“the very foundations of revealed religion” [GOLD]   Thanks to two decades of digital expansion, you can now find fandoms pretty much everywhere across the internet. And you can find a fandom for just about anything. We invited Allison Broesder to join us to discuss her ongoing work on foundational fandoms, tracing certain kinds of fanfic as far back as the 1300s. Of course, Sherlock Holmes plays a central role in how we think about modern fandom. And Allison's work at the graduate level explores some of that. The Canonical Couplet gives you a chance to test your creativity and knowledge with ours. If you properly guess the story we're referring to, you'll have a chance to win some old issues of Sherlock Holmes the Detective magazine. Send your answer to comment @ ihearofsherlock .com by June 29, 2022 at 11:59 a.m. EST. The winner will be chosen at random from among all the correct answers. All listeners are eligible to play. Please do consider becoming a . Your support helps us to ensure we can keep doing what we do, covering file hosting costs, production, and transcription services.    Sponsors  is the premier publisher of books about Sherlock Holmes and Arthur Conan Doyle, including .  has a number of new titles out this month and the latest entries from the MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories has notched Parts XXI, XXII, and XXIII.     Would you care to advertise with us? You can find . Let's chat!   Links This episode:   books  Allison Broesder is @FarAwayEyes4 on , , and   (Den of Geek) Previous episodes mentioned: Many more links, articles and images are available in our Flipboard magazine at   as well as through our accounts on , , , and .     And would you consider leaving us a rating and review? It would help other Sherlockians to find us.   Your thoughts on the show? Leave a comment below, send us an email (comment AT ihearofsherlock DOT com), call us at 5-1895-221B-5. That's (518) 952-2125.   Full show notes: