, 1942. I don't think there's a comedian alive who has ever made me laugh harder or longer than Billy.
Lazy Sunday reading on the couch with D.
November 23, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Lazy Sunday reading on the couch with D.
Happy 62nd anniversary to Doctor Who! Who first appeared on BBC TV at 17:16:20 GMT on Saturday, 23 November 1963 with the broadcast of An Unearthly Child... the rest is history!
November 23, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Happy 62nd anniversary to Doctor Who! Who first appeared on BBC TV at 17:16:20 GMT on Saturday, 23 November 1963 with the broadcast of An Unearthly Child... the rest is history!
Born #OTD in 1887. William Henry Pratt (23 November 1887 – 2 February 1969) AKA the one and only Boris Karloff! He played a retired Sherlock Holmes, under the name Mr. Mycroft in the Elgin Hour ‘Sting of Death’ episode in 1955, an adaptation of H. F. Heard’s novel "A Taste for Honey."
November 23, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Born #OTD in 1887. William Henry Pratt (23 November 1887 – 2 February 1969) AKA the one and only Boris Karloff! He played a retired Sherlock Holmes, under the name Mr. Mycroft in the Elgin Hour ‘Sting of Death’ episode in 1955, an adaptation of H. F. Heard’s novel "A Taste for Honey."
138 years ago #OTD November 21, 1887, the first story to feature Sherlock Holmes - A Study in Scarlet - was published in Beeton's Christmas Annual. Written in 1886, and rejected by a variety of publishers for being either too long or too short,
November 21, 2025 at 4:07 PM
138 years ago #OTD November 21, 1887, the first story to feature Sherlock Holmes - A Study in Scarlet - was published in Beeton's Christmas Annual. Written in 1886, and rejected by a variety of publishers for being either too long or too short,
A new bookstore opening in Calgary? It's a horror bookshop? Yeah, this I'll need to see! Full open this Saturday. www.nocturnebooks.ca
November 20, 2025 at 2:50 AM
A new bookstore opening in Calgary? It's a horror bookshop? Yeah, this I'll need to see! Full open this Saturday. www.nocturnebooks.ca
Party Discipline Is Undermining Canadian Democracy via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
Party Discipline Is Undermining Canadian Democracy | The Tyee
Alberta’s bill ordering teachers back to work is a prime example, say authors of a new book.
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November 13, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Party Discipline Is Undermining Canadian Democracy via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
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Fellow podcasters, I am currently up for four awards at the Canadian Podcast Awards!
Voting ends on Nov. 22
I would very much appreciate a vote in these categories👇
canpodawards.ca/vote
Voting ends on Nov. 22
I would very much appreciate a vote in these categories👇
canpodawards.ca/vote
November 12, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Fellow podcasters, I am currently up for four awards at the Canadian Podcast Awards!
Voting ends on Nov. 22
I would very much appreciate a vote in these categories👇
canpodawards.ca/vote
Voting ends on Nov. 22
I would very much appreciate a vote in these categories👇
canpodawards.ca/vote
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On the train home from Inverness. It's twilight and we are travelling through a birch wood.
November 7, 2025 at 4:19 PM
On the train home from Inverness. It's twilight and we are travelling through a birch wood.
Born #OTD in 1913, the incomparable Vivien Leigh (5 Nov 1913 – 8 July 1967). Immortalized forever on screen as Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind, but my favourite role of Leigh's is as Cleopatra opposite Claude Rains in Caesar and Cleopatra (1945).
November 5, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Born #OTD in 1913, the incomparable Vivien Leigh (5 Nov 1913 – 8 July 1967). Immortalized forever on screen as Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind, but my favourite role of Leigh's is as Cleopatra opposite Claude Rains in Caesar and Cleopatra (1945).
"There is a tremendous delicacy in preserving Holmes in other people's imaginations because there are a million different ways of seeing him. You try not to interfere with anybody's image." - Jeremy Brett (3 Nov 1933 – 12 Sept 1995)
November 3, 2025 at 2:39 PM
"There is a tremendous delicacy in preserving Holmes in other people's imaginations because there are a million different ways of seeing him. You try not to interfere with anybody's image." - Jeremy Brett (3 Nov 1933 – 12 Sept 1995)
Live now... 46th Annual Saturday with Sherlock Holmes at the Enoch Pratt Library. www.youtube.com/live/fp0hkVV...
46th Annual Saturday With Sherlock Holmes
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November 1, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Live now... 46th Annual Saturday with Sherlock Holmes at the Enoch Pratt Library. www.youtube.com/live/fp0hkVV...
A Hammer Halloween bookshelf… 😎
November 1, 2025 at 2:16 AM
A Hammer Halloween bookshelf… 😎
Happy Halloween!
