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.
"A Study in Emerald" 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 it-and only one
man can hope to stop it.
"A Case of Royal Blood" by Steven-Elliot Altman: Sherlock Holmes
and H. G. Wells join forces to protect a princess stalked by a
ghost-or perhaps something far worse than a ghost.
"Art in the Blood" by Brian Stableford: One man's horrific
affliction leads Sherlock Holmes to an ancient curse that threatens
to awaken the crawling chaos slumbering in the blood of all
humankind.
"The Curious Case of Miss Violet Stone" 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.
"The Horror of the Many Faces" by Tim Lebbon: Dr. Watson witnesses
a maniacal murder in London-and recognizes the villain as none
other than his friend, Mr. Sherlock Holmes.
"With these and fourteen other dark tales of madness, horror, and
deduction, a new and terrible game is afoot.
"
The terrifyingly surreal universe of horror master H. P. Lovecraft
bleeds into the logical world of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan
Doyle's champion of rational deduction-in these brand-new stories
by twenty of today's top horror, mystery, fantasy, and science
fiction writers, including:
- Steven-Elliot Altman
- Elizabeth Bear
- Poppy Z. Brite
- Simon Clark
- David Ferguson
- Paul Finch
- Neil Gaiman
- Barbara Hambly
- Caitlin R. Kiernan
- Tim Lebbon
- James Lowder
- Richard A. Lupoff
- F. Gwynplaine McIntyre
- John Pelan
- Steve Perry
- Michael Reaves
- Brian Stableford
- John P. Vourlis
- David Niall Wilson & Patricia Lee Macomber
"From the Hardcover edition."
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