The Transfixed Correspondence of Phoenix

08/26/2025

Call for Submissions – Irene’s Cabinet, The Journal of Watson’s Tin Box of Ellicott City

After six years in hiatus, Irene’s Cabinet will be hitting the presses once again in 2026 — and we’re looking for Sherlockians' submissions!
You don't need to be a member of Watson's Tin Box to publish in Irene's Cabinet! Whether you’re a seasoned Baker Street Irregular, a fresh initiate to the Canon, or a passionate admirer of the Great Detective and his world, we invite you to contribute your work.

We welcome original submissions of all kinds, including but not limited to:
Scholarly articles and critical essays
Creative fiction (pastiches, parodies, or original stories set in the Sherlockian universe)
Artwork and illustration
Poetry
Personal reflections, memoirs of Sherlockian adventures, and society histories
Humour and puzzles of a Sherlockian nature

Deadline for submissions: December 15, 2025
Projected publication: Spring 2026

Submission format: Word documents preferred for text; high-resolution files (PNG, TIFF, JPG) for artwork.

Email submissions and queries to: baroness.gruner@gmail.com, with the subject line of the submissions to read "Submission for Irene's Cabinet 2026".

Please include a brief author bio and let us know if the piece has been published elsewhere or presented to a scion society.

Jacquelynn Bost-Morris
Editor, Irene’s Cabinet
Watson’s Tin Box of Ellicott City

07/27/2025

In Reading PA yesterday for the last chance to see Denny Dobry's 221b flat before it goes to its new home at U. Minnesota.

07/24/2025

Stand with me upon the terrace for Kathy Carbone, one of our original members. Kathy passed over the Reichenbach this evening. She had been admitted to hospice in Nashville TN on Friday.

07/19/2025

I am sorry to have to report that one of our original members, Kathy Carbone, has gone into hospice in Nashville TN. She was diagnosed with adenocarcinoma in Spring 2024 and all treatments have failed.

05/11/2025

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/rotten-tomatoes-doesn-t-rank-benedict-cumberbatch-as-the-best-modern-day-sherlock-holmes/ar-AA1EuMCe?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=02e90de90a3f43cfb10ebdcb53483f23&ei=12

The fictional character, Sherlock Holmes, first appeared in Doyle’s A Study in Scarlet back in 1887. Since then, he has had countless literary and nonliterary adaptations.

05/10/2025

On the Hounds of the Internet listserv, Karen Murdock noted, "With the new Pope, Leo XIV, just elected, Sherlockians should recall that the last Leo, Leo XIII, served as Pope from 1878 to 1903. It was this Pope for whom Holmes carried out a case "as a favor to the Pope".

04/24/2025

A copper beech. Chanticleer Gardens, Wayne PA, this afternoon. .

04/20/2025

April 20, 1841: Poe publishes "The Murders in the Rue Morgue", the first modern detective story.

04/18/2025

https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/two-new-mysteries-show-the-tariff-proof-resilience-of-arthur-conan-doyle-and-agatha-christie/ar-AA1D1yz5?ocid=msedgntp&pc=EDBBAN&cvid=d200571f404a48178838cb560f3528a1&ei=43

"Sherlock and Daughter," a paternal twist on the Holmes legend and a new adaptation of Agatha Christie's "Towards Zero" debut on the CW and BritBox, respectively.

04/17/2025

Born April 16, 1947 in NYC, Kareem Abdul Jabbar has written (with Anna Waterhouse) three Mycroft pastiches. This interview, with Lyndsay Faye, is from 2018.

Not to dwell on this subject, but I was a fan of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar long before he started writing Mycroft Holmes novels—he was already incredibly accomplished, I have watched many a “skyhoo…

04/16/2025

https://crimereads.com/sherlock-group-matthew-sullivan/

Six years ago, when I first saw the flier pinned to the wall of the pizza place, near a shambolic shelf of board games, I was skeptical. It held a clip-art silhouette of Sherlock Holmes, with his f…

03/19/2025

https://crimereads.com/sherlock-holmes-in-the-world/

Imagine yourself in a world lit only by gas street lamps, a world buried in smog and patrolled by pickpockets and violent criminals. In this world, it can seem like justice and fairness are imagina…