Comment: I am a Sherlock Holmes* fan. In early 1983, I got to wondering what would happen if Sherlock Holmes investigated the Resurrection. On Good Friday evening, I decided to go to work on a short, short story to be used the Sunday after Easter during a congregational hymn sing. I already had a sermon started for Easter Sunday.

As I began to write, I heard the voices and literally let the story flow from what I was hearing. After working two hours I had two problems. One, the story was already a page longer than my original goal for length, and I wasn't halfway through the story. Two, I didn't have the foggiest idea how the story was going to come out!

It was a restless night, though no story elements worked their way to the surface as I tossed and turned. I was facing a pressure-fille…