num_pages: 311
description: 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 thirteen all-new tales of terror from today's modern masters of the macabre! Contributors Include:Leslie S. Klinger - ForewordCharles V. Prepolec - IntroductionStephen Volk - HoundedLawrence C. Connolly - The Death LanternWilliam Meikle - The Quality of MercyJames A. Moore - Emilys KissWilliam Patrick Maynard - The Tragic Case of the Child ProdigyHayden Trenholm - The Last WindigoNeil Jackson - CelesteRobert Lauderdale - The Best Laid PlansLeigh Blackmore - Exalted are the Forces of DarknessMark Morris - The Affair of the HeartSimon Kurt Unsworth - The Hand-Delivered LetterBarbara Roden - Of the Origin of the Hound of the BaskervillesJ. R. Campbell - Mr. Others Children
language: English
title: Gaslight Grotesque: Nightmare Tales of Sherlock Holmes
publisher: EDGE Science Fiction & Fantasy