Members of the Baker Street Irregulars Read 'The Blue Carbuncle'

A fun round-robin reading of the classic Sherlock Holmes Christmas tale

“Would you mind reading it to me aloud?” [STUD]

One of the annual traditions of Sherlockians around the world is to read "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle" sometime in the Christmas season.

For some, it may take place while seated in a chair by the fire, with an eggnog close at hand. For others, it may be on Carbuncle Day (the second morning after Christmas). Whatever the tradition, it's al lovely way to acknowledge the only Sherlock Holmes Christmas story, which Christopher Morley rightly called "a Christmas story without slush."

Some enterprising members of the Baker Street Irregulars recently gathered to celebrate by holding a round-robin style reading of the story, shared by eight of them (pictured above, top row to bottom):

• Leslie S. Klinger ("The Abbey Grange")

• Laurie R. King ("The Red Circle")

• Daniel Stashower ("Thurston")

• Dana Cameron ("The Giant Rat of Sumatra")

• Lyndsay Faye ("Kitty Winter")

• Nicholas Meyer ("A Fine Morocco Case")

• Bonnie MacBird ("Art in the Blood")

• S.J. Rozan ("The Imperial Palace at Peking")

Will you be rereading "The Blue Carbuncle" this holiday season? What's your favorite way to enjoy it?

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