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Charles Prepolec

@sherlockeditor.bsky.social
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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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Charles Prepolec @sherlockeditor.bsky.social · 13h
It's not like you've got a whole lot of options with what is available online. The Norwood SIGN is a good a place as any and the available quality is remarkably good.
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Charles Prepolec @sherlockeditor.bsky.social · 19h
Happy Thanksgiving to my fellow Canadians, wherever in the world you may be. 🍁
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Charles Prepolec @sherlockeditor.bsky.social · 20h
If you haven't seen Norwood as Sherlock Holmes, you really need to check out The Sign of Four on YouTube: youtu.be/KtsSS6Fxjlg
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THE SIGN OF FOUR (1923)
YouTube video by Henry Nicolella
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Charles Prepolec @sherlockeditor.bsky.social · 20h
The incomparable Norwood appeared as Sherlock Holmes in forty-five short films and two feature-length films between 1921 and 1923. He also played Holmes on stage in 1923-4 in The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
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Charles Prepolec @sherlockeditor.bsky.social · 20h
"He has that rare quality which can only be described as glamour, which compels you to watch an actor eagerly when he is doing nothing." - Arthur Conan Doyle Born #OTD in 1861 actor Anthony Edward Brett (11 October 1861 – 24 December 1948), better known by his stage name - Eille Norwood.
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Charles Prepolec @sherlockeditor.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The week got away from me, so finished it Friday. Loved it. Fall novellas from Slatter and Titan should definitely continue as an ongoing gig. This and The Cold House both pack a very rewarding reading punch.
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Charles Prepolec @sherlockeditor.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
"It is a formidable difficulty, and I fear that you ask too much when you expect me to solve it. The past and the present are within the field of my inquiry, but what a man may do in the future is a hard question to answer." - Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles (Art: Igor Sakurov)
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Charles Prepolec @sherlockeditor.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Wishing a happy 90th birthday (b. October 9, 1936) to the living legend that is the one, the only, Brian Blessed! 🙂
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Charles Prepolec @sherlockeditor.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
That’s exactly what Doyle was doing. Acknowledging his debt.
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Charles Prepolec @sherlockeditor.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Shy neighbours spotted three houses along, on our street, by my wife on her way to work this morning in northwest Calgary. #yyc
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Charles Prepolec @sherlockeditor.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
“Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.” In memory of Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) on the 177th anniversary of his 'death'. (Art: Matthew Childers)
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Charles Prepolec @sherlockeditor.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The new novella from Angela Slatter - Fitcher’s Bird - has landed and will bypass my TBR pile and be my Wednesday read, as last year’s novella, The Cold House, was one of my fave reads of 2025.
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Charles Prepolec @sherlockeditor.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Hmm. So, is Of the Apes by Steven Erikson a Tarzan retelling skirting ERB Estate licence? I mean it totally sounds like that's what it is. 😎 subterraneanpress.com/erikson-ota/
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Of the Apes (preorder)
Subterranean Press creates readable art, publishing limited editions and groundbreaking original works of science fiction, fantasy, and horror.
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Charles Prepolec @sherlockeditor.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Here's to the memory of Sidney Paget (4 October 1860 – 28 January 1908) on the anniversary of his birth. The first illustrator to truly influence and shape the image of Sherlock Holmes in the minds of the reading public.
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Charles Prepolec @sherlockeditor.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
In today from Nēpenthé Press is their signed and numbered slip-cased letterpress artist’s edition of John Langan’s The Fisherman. Art by EliJohn, including a pencilled remarque, with an introduction by Paul Tremblay. It’s a beautiful edition in every way, befitting Langan’s landmark novel.
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Charles R. Rutledge @crutledge.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I am really looking forward to this book. @sherlockeditor.bsky.social
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Story Group @storygroup.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Miguel de Cervantes - BOTD
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Christine Ferguson @cferguson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
So delighted to see this feature on my new scholarly edition of Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Land of Mist In today’s National! Thanks to @charlielynch.bsky.social for the interview!
A newspaper article with a photograph of Arthur Conan Doyle
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Darryl Jones @profdarryljones.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Hem hem. A seriously gratifying review from someone who really knows what they’re talking about.
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Charles Prepolec @sherlockeditor.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
In today from Blackwell’s is the just published biography For the Dead Remember: The Life of M. R. James by Darryl Jones. Should be a fascinating read! #mrjames #ghoststoryforchristmas #ohwhistleandillcometoyoumylad #biography
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Charles Prepolec @sherlockeditor.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
50 years ago, on Sept 20, 1976, the first episode of I, Claudius "A Touch of Murder" aired on BBC TV. A first-rate 12 episode television adaptation of the Robert Graves historical novels I, Claudius and Claudius the God. The political intrigue & imperial drama makes Game of Thrones look tame.
