Shadows Over Baker Street - Michael Reaves, John Pelan, Neil Gaiman, Steven-Elliot Altman & Brian Stableford
By Michael Reaves, John Pelan, Neil Gaiman, Steven-Elliot Altman & Brian Stableford
Release Date: 2003-09-30
Genre: Horror
The terrifyingly surreal universe of horror master H. P. Lovecraft bleeds into the logical world of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyleâs champion of rational deduction, in these stories by twenty top horror, mystery, fantasy, and science fiction writers.
Arthur Conan Doyleâs Sherlock Holmes is among the most famous literary figures of all time. For more than a hundred years, his adventures have stood as imperishable monuments to the ability of human reason to penetrate every mystery, solve every puzzle, and punish every crime.
For nearly as long, the macabre tales of H. P. Lovecraft have haunted readers with their nightmarish glimpses into realms of cosmic chaos and undying evil. But what would happen if Conan Doyleâs peerless detective and his allies were to find themselves faced with mysteries whose solutions lay not only beyond the grasp of logic, but of sanity itself?
In this collection of all-new, all-original tales, twenty of todayâs most cutting-edge writers provide their answers to that burning question.
âA Study in Emeraldâ by Neil Gaiman: A gruesome murder exposes a plot against the Crown, a seditious conspiracy so cunningly wrought that only one man in all London could have planned itâand only one man can hope to stop it.
âA Case of Royal Bloodâ by Steven-Elliot Altman: Sherlock Holmes and H. G. Wells join forces to protect a princess stalked by a ghostâor perhaps something far worse than a ghost.
âArt in the Bloodâ by Brian Stableford: One manâs horrific affliction leads Sherlock Holmes to an ancient curse that threatens to awaken the crawling chaos slumbering in the blood of all humankind.
âThe Curious Case of Miss Violet Stoneâ by Poppy Z. Brite and David Ferguson: A girl who has not eaten in more than three years teaches Holmes and Watson that sometimes the impossible cannot be eliminated.
âThe Horror of the Many Facesâ by Tim Lebbon: Dr. Watson witnesses a maniacal murder in Londonâand recognizes the villain as none other than his friend, Mr. Sherlock Holmes.
With fourteen other dark tales of madness, horror, and deduction, a new and terrible game is afoot:
âTiger! Tiger!â by Elizabeth Bear
âThe Case of the Wavy Black Daggerâ by Steve Perry
âThe Weeping Masksâ by James Lowder
âThe Adventure of the Antiquarianâs Nieceâ by Barbara Hambly
âThe Mystery of the Wormâ by John Pelan
âThe Mystery of the Hanged Manâs Puzzleâ by Paul Finch
âThe Adventure of the Arabâs Manuscriptâ by Michael Reaves
âThe Drowned Geologistâ by CaitlĂn R. Kiernan
âA Case of Insomniaâ by John P. Vourlis
âThe Adventure of the Voorish Signâ by Richard A. Lupoff
âThe Adventure of Exham Prioryâ by F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre
âDeath Did Not Become Himâ by David Niall Wilson and Patricia Lee Macomber
âNightmare in Waxâ by Simon Clark
Shadows Over Baker Street - Michael Reaves, John Pelan, Neil Gaiman, Steven-Elliot Altman & Brian Stableford
By Michael Reaves, John Pelan, Neil Gaiman, Steven-Elliot Altman & Brian Stableford
Release Date: 2003-09-30
Genre: Horror
