I'm quite excited. Last night I found that the Blakiana website had had a revamp and a handful of Sexton Blake stories of old had been put up for visitor's perusal. It can be visited here.
Sexton Blake cover |
There is even a twitter account that you can follow at @BLAKIANA.
There are many pages on this site regarding Sexton Blake and his adventures since 1893 as well as there being a look into Blake's adversaries and companions, his writers and all the different types of media that have documented his endeavours.
This site has been maintained for many a year by the brilliant Mark Hodder who I admire immensely and I have greatly enjoyed his two Burton and Swinburne trilogies that bring historical depth to the steampunk genre. His site can be found here.
The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack by Mark Hodder |
Mark Hodder has even written a Sexton Blake novel called Sexton Blake: The Silent Thunder Caper which is an excellent barn stormer of a book that I hope you will enjoy. I certainly did.
I hope that the Blakiana website will encourage you to be as big a Sexton Blake fan as I am and support the site. Sexton Blake is a partially forgotten franchise of detective stories that follow in the vein of Sherlock Holmes and I've marvelled at how Sexton Blake hasn't received the same applause despite the stories being continuously publish from 1893 to 1969.
Under Secret Orders, a Sexton Blake story |
From my own potted history of Sexton Blake, follow the link here.
I hope you enjoy what you read. It would be great to see Sexton Blake's popularity rise once again. Blakiana has a Patreon page and with support, more and more original Sexton Blake stories will be able to be uploaded and with a rise in interest in Blake.
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