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David J. Climenhaga @djclimenhaga.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
As divisive separation vote nears, UCP suddenly changes voter list rules, hampering scrutineers. albertapolitics.ca/2026/09/as-d...
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As divisive separation vote nears, UCP suddenly changes voter list rules, hampering scrutineers - Alberta Politics
As Alberta careens toward a chaotic and divisive vote on separation seemingly drafted to discourage the United Conservative Party’s dominant separatist faction from trying to force Premier Danielle Sm...
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Kikki Planet @kikkiplanet.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Mark Carney - a LIBERAL PM - is more popular in Alberta than Danielle Smith, by a full 9 points. He’s more popular than Pierre Poilievre. He’s more popular than anyone & everyone. And despite being the conservative heartland of the nation, Alberta resoundingly rejects Donald Trump. #cdnpoli
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Lividian Publications @lividian.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Lividian Publications is proud to announce North of Fear: An Anthology of Cold-Blooded Canadian Horror, edited by Steve Vernon, our first project produced entirely in Canada and featuring an all-star Canadian table of contents: lividian.com/store/north-...
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Charles Prepolec @sherlockeditor.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Brand new all-Canadian 🍁horror anthology? Of course I ordered it immediately. Great line-up of Canadian writers. We really do need more Canadian horror being published here at home.
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Charles Prepolec @sherlockeditor.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
It was considered one of Canada's most Conservative ridings. It appears that attacking healthcare and education while putting Canadian sovereignty at risk with a wasteful, self-serving and pointless referendum is not a vote winner, even in Alberta.
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Charles Prepolec @sherlockeditor.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Nice! UCP stronghold of Calgary-Shaw elected the NDP candidate in yesterday's by-election. The seat was formerly held by Rebecca Schulz, a one-time challenger for UCP leadership and then Danielle Smith's Minister of Environment and Protected Areas, who was married to an O&G lobbyist. Fuck the UCP!
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Charles Prepolec @sherlockeditor.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Merrison also appeared as Bartholomew Sholto in the 1983 television adaptation of The Sign of Four, with Ian Richardson as Holmes. Visit merrisonholmes.com for info on the BBC Radio series.
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Charles Prepolec @sherlockeditor.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
A happy 81st birthday to the excellent Clive Merrison born #OTD 15 Sept 1945. Merrison famously gave voice to Sherlock Holmes (alongside Michael Williams as Watson) in the fine BBC Radio dramatizations of all 60 Sherlock Holmes stories, and in 15 original stories (with Andrew Sachs as Watson).
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Charles Prepolec @sherlockeditor.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
It was #OTD 31 years ago that Jeremy Brett (3 Nov 1933 – 12 Sept 1995) died. His portrayal of Sherlock Holmes in the Granada series defined the character for a whole generation of television viewers. Here’s my old pen & ink tribute sketch from 1995.
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CPAC TV @cpac.ca · 11/09/2026
“Yes, Canada is a generous, open country and Canadians are tolerant and kind. But never mistake our generosity for weakness. Never mistake our tolerance for lack of determination. And never, never mistake our kindness for softness.” — Jean Chrétien, speaking at 9/11 commemoration in Gander, N.L.
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Canadian In Alberta @canadianinalberta.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I don't think Smith misunderstands anything She's just not on team Canada She's on team Trump
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
If Donald Trump could replace Alberta's oil with Venezuelan barrels, he'd be doing it already. Heck, he's *trying* to do it. And yet, for some reason, Alberta's premier refuses to stand up to him -- or let Canada use its strongest weapon in the trade war.
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
“the pre-emptive disarmament that Smith keeps pressing for is already hurting people in BC, Ontario, Quebec & the Maritimes — all places that an Alberta premier intent on changing the constitution and seeing more pipelines built needs” #abpoli #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/11/o...
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Danielle Smith still doesn't get it
Alberta's premier might be the most Trump-friendly politician in Canada, but she still hasn't figured out what makes him tick — or why he's a far bigger threat to her province's oil and gas industry t...
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Daniel McGachey @daniel-mcgachey.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I'm pleased to announce that today sees the reissue of my three supernatural story collections in newly revised and expanded editions, in hardback, paperback, and on Kindle. Jamesian tales of antiquarian dread, and Holmesian adventures in the shadowy realms of the uncanny await.
