Shadows Over Baker Street

Edited by Michael Reaves and John Pelan. Cover illustration by John Jude Palencar.

Arthur Conan Doyle’s 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 Doyle’s 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 today’s most cutting edge writers provide their answers to that burning question.

Contents

Introduction by John Pelan and Michael Reaves
1. A Study in Emerald by Neil Gaiman
2. Tiger! Tiger! by Elizabeth Bear
3. The Case of the Wavy Black Dagger by Steve Perry
4. A Case of Royal Blood by Steven-Elliot Altman
5. The Weeping Masks by James Lowder
6. Art in the Blood by Brian Stableford
7. The Curious Case of Miss Violet Stone by Poppy Z. Brite and David Ferguson
8. The Adventure of the Antiquarian's Niece by Barbara Hambly
9. The Mystery of the Worm by John Pelan
10. The Mystery of the Hanged Man's Puzzle by Paul Finch
11. The Horror of the Many Faces by Tim Lebbon
12. The Adventure of the Arab's Manuscript by Michael Reaves
13. The Drowned Geologist by Caitlín R. Kiernan?
14. A Case of Insomnia by John P. Vourlis
15. The Adventure of the Voorish Sign by Richard A. Lupoff
16. The Adventure of Exham Priory by F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre
17. Death Did Not Become Him by Patricia Lee Macomber and David Niall Wilson
18. Nightmare in Wax by Simon Clark