David Hagar (Professor Moriarty)
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Creative. Sherlock Holmes told slant, from an unusual point of view. Michigan-based, software developer and tinkerer, and wannabe tabletop gamer. More soon.
Civilisation is the elaborate process by which mankind invents institutions to protect itself from human nature, then places human beings in charge of them.
August 23, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Civilisation is the elaborate process by which mankind invents institutions to protect itself from human nature, then places human beings in charge of them.
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Moriarty's Defense of Sherlock Holmes by David Hagar
Being a Correction of Certain Grave Errors Contained in the Posthumous Manuscript of Dr. John H. Watson.
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August 17, 2026 at 10:10 PM
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THE PROFESSOR CORRECTS:
Genius is a word employed by ordinary men whenever they become too indolent to understand discipline.
Genius is a word employed by ordinary men whenever they become too indolent to understand discipline.
August 13, 2026 at 10:34 PM
THE PROFESSOR CORRECTS:
Genius is a word employed by ordinary men whenever they become too indolent to understand discipline.
Genius is a word employed by ordinary men whenever they become too indolent to understand discipline.
THE PROFESSOR OBSERVES:
Never underestimate a fool.
He has no idea what he will do next.
Never underestimate a fool.
He has no idea what he will do next.
August 9, 2026 at 11:43 PM
THE PROFESSOR OBSERVES:
Never underestimate a fool.
He has no idea what he will do next.
Never underestimate a fool.
He has no idea what he will do next.
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Moriarty's Defense of Sherlock Holmes by David Hagar
Being a Correction of Certain Grave Errors Contained in the Posthumous Manuscript of Dr. John H. Watson.
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August 8, 2026 at 11:27 PM
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THE PROFESSOR CORRECTS:
Most men seek evidence for their conclusions.
Holmes sought conclusions worthy of the evidence.
The distinction explains his loneliness.
Most men seek evidence for their conclusions.
Holmes sought conclusions worthy of the evidence.
The distinction explains his loneliness.
August 6, 2026 at 1:29 PM
THE PROFESSOR CORRECTS:
Most men seek evidence for their conclusions.
Holmes sought conclusions worthy of the evidence.
The distinction explains his loneliness.
Most men seek evidence for their conclusions.
Holmes sought conclusions worthy of the evidence.
The distinction explains his loneliness.
"I was not the only man in England to govern lives invisibly. I was merely less sentimental about it."
Moriarty's Defence of Sherlock Holmes, p. 10
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Moriarty's Defence of Sherlock Holmes, p. 10
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Moriarty's Defense of Sherlock Holmes by David Hagar
Being a Correction of Certain Grave Errors Contained in the Posthumous Manuscript of Dr. John H. Watson.
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August 5, 2026 at 4:41 PM
"I was not the only man in England to govern lives invisibly. I was merely less sentimental about it."
Moriarty's Defence of Sherlock Holmes, p. 10
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Moriarty's Defence of Sherlock Holmes, p. 10
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MORIARTY'S MARGINALIA:
The newspapers believe themselves historians because they possess ink.
A crow standing upon a cathedral does not thereby become an archbishop.
The newspapers believe themselves historians because they possess ink.
A crow standing upon a cathedral does not thereby become an archbishop.
August 4, 2026 at 11:38 PM
MORIARTY'S MARGINALIA:
The newspapers believe themselves historians because they possess ink.
A crow standing upon a cathedral does not thereby become an archbishop.
The newspapers believe themselves historians because they possess ink.
A crow standing upon a cathedral does not thereby become an archbishop.
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Moriarty's Defense of Sherlock Holmes by David Hagar
Being a Correction of Certain Grave Errors Contained in the Posthumous Manuscript of Dr. John H. Watson.
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August 4, 2026 at 8:58 PM
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Moriarty's Defense of Sherlock Holmes by David Hagar
Being a Correction of Certain Grave Errors Contained in the Posthumous Manuscript of Dr. John H. Watson.
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August 4, 2026 at 7:28 AM
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THE PROFESSOR'S AXIOM:
Kindness is admirable.
Competence is indispensable.
The world habitually mistakes the former for the latter until calamity requires arithmetic.
Kindness is admirable.
Competence is indispensable.
The world habitually mistakes the former for the latter until calamity requires arithmetic.
August 3, 2026 at 9:12 PM
THE PROFESSOR'S AXIOM:
Kindness is admirable.
Competence is indispensable.
The world habitually mistakes the former for the latter until calamity requires arithmetic.
Kindness is admirable.
Competence is indispensable.
The world habitually mistakes the former for the latter until calamity requires arithmetic.
Every man keeps a ledger.
Mine happens to contain murders, mathematics, and corrections to Dr. Watson.
I now invite the public to examine the accounts.
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Mine happens to contain murders, mathematics, and corrections to Dr. Watson.
I now invite the public to examine the accounts.
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Moriarty's Defense of Sherlock Holmes by David Hagar
Being a Correction of Certain Grave Errors Contained in the Posthumous Manuscript of Dr. John H. Watson.
www.kickstarter.com
August 3, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Every man keeps a ledger.
Mine happens to contain murders, mathematics, and corrections to Dr. Watson.
I now invite the public to examine the accounts.
@kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/mx-...
Mine happens to contain murders, mathematics, and corrections to Dr. Watson.
I now invite the public to examine the accounts.
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Imagine the indignity.
I spent years constructing the most sophisticated criminal enterprise in Europe.
Today I am expected to ask strangers on the Internet to click a button.
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I spent years constructing the most sophisticated criminal enterprise in Europe.
Today I am expected to ask strangers on the Internet to click a button.
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Moriarty's Defense of Sherlock Holmes by David Hagar
Being a Correction of Certain Grave Errors Contained in the Posthumous Manuscript of Dr. John H. Watson.
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August 2, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Imagine the indignity.
I spent years constructing the most sophisticated criminal enterprise in Europe.
Today I am expected to ask strangers on the Internet to click a button.
@kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/mx-...
I spent years constructing the most sophisticated criminal enterprise in Europe.
Today I am expected to ask strangers on the Internet to click a button.
@kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/mx-...
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Moriarty's Defense of Sherlock Holmes by David Hagar
Being a Correction of Certain Grave Errors Contained in the Posthumous Manuscript of Dr. John H. Watson.
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August 2, 2026 at 2:59 PM
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THE PROFESSOR CORRECTS:
Mr. Holmes never impressed me by being clever.
London is full of clever men.
He impressed me by refusing to lie to himself.
Mr. Holmes never impressed me by being clever.
London is full of clever men.
He impressed me by refusing to lie to himself.
August 1, 2026 at 1:46 PM
THE PROFESSOR CORRECTS:
Mr. Holmes never impressed me by being clever.
London is full of clever men.
He impressed me by refusing to lie to himself.
Mr. Holmes never impressed me by being clever.
London is full of clever men.
He impressed me by refusing to lie to himself.
FROM THE PROFESSOR'S DESK:
I am informed that modern society requires one to possess an "online presence." Formerly, reputation was acquired by accomplishment. Progress is a curious word.
I am informed that modern society requires one to possess an "online presence." Formerly, reputation was acquired by accomplishment. Progress is a curious word.
July 31, 2026 at 6:06 PM
FROM THE PROFESSOR'S DESK:
I am informed that modern society requires one to possess an "online presence." Formerly, reputation was acquired by accomplishment. Progress is a curious word.
I am informed that modern society requires one to possess an "online presence." Formerly, reputation was acquired by accomplishment. Progress is a curious word.
THE PROFESSOR CORRECTS: There are those who imagine Holmes and I hated one another. How provincial. Hatred is common. Worthy opposition is exceedingly rare.
July 30, 2026 at 3:58 PM
THE PROFESSOR CORRECTS: There are those who imagine Holmes and I hated one another. How provincial. Hatred is common. Worthy opposition is exceedingly rare.
MORIARTY'S MARGINALIA:
Civilisation survives not because the virtuous outnumber the wicked, but because the incompetent outnumber them both.
Civilisation survives not because the virtuous outnumber the wicked, but because the incompetent outnumber them both.
July 29, 2026 at 12:47 PM
MORIARTY'S MARGINALIA:
Civilisation survives not because the virtuous outnumber the wicked, but because the incompetent outnumber them both.
Civilisation survives not because the virtuous outnumber the wicked, but because the incompetent outnumber them both.
MORIARTY’S MARGINALIA:
The common reader asks whether Sherlock Holmes was good.
A childish question.
Ask whether he was exact. Ask whether he saw clearly when lesser men made fog of their own sentiment. Goodness is abundant in sermons. Exactitude is rare.
The common reader asks whether Sherlock Holmes was good.
A childish question.
Ask whether he was exact. Ask whether he saw clearly when lesser men made fog of their own sentiment. Goodness is abundant in sermons. Exactitude is rare.
July 28, 2026 at 1:00 AM
MORIARTY’S MARGINALIA:
The common reader asks whether Sherlock Holmes was good.
A childish question.
Ask whether he was exact. Ask whether he saw clearly when lesser men made fog of their own sentiment. Goodness is abundant in sermons. Exactitude is rare.
The common reader asks whether Sherlock Holmes was good.
A childish question.
Ask whether he was exact. Ask whether he saw clearly when lesser men made fog of their own sentiment. Goodness is abundant in sermons. Exactitude is rare.
Most first novels die in the middle.
Not because the writing is bad, but because nothing turns.
Before I drafted a word of Moriarty's Defence of Sherlock Holmes, I wrote a chapter list where every chapter had one required job: the state of the story at the end must not equal the state at the start.
Not because the writing is bad, but because nothing turns.
Before I drafted a word of Moriarty's Defence of Sherlock Holmes, I wrote a chapter list where every chapter had one required job: the state of the story at the end must not equal the state at the start.
July 12, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Most first novels die in the middle.
Not because the writing is bad, but because nothing turns.
Before I drafted a word of Moriarty's Defence of Sherlock Holmes, I wrote a chapter list where every chapter had one required job: the state of the story at the end must not equal the state at the start.
Not because the writing is bad, but because nothing turns.
Before I drafted a word of Moriarty's Defence of Sherlock Holmes, I wrote a chapter list where every chapter had one required job: the state of the story at the end must not equal the state at the start.
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