Cover images for three books by Daniel McGachey under the heading Scholars, Scribes, Spectres & Sleuths. The books are They That Dwell in Dark Places, whose cover shows a ghostly hand reaching out through red curtains, By No Mortal Hand, which shows a curled hand nestling like a spider in a web, and Sherlock Holmes: The Impossible Cases, whose cover shows a silhouette of Holmes looking through a magnifying glass at a bloodstained Baker Street on a Victorian map. All three books are now available in paperback, hardback, and on Kindle.
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Charles Prepolec @sherlockeditor.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Sold for $9600 including Buyer’s Premium.
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Charles Prepolec @sherlockeditor.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
We're talking about a pre-WWI dustjacket. At that time, dust jackets were commonly removed and thrown away. Add to that various paper drives in wartime and you have your answer.
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Fine Books & Collections @finebooks.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Rare First Edition of The Lost World Plus Sidney Paget's Waistcoat to Auction www.finebooksmagazine.com/fine-books-n...
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Rare First Edition of 'The Lost World' Plus Sidney Paget's Waistcoat to Auction
Only the second known first edition copy of The Lost World by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in its rare dust jacket comes up for auction tomorrow at Potter & Potter's Select Rarities: Exceptional Books and P...
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Charles Prepolec @sherlockeditor.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Oh man... that's seriously drool worthy. www.finebooksmagazine.com/fine-books-n...
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Rare First Edition of 'The Lost World' Plus Sidney Paget's Waistcoat to Auction
Only the second known first edition copy of The Lost World by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in its rare dust jacket comes up for auction tomorrow at Potter & Potter's Select Rarities: Exceptional Books and P...
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Alberta NDP @albertandp.ca · 08/09/2026
Canadians are coming together to stand up to Donald Trump and defend our country. While the rest of Canada is fighting for Team Canada, Danielle Smith keeps choosing a different side. Team Alberta Separatists. Team 51st State. Team Trump.
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Hayden Trenholm @haydent.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
My nephew, a talented photographer, is off work because of a hit and run accident while biking. He has a go fund me and, if you can help, it would be appreciated. gofund.me/6cea0de92
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Donate to Hit by a Car While Cycling — Help Stuart and receive a print, organized by Stuart Trenholm
On August 16th, I was hit by a car while riding my bike. The … Stuart Trenholm needs your support for Hit by a Car While Cycling — Help Stuart and receive a print
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Duane Bratt🇨🇦 @duanebratt.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Why I am Voting No to the Nine duanebratt.substack.com/p/why-i-am-v...
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Why I am Voting No to the Nine
In previous substacks I have explained why I am voting to stay in Canada on the separation question and how the entire referendum process is government-driven and not an exercise in grassroots democra...
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Charles Prepolec @sherlockeditor.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
New in today. Land of Oz edited by Marie O’Regan and Paul Kane. Have already enjoyed the excellent stories by Rob Shearman, Adrian Tchaikovsky and Jonathan Maberry and will dip back into Oz this afternoon for more.
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Save the CBC 🇨🇦✌️ @savethecbc.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
📺🇨🇦 On September 6, 1952, Radio-Canada’s CBFT became Canada’s first TV station. CBC’s CBLT followed two days later. 74 years later, CBC/Radio-Canada is still part of our cultural infrastructure and history. What’s the earliest CBC show you remember? 📸 Canadian History Ehx
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Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
My rallying cry. We must reject these nine noxious questions, which are cynically designed to incite discrimination and foment distrust in our courts, our county, and our fellow Canadians. Say no to the nine. And please read snd share. #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #Canada #Alberta #notothenine
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Alberta's Referendum Questions - The Noxious Nine - Alberta Views
Nine disingenuous, malicious referendum questions, push-polls, designed to incite social division and undermine confidence in the country.
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Charles Prepolec @sherlockeditor.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Yes, of course.
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Charles Prepolec @sherlockeditor.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Done. Voting no to the nine and choosing option 1 to stay in Canada. Fuck traitor Smith and her insanely dangerous and costly separatist referendum. Vive le Canada! 🇨🇦
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Charles Prepolec @sherlockeditor.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
A happy 60th anniversary to Star Trek, which premiered on September 6, 1966, on Canada's CTV network. Two days before the first US broadcast on NBC.
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John Connolly @jconnollybooks.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I reviewed the new biography of M.R. James by @profdarryljones.bsky.social for @irishtimes.com today…
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Helen Grant @helengrantsays.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Pre-ordered! And not from the south american river place. Required reading for M.R.James fans!!! blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
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For the Dead Remember
A biography of the greatest writer of ghost stories, M. R. James, who was also the foremost scholar of medieval manuscripts and the occult of his day. This is a
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