"There was something awesome in the thought of the solitary mortal standing by the open window and summoning in from the gloom outside the spirits of the nether world." - Arthur Conan Doyle, Selecting a Ghost
"There was something awesome in the thought of the solitary mortal standing by the open window and summoning in from the gloom outside the spirits of the nether world." - Arthur Conan Doyle, Selecting a Ghost
October 31, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Happy Halloween!
"There was something awesome in the thought of the solitary mortal standing by the open window and summoning in from the gloom outside the spirits of the nether world." - Arthur Conan Doyle, Selecting a Ghost
"There was something awesome in the thought of the solitary mortal standing by the open window and summoning in from the gloom outside the spirits of the nether world." - Arthur Conan Doyle, Selecting a Ghost
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When he's finally gone, there is going to be this flood of books and tell all interviews from Republicans about how hard it was to be a Republican in Washington during this time and I am going to be galatically furious about it.
October 29, 2025 at 8:30 PM
When he's finally gone, there is going to be this flood of books and tell all interviews from Republicans about how hard it was to be a Republican in Washington during this time and I am going to be galatically furious about it.
Born #OTD in Toronto in 1886, the great Sherlockian writer, journalist and bibliophile, Charles Vincent Emerson Starrett (Oct 26, 1886 – Jan 5, 1974). For background on Starrett, and his fascinating life, visit Studies in Starrett at www.vincentstarrett.com
October 26, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Born #OTD in Toronto in 1886, the great Sherlockian writer, journalist and bibliophile, Charles Vincent Emerson Starrett (Oct 26, 1886 – Jan 5, 1974). For background on Starrett, and his fascinating life, visit Studies in Starrett at www.vincentstarrett.com
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Serious people only. And the govt will determine who is serious.... Pretty sure that this is a violation of Section 3 of the Charter (Democratic Rights).
October 20, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Serious people only. And the govt will determine who is serious.... Pretty sure that this is a violation of Section 3 of the Charter (Democratic Rights).
"A leader who resorts to slandering the institutions vital to our democracy cannot be trusted to uphold the values of our nation. Poilievre’s tactics not only erode trust in the RCMP but also undermine the very fabric of Canadian governance." www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
Sharan Kaur: What Poilievre’s accusations against Trudeau, RCMP reveal about his leadership
In her latest column, Sharan Kaur takes aim at Pierre Poilievre’s 'alarming' allegations against the RCMP, warning that his politics of outrage threaten to erode the credibility of both his leadership...
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October 17, 2025 at 8:24 PM
"A leader who resorts to slandering the institutions vital to our democracy cannot be trusted to uphold the values of our nation. Poilievre’s tactics not only erode trust in the RCMP but also undermine the very fabric of Canadian governance." www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
113 years ago #OTD October 15, 1912 - Arthur Conan Doyle's great SF novel THE LOST WORLD was 1st published in book form, after appearances in The Strand Magazine. Both the regular (10,716 copies. 6/-) and large paper (190 copies bound. 10/6) editions were released by Hodder & Stoughton on this day.
October 16, 2025 at 1:29 AM
113 years ago #OTD October 15, 1912 - Arthur Conan Doyle's great SF novel THE LOST WORLD was 1st published in book form, after appearances in The Strand Magazine. Both the regular (10,716 copies. 6/-) and large paper (190 copies bound. 10/6) editions were released by Hodder & Stoughton on this day.
133 years ago #OTD October 14, 1892 - THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES was first published, after monthly appearances in The Strand Magazine, in book form.
October 14, 2025 at 2:07 PM
133 years ago #OTD October 14, 1892 - THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES was first published, after monthly appearances in The Strand Magazine, in book form.
An excellent piece written by a friend regarding Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s visits to Jasper. www.comoxvalleyrecord.com/home2/in-191...
In 1914 and 1923, Jasper Park played host to a very famous guest
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - world-famous as the creator of Sherlock Holmes - was a guest at the park (twice) in its early days, and wrote extensively about the experience
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October 13, 2025 at 8:02 PM
An excellent piece written by a friend regarding Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s visits to Jasper. www.comoxvalleyrecord.com/home2/in-191...
I'm really looking forward to this one. Pre-ordered a hardcover a week or two back. Great ToC of contributing writers, including four contributors to my Gaslight Sherlock Holmes anthologies. paulfinch-writer.blogspot.com/2025/10/its-...
It’s time for TERROR TALES OF CHAOS
It’s my great pleasure today to finally reveal the cover and contents of the latest volume in the TERROR TALES series. TERROR TALES OF CHAO...
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October 13, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I'm really looking forward to this one. Pre-ordered a hardcover a week or two back. Great ToC of contributing writers, including four contributors to my Gaslight Sherlock Holmes anthologies. paulfinch-writer.blogspot.com/2025/10/its-...