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Post by dem on Jan 25, 2013 9:02:42 GMT
A Sherlock Holmes Horror Scrapbook  Sydney Paget illustration for The Hound Of The Baskervilles, The Strand, March 1902Conan-Doyle wisely rationalised the seemingly supernatural occurrences in stories like The Hound Of The Baskervilles (contrived by the author as "a real creeper"), The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire, and The Adventure of the Devil's Foot: it really wouldn't have done for the great detective to be revealed as a credulous fool or attention seeking graveyard ghoul. Later authors have been less reticent and consequently Holmes has mixed it with everyone from Jack the Ripper and Dracula to a mechanical Loch Ness Monster. In addition to the several novels, there have been entire anthologies devoted to Holmesian horrors & weird tales including Michael Reaves & John Pelan (eds.) Shadows Over Baker Street: New Tales of Terror! (Del Rey, 2003), and Jeff Campbell & Charles Prepolec's (eds.) Gaslight Grotesque: Nightmare Tales of Sherlock Holmes (Edge, 2009), Gaslight Arcanum: Uncanny Tales of Sherlock Holmes (Edge, 2011) and Gaslight Grimoire: Fantastic Tales of Sherlock Holmes (Edge, 2011), so we should be able to get milage from this. Brian Forbes cover art for Penguin edition of Loren D.Estleman's The Adventure of the Sanguinary Count: Sherlock Holmes vs. Dracula (1979: Originally Doubleday, 1978: New English Library hardcover 1978) Reissue of Estleman's Dr Jekyll & Mr Holmes, Titan, 2010. Forbes cover and blurb from 1980 Penguin edition (thanks to Steve Goodwin). Accompanied by Dr Watson, master sleuth Sherlock Holmes has already encountered the evil young hedonist Edward Hyde, and knew he was strangely connected with Henry Jekyll, the wealthy, respectable London doctor. It was not until the Queen herself requested it, however, that Holmes was officially on the case of the savage murder of Sir Danvers Carew - the blackest mystery of his career!
Although Robert Louis Stevenson published his tale of Jekyll and Hyde as fiction, the hideous facts were true, insofar as Stevenson knew them. Here, then, is the entire first-hand account of that devilish crime as recorded by Dr Watson, with an explanation of why Holmes's personal involvement had to be kept secret - until now... Fred Saberhagen - The Holmes-Dracula File (Ace, 1978: Tor, 1989).  Glenn Hastings At last, the chilling facts concerning the case of the Giant Rat of Sumatra. The legendary pair strike a fragile alliance against an evil crime syndicate threatening to subject London to a Black Death revival by unleashing an army of plague-infested rodents on the city. Edward B. Hanna - The Whitechapel Horrors (Titan, 2010: originally Carroll & Graf, 1992) Blurb: Terror reigns on the streets of Whitechapel where horrific murders are being committed. SHERLOCK HOLMES believes he knows the identity of the killer – Jack the Ripper. But as he delves deeper, Holmes realizes that revealing the murderer puts much more at stake than merely putting a psychopath behind bars. In this case, Holmes is faced with the greatest dilemma of his career.Robert Weverka - Murder By Decree (Corgi, 1979) Michael Dibden - The Last Sherlock Holmes Story (Jonathan Cape, 1978: Sphere, 1980, Faber & Faber, 1989, 1990 [with corrections]) Blasphemy! Not for the last time, Holmes is exposed as Jack the Ripper (he was bored). Dr. Watson cravenly decides against sharing this tidbit with readers of The Strand, writes something more upbeat instead. Geoffrey A. Landis would later revive the outrageous libel for his excellent novella, The Singular Habits of Wasps, although on this occasion, Baker Street's finest could be excused for tearing women to pieces as he was seeking out alien life forms. Ellery Queen - A Study in Terror (Lancer, 1966: 1969) Ellery, at his most up himself, casts a critical eye over Holmes' handling of the Jack the Ripper enquiry. Winningly filmed by James Hil as A Study In Terror. "'allo darlin. Like a bit of fun?". |
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Post by Michael Connolly on Jan 25, 2013 11:12:30 GMT
