Sherlock site to publish book of fans' Holmes stories Proceeds will go to the campaign to save Undershaw, the house in which Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote tales of the great detective Paul Jones (RADIO TIMES)

Fans of Sherlock Holmes have a chance to become part of a publishing tribute to the great detective by submitting stories for inclusion in a new book to be compiled by website Sherlockology.

Sherlock’s Home: The Empty House - named after the adventure in which Holmes reappears following his apparent demise at the foot of the Reichenbach Falls - will be a selection of short stories and poems.

Proceeds from the sale of the book will go to the campaign to save Undershaw, the former Surrey residence of Sherlock Holmes creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, in which he penned adventures including The Hound of the Baskervilles and The Empty House.

Aspiring writers are challenged to come up with a story based on Conan Doyle’s characters, or on Undershaw itself. Copyright issues mean fans of BBC1's Sherlock cannot use characters created specifically for the series (so well-loved lab geek Molly Hooper, for example, is off limits) but otherwise, it seems, pretty much anything goes...

“You can change the character's genders, ages or nationality,” suggests Sherlockology. “You are limited only by your imaginations; tell a story of [Holmes and Watson] as children, or maybe solving crimes in the Swinging Sixties...

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