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Shadows over Baker Street
by Michael Reaves
ISBN: 0345455282
ISBN-13: 9780345455284
Format: Hardcover
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Summary
This short story collection postulates a world governed by the rules (and lack thereof) of H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulu Mythos and inhabited by deductive genius Sherlock Holmes. Includes stories by such writers as Neal Gaiman, Poppy Z. Brite, and Caitlin Kiernan.
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Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published date: 2003
Edition: 1th edition
Size: 6 x 8.5 inches
Weight: 1.3 pounds
Pages: 446
Publisher's Notes
Sherlock Holmes enters the dark, nightmare world of H. P. Lovecraft
SHADOWS OVER BAKER STREET
New Tales of Terror
Edited by Michael Reaves and John Pelan
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.
Michael Reaves is a renowned screenwriter who has written, edited, and/or produced more than three hundred teleplays for various television series, including Star Trek: The Next Generation, The Twilight Zone, Sliders, and Monsters. He was also a story editor and writer on Batman: The Animated Series, for which he won an Emmy Award for writing in 1993. He has worked for Spielberg’s DreamWorks, among other studios, and is the author of several fantasy novels and supernatural thrillers, including Hell on Earth and the New York Times bestselling Star Wars novel, Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter. Reaves lives in Los Angeles.
John Pelan is an acclaimed author whose fiction includes the Lovecraftian novella The Colour out of Darkness. He is the editor of such groundbreaking anthologies as Darkside: Horror for the Next Millennium, The Devil Is Not Mocked, and The Last Continent: New Tales of Zothique. His solo stories have appeared in publications such as The Urbanite, Gothic.net, Enigmatic Tales, and Carpe Noctem. He is the founder of the publishing house Darkside Press, and cofounder of Midnight House. He lives in Seattle.
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
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Shadows Over Baker Street
Reaves, Michael and John Pelan, Editors
New York: Ballantine, 2003. First printing of this collection of new stories in which "Sherlock Holmes enters the dark, nightmare world of H.P. Lovecraft". Book has very bottom spine fading, else Near Fine condition in Fine dustjacket in new mylar protector.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. ( more information)
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Shadows Over Baker Street: Twenty New Tales of Terror!
Reaves, Michael
Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.: Del Rey, 2003. Hardcover, ex-library. Del Rey, 2003, first. In very good condition, usual library markings, small light stain down outside of pages near top. Lovecroft style with Holmes detecting... ISBN: 0345455282. First Edition. FICTION HORROR. ( more information)
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Shadows over Baker Street
Reaves, Michael & Pelan, John (eds)
New York: Del Rey, 2003 1st ed. Fine in Fine dj. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. ( more information)
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SHADOWS OVER BAKER STREET
Reaves & Pelan (editors)
Ballantine Books. 2003. 1st edition, Sherlock Holmes enters the macabre and nightmarish world of H.P. Lovecraft to solve a series of bizarre cases in a collection of short fiction by such authors as Neil Gaiman, Steve Perry, Brian Stableford, and Poppy Z. Brite. Hardback. fine hardcover copy in a near fine dustwrapper. ( more information)
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