For some reason, Dust and Shadow: An Account of the Ripper Killings by Dr. John H. Watson (Simon & Schuster, 2009) by Lyndsay Faye has not seen British publication. The publisher's description tells it all: "From the gritty streets of nineteenth century London, the loyal and courageous Dr. Watson offers a tale unearthed after generations of lore: the harrowing story of Sherlock Holmes's attempt to hunt down Jack the Ripper. As England's greatest specialist in criminal detection, Sherlock Holmes is unwavering in his quest to capture the killer responsible for terrifying London's East End. He hires an 'unfortunate' known as Mary Ann Monk, the friend of a fellow streetwalker who was one of the Ripper's earliest victims; and he relies heavily on the steadfast and devoted Dr. John H. Watson. When Holmes himself is wounded in Whitechapel during an attempt to catch the savage monster, the popular press launches an investigation of its own, questioning the great detective's role in the very crimes he is so fervently struggling to prevent. Stripped of his credibility, Holmes is left with no choice but to break every rule in the desperate race to find the madman known as 'the Knife' before it is too late. A masterly re-creation of history's most diabolical villain, Lyndsay Faye's debut brings unparalleled authenticity to the atmosphere of Whitechapel and London in the fledgling days of tabloid journalism and recalls the ideals evinced by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's most beloved and world-renowned characters. Jack the Ripper's identity, still hotly debated around the world more than a century after his crimes were committed, remains a mystery ripe for speculation. Dust and Shadow explores the terrifying prospect of tracking a serial killer without the advantage of modern forensics, and the result is a lightning-paced novel brimming with historical detail that will keep you on the edge of your seat." While it is overlong, it is the best new Holmes novel I have read in years. It is in print in paperback. Attachments:
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Post by doomovertheworld on Jan 26, 2013 10:21:22 GMT
Geoffrey A. Landis would later revive the outrageous libel for his excellent novella, The Singular Habits of Wasps, although on this occasion, Baker Street's finest could be excused for tearing women to pieces as he was seeking out alien life forms. Sherlock Holmes tearing women to pieces while hunting down extra-terrestrials  this sounds like something that would be well worth tracking down |
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Post by andydecker on Jan 26, 2013 13:21:52 GMT
Michael Reaves & John Pelan (eds.) Shadows Over Baker Street: New Tales of Terror! (Del Rey, 2003), and Jeff Campbell & Charles Prepolec's (eds.) Gaslight Grotesque: Nightmare Tales of Sherlock Holmes (Edge, 2009), Gaslight Arcanum: Uncanny Tales of Sherlock Holmes (Edge, 2011) and Gaslight Grimoire: Fantastic Tales of Sherlock Holmes (Edge, 2011), so we should be able to get milage from this.
I have all of them, but as with many EBooks you buy them cheap, read a story and then kind of forget you have them, like your files on the PC. I should really write them up some day. Some good stories there. |
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Post by dem on Jan 26, 2013 19:16:09 GMT
J. R. Campbell & Charles Prepolec (eds.) - Gaslight Grotesque: Nightmare Tales Of Sherlock Holmes (Edge, Nov. 2009) Leslie S. Klinger - Foreword
Charles V. Prepolec - Introduction
Stephen Volk - Hounded
Lawrence C. Connolly - The Death Lantern
William Meikle - The Quality of Mercy
James A. Moore - Emily’s Kiss
William Patrick Maynard - The Tragic Case of the Child Prodigy
Hayden Trenholm - The Last Windigo
Neil Jackson - Celeste
Robert Lauderdale - The Best Laid Plans
Leigh Blackmore - Exalted are the Forces of Darkness
Mark Morris - The Affair of the Heart
Simon Kurt Unsworth - The Hand-Delivered Letter
Barbara Roden - Of the Origin of the Hound of the Baskervilles
J. R. Campbell - Mr. Other’s ChildrenBlurb: THE MONSTERS ARE DUE ON BAKER STREET!
Between the shadowy realms of fear and the unforgiving glare of science lies a battleground of unspeakable horror. In vile alleyways with blood-slick cobblestones, impenetrable fog, and the wan glow of gaslight, lurk the inhuman denizens of nightmare.
CAN REASON PREVAIL WHEN ELIMINATING
THE IMPOSSIBLE IS NO LONGER AN OPTION?
