Trifles: a Quarterly for Devotees of Sherlock Holmes

Coming in 2026: Trifles: a Quarterly for Devotees of Sherlock Holmes. This compilation of stories, essays, puzzles, trivia, humor, and art will delight all followers of the Master Detective. Expectations are for Trifles to be 6 by 9 inches and 150 pages (and the equivalent in ebook). Mailing dates: Issue 1: March 15, Issue 2: June 20, Issue 3: September 15, Issue 4: December 15,

Call for Submissions: Trifles will be accepting submissions through December 31, 2025. Submissions may be reopened on a rolling basis thereafter depending on the response to the initial call. All submissions should be related to Sherlock Holmes in some fashion. They must be your own original work. We will consider stories, essays, limericks, puzzles, trivia, humor and art. The preferred length for stories and essays is 2700 to 5400 words, but we will consider any length. Responses will be sent by the end of January 2026. There will be no compensation offered at this time. If the initial release is financially successful the initial contributors will be given a bonus and subsequent contributors will be offered pay in their contract. Authors of all published materials will receive a free copy of the issue.

Submissions should be in the format on this template: manuscripttemplate.doc and emailed to submissions@foolscap-quill.com

Purchase of Issues: Individual issues will be available for sale as they are released. The price of individual issues will depend upon costs of production and shipping.

Advertising: If anyone is interested in placing advertising in Trifles, please contact scribe@foolscap-quill.com and we will discuss.

Founders of Trifles Subscriptions: For $25.00 Trifles Founders will receive a certificate designating them a Founder of Trifles, a copy of each of the four issues published in 2026, plus a 20% discount on all future subscriptions, the price of which depends upon costs of production and shipping. (This is not crowd-funding. The first four issues will be published regardless of whether anyone signs up as a Founder of Trifles.) If you want to give a gift of a Founder of Trifles subscription, please indicate so when your make the purchase. Trifles will be published in paperback and ebook formats. Please indicate your preference. Checks may be mailed to Foolscap & Quill, LLC, P.O. Box 1018, Morrison, CO 80465, or you can pay online below.