The Orion Labauve series is available from Bookshop.org.

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The Consulting Detective series is available on Bookshop.org. Follow young Sherlock Holmes through tragedy and adventure as he becomes the Great Detective. Scan the QR code.

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An exciting time travel adventure! Fun for the whole family!

The Orion Labauve series available on Amazon in paperback and ebook. Scan the QR code.

In Phantoms Unbound, the third book in the Orion Labauve series, Orion is forced to save Madreville, the town that mocked & outcast him when he was growing up. Another Spirit Speaker has used a combination of voodoo, demonic magic & the powers of Hecate to release hundreds of ghosts against the town

Set in 1980s Louisiana, the Orion Labauve series tells the story of a young man manipulated by gods and raised by ghosts who finds he has been endowed with extraordinary powers over the living and the dead. Yet dark forces surround and threaten him.

The 2nd issue of Trifles: A Quarterly for Devotees of Sherlock Holmes is available in paperback & ebook from Bookshop.org, Amazon, B&N, Kobo and other sellers. You can use the links at: foolscap-quill.com/trifles.html #Sherlockholmes 📚💙📚❤️📚🔎📚🗃️📚☕📚🎻

Here's the Table of Contents of Trifles Vol 1 Issue 2.

Hey #SherlockHolmes people of Bluesky, look what's out now, available both physically and electronically. Like the first issue, it has a short article by me and great contributions by lots of people who aren't me.

Phantoms Unbound now available in ebook and paperback on Amazon www.amazon.com/dp/B0H57W85FV/

If you would like to subscribe go to this page: foolscap-quill.com/trifles.html and scroll to the bottoms. If you subscribe now you get both the 1st & 2nd issues plus a nifty certificate.

Included in these pictures: Larry Feldman delivers an interesting theory about the Red Circle. Mrs Beeton offers her recipe for roast woodcock that Holmes seemed to be fond of. AND we have the original study of beating corpses mentioned in A Study in Scarlet. +much more!

The box o' Trifles issue 2 has arrived. Authors' & Subscribers' copies will go out by the end of the week. Online sales links should go live on June 15th. Some highlights:

You may not be able to afford gas, but at least you don't need to worry about money at these shows. https://www.westword.com/music/free-denver-concerts-june-40894741/

Storm clouds through the archway of St Michael's tower. Photograph taken this morning on Glastonbury Tor.

Another sell-off for artificial-intelligence stocks is dragging Wall Street sharply lower. The S&P 500 tumbled 2.1% Tuesday after erasing an early gain of 1% and pulled further from its all-time high set a week ago.

Phantoms Unbound, the 3rd novel of the Orion Labauve series is being released this month. Join the Denver Area Science Fiction and Fantasy Association at 7 pm on June 20th at the Broadway Book Mall, 316 S Broadway St, Denver, CO 80209-1512, United States to meet the author. 💙📚💙👻🪐📚⚡😱📚😳❤️📚

I hope this really is a trend. I've several times heard from writers whose banks intervened before they could transfer $$ to a publishing scammer (sometimes because they wanted to try again and contacted me to double check). www.nytimes.com/2026/06/07/y...

The third book in the L L Blacke's Orion LaBauve series "Phantoms Unbound"will be released in June. There will be a Book Release Party with the Denver Area Science Fiction Association, June 20, 2026, 7 pm, Broadway Book Mall, 316 S Broadway, Denver, Colorado Meet the author! youtu.be/FBE8AlOROGk?...

In this middle grade adventure Ellie searches for her father through time and finds him behind the Iron Wall in East Berlin.

Mesa Verde Literary Festival Mancos, Colorado September 5, 2026 www.mesaverdewriters.org/mesa-verde-l...

Daily bunny no.3330 is exploring the ruins

Did you know? In the Victorian era, Andrew Carnegie funded thousands of public libraries across the world. This helped transform reading from a privilege of the wealthy into something ordinary working people could access for free. #Victorian #Carnegie #library #literacy #books #history

“I write with dismay, grief and sorrow for the permanent closure of MIT Libraries Barker, Dewey and Rotch, and termination of library staff in those libraries. For MIT to be closing three of its four major libraries..." fnl.mit.edu/may-june-202...

The third book in the L L Blacke's Orion LaBauve series "Phantoms Unbound"will be released in June. There will be a Book Release Party with the Denver Area Science Fiction Association, June 20, 2026, 7 pm, Broadway Book Mall, 316 S Broadway, Denver, Colorado Meet the author! youtu.be/FBE8AlOROGk?...

In this middle grade adventure Ellie searches for her father through time and finds him behind the Iron Wall in East Berlin.

Daily bunny no.3325 has a book recommendation

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Barbara's Desert Cafe youtu.be/pMpDmc9lFrA?...

While seeking to heal the damage to his arm resulting from the psychic battle with his grandmother, Orion meets Seren Griffyths, a woman he is drawn to in ways he does not understand. foolscap-quill.com/spectralprom...

Sample pages from the first issue of Trifles (with energetic music) 💙 #SherlockHolmes 🔎⚡Second issue coming June 15.

I wrote about Win Mortimer and one of his Batman stories in the first issue of Trifles, a new quarterly devoted to Sherlock Holmes. If you're interested in this intersection of Batman and Holmes, why not give it a look? share.google/lTPZ4F0pURLi...

Book Release Party for L L Blacke's 3rd novel "Phantoms Unbound" with the Denver Area Science Fiction Association, June 20, 2026, 7 pm, Broadway Book Mall, 316 S Broadway, Denver, Colorado

Are you a fan of Sherlock Holmes? #sherlockholmes In that I include everything from "I like to watch the movies" to "I live & breath Sherlock Holmes." Have you read the 1st issue of Trifles? It is fun stories, essays, games, quizzes... The ebook is only $2.99 www.foolscap-quill.com/trifles.html

A cartoon for #IndieBookstoreDay, which is tomorrow! Get out to your local bookstore! www.indiebound.org/

Daily bunny no.3298 got some firewood

Spectral Promises is the sequel to Search for the Signet. Orion finds the love of his life but fears his growing magic is beyond his control & his powerful enemies may harm her. youtu.be/SEeEyzyKDZs?...

Search for the Signet is the first in the series about Orion Labauve, a young man born in Louisiana of mixed heritage: black, white, and magical! 📚⚡💙

Spring day in the park

We love the library! #nationallibraryweek

If you’re a Hachette author you should be talking to your editors and teams about this. If they’re using AI to counter AI, it’s still AI. And it may also be giving your work to the machine, serving it up on a contractual platter.