Faced with his worst fears, Sherlock Holmes has his faith in the science of observation and deduction shaken to the core in 13 all-new tales of terror from today's modern masters of the macabre!I have all of them, but as with many EBooks you buy them cheap, read a story and then kind of forget you have them, like your files on the PC. I should really write them up some day. Some good stories there. I don't have any of them, but it's the same thing when it comes to ebooks & Co. No matter how good a story, if I have to read it from a screen, unless I don't grind out the notes immediatly they don't get done. The ebook, pdf or whatever joins all the rest on a flash pen. Sherlock Holmes tearing women to pieces while hunting down extra-terrestrials this sounds like something that would be well worth tracking down I'm sure you'd find it worth your while, Mr. Doom. It was first published in Analogue for April 1994, but is probably easier to get hold of in Stephen Jones' Best New Horror 6, an absolute cracker of a selection. And thank you for putting us wise to Dust And Shadow, Codex. Have had at least three editions of Hound Of The Baskervilles pass through my hands, but now I actually want one, oh bum!, looks like they got charity shopped and are now most likely propping up a Tesco's. 
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Post by The Lurker In The Shadows on Jan 29, 2013 20:17:49 GMT
Odd that the cover of 'A Study in Terror' makes no mention of Holmes at all. I believe this was actually a novelisation of the film rather than the basis for it, and that the Ellery Queen wraparound contradicts Holmes' solution, which is also a bit of an odd approach. I read Loren Estelman's 'Sherlock Holmes Vs Dracula' when I was in my early teens. It pretty much follows the Stoker novel fairly closely, as I remember it, but suggests that Van Helsing was jealous of Holmes and insisted on the detective being omitted from the published account of the case. Another Holmes vs Dracula novel is David Stuart Davies' 'The Tangled Skein', which is a fun, Hammer horror-ish adventure - Peter Cushing's introduction to the book states that it would make a good film, but that he'd be torn between playing Holmes and Van Helsing - and throws in the Hound of the Baskervilles for good measure. A couple of David Stuart Davies' other Holmes novels - 'The Shadow of the Rat' and 'The Scroll of the Dead' - also have horror elements. (He also edited the sadly missed 'Sherlock' magazine.) Holmes and Watson encounter not Dracula but his creator, Bram Stoker, in 'The West End Horror', Nicholas Meyer's follow-up to 'The Seven Percent Solution' - as I remember it, Watson is disgusted by a glimpse of the manuscript of Stoker's yet-to-be-published vampire tale, and Stoker becomes one of the suspects. I've yet to read Meyer's third Holmes novel, 'The Canary Trainer', but I believe it involves the Phantom of the Opera. Ron Weighell wrote a number of Holmes supernatural stories, including one where the detective duo team up with a certain M.R. James. These were published by Ash-Tree Press's Holmesian offshoot, Calabash Press, as 'The Irregular Casebook of Sherlock Holmes'. Oh, and not forgetting Doctor Watson's cameo appearance in 'Casting the Runes'. MRJ was a Holmes fan, so he can't have been unaware of the connotations of the name, and I believe there's been some speculation as to the connection over the years. Barbara Roden uses it as the basis for her story in 'Gaslight Grimoire'. And, since we're discussing attempts to mix Holmes with the supernatural, there's also 'Sherlock Holmes: The Impossible Cases' by... er... a certain writer whose name escapes me for the moment.  (Edited, because I got the wrong title for the 'Gaslight' anthology containing Barbara Roden's story. Tsk!) |
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Post by Michael Connolly on Jan 30, 2013 10:44:33 GMT
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Post by dem on Jan 30, 2013 11:14:23 GMT
Great stuff, Lurkio. Forgotten all about The Tangled Skein, which have been meaning to get stuck into since nabbing a copy about a century back. David Stuart Davies - The Tangled Skein (Wordsworth, 2006) Blurb: It is the autumn of 1888. Following the successful conclusion of the investigation into the affair of the Hound of the Baskervilles, Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson have returned from Dartmoor, little realising that fate will see them back in Devon before the year is out.
Holmes receives a potentially lethal package, the first strand in the tangled skein which he will need to unravel before this adventure is resolved.
A threat to Holmes's life, murders on Hampstead Heath, and a strange phantom lady lead Holmes and Watson into the most dangerous investigation they have ever undertaken - an encounter which brings them face to face with evil itself, embodied in Count Dracula, the Lord of the Undead.Another overlooked. Title story of Leslie Halliwell's The Ghost Of Sherlock Holmes from his 17 story collection of the same title, (Granada, 1984) which I stupidly charity-shopped in great pre-Vault purge, been looking to replace ever since. Perhaps deserving of mention here, August Derleth's Solar Pons - who rips off Holmes' act something outrageous - has the good grace to involve himself in several scraps versus 'supernatural' forces. |
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Post by mattofthespurs on Jan 30, 2013 18:04:57 GMT
Bought a copy of "The Ghost Of Sherlock Holmes" off eBay yesterday for 99p! Sorry.  |
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Post by ripper on Oct 24, 2013 12:18:34 GMT
I've been reading Dust and Shadow by Lyndsay Faye over the last few days. I enjoyed the book and it seemed faithful enough to Conan Doyle's original style. Holmes and Watson get to meet many of the witnesses and officials associated with the Ripper case, with the main events being presented quite accurately. The revelation as to JTR's identity surprised me somewhat and it was refreshing to read a Holmes vs. Ripper story in which there wasn't a connection to the Royal Conspiracy :-). There are one or two rather eyebrow-raising coincidences, such as Holmes being the one to discover the body of Mary Jane Kelly, but overall the book is well worth reading if you like Holmes pastiches.
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Post by daniel1976 on Oct 24, 2013 15:58:16 GMT
saberhagen wrote another holmes-dracula book called "seance for a vampire" . however, on the whole, the saberhagen dracula series always felt to me like some kid-friendly marvel comics story, or very diluted robert lory.
the tangled skien is splendid, and certainly brings to mind lee and cushing in the lead roles rather than lugosi and rathbone in estleman's work. however i'm certain that other holmes-dracula stories are out there somewhere...
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Post by jamesdoig on Oct 24, 2013 19:28:20 GMT
The revelation as to JTR's identity surprised me somewhat Ripper, have you read Michael Dibdin's The Last Sherlock Holmes Story? He wrote it in the mid-70s, long before he started writing the Zen books. The revelation as to both Moriarty's and JTR's identity surprised me somewhat... |
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Post by ripper on Oct 24, 2013 20:17:28 GMT
Daniel, I've not read anything by Saberhagen. I liked Estleman's Holmes-Dracula book and have a copy of his Dr Jekyll and Mr Holmes kicking around in my "to be read" pile. Stephen Seitz wrote Sherlock Holmes and the Plague of Dracula, but I don't know anything about it. I'm interested in your comments on The Tangled Skein as I've seen mixed reviews on it. It's available with David Stuart Davies' Shadow of the Rat in a single volume.
James, I've heard of the Dibdin book and its revelations, but have not read it as yet. I thought it might stray too far from the Conan Doyle path for my tastes. Have you read a book by Bernard Schaffer called Whitechapel: The Final Stand of Sherlock Holmes? It's supposed to be rather controversial and graphic.
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Post by jamesdoig on Oct 25, 2013 9:14:58 GMT
James, I've heard of the Dibdin book and its revelations, but have not read it as yet. I thought it might stray too far from the Conan Doyle path for my tastes. Have you read a book by Bernard Schaffer called Whitechapel: The Final Stand of Sherlock Holmes? It's supposed to be rather controversial and graphic. I can't say I enjoyed the Dibdin book for the same reason, though it makes an awful sense. Haven't read Whitechapel, or heard of it for that matter, but I'll keep a look out. |
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Post by ripper on Oct 25, 2013 10:06:25 GMT
There are 2 versions of the Schaffer book: the normal version and a "gentlemen's" version in which the controversial elements are toned down. Out of curiosity I read the Kindle sample of the normal version last night. It's hard to get a true appreciation of how a book will pan out from a short sample. Sadly, the sample featured less of Holmes than I would have liked and more of the early life of M.J. Druitt, a real-life suspect of the Whitechapel murders.
On Holmes pastiches, I don't mind too much if more incredible elements are included as long as the author remains faithful to Holmes and watson, and to how they would react to the characters and situations they meet in the story.
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this sounds like something that would be well worth tracking down
