William Meikle

William Barclay Meikle (born January 25, 1958) is an British author of horror and mystery who has made extensive contributions to the Cthulhu Mythos first established by H. P. Lovecraft, including several which cross other characters from classic works of fiction with those of Lovecraft: examples of these include Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes and Professor Challenger, and William Hope Hodgson's Thomas Carnacki. Born in Ayrshire, Scotland but currently living in Canada, Meikle can claim over 30 published novels and more than 300 short stories to his name. 
The association of music and, to a lesser extent, dancing with the supernatural is a common element of Meikle's works. 
==Thomas Carnacki==
Perhaps more than any other author, William Meikle has expanded upon the character of Thomas Carnacki, the occult detective created in the early 1900s by English author William Hope Hodgson. Meikle's Carnacki writings include stories directly tied to the Cthulhu Mythos, those with more subtle inspirations, and more traditional paranormal tales.
==Selected Bibliography==
===Novels and Novellas=== 
*The Creeping Kelp (2011)
*Operation Antarctica (2018)
===Collections===
*Home From The Sea: Tales of Lovecraftian Terror (2017)
*Into the Black: Tales of Lovecraftian Terror (2019)
*The Keeper of the Gate (2019)
*Dagon Rising: William Meikle vs. H. P. Lovecraft's Dagon (2019, contributor)
*Carnacki: Starry Wisdom and Other Stories (2021)
*Up from the Deep (2023)
===Short Fiction=== 
*"When the Stars Are Right" (1994)
*"The Tenants of Ladywell Manor" (2009)
*"The Larkhill Barrow" (2011, Thomas Carnacki)
*"The Colour that Came to Chiswick" (2011, Sherlock Holmes)
*"Inquisitor" (2011)
* "Ripples in the Ether" (2012, Professor Challenger)
*"Out of the Black" (2012)
*"SymbiOS" (2013)
*"The Keeper of the Gate" (2013)
*"Home From the Sea" (2013)
*"On the Threshold" (2013)
* "The Island Of Doctor Munroe" (2014, Thomas Carnacki)
*"Broadsword" (2014)
*"Bedlam in Yellow" (2014, Thomas Carnacki)
*"She Sleeps in the Depths" (2014)
*"The Terror that Came to Dounreay" (2015)
*"The Color That Stole Christmas" (2015)
*"The Wonderful Musician" (2015)
*"Vulcan's Forge" (2015)
*"A True Telling of the Terror That Came to Red Hook" (2016)
*"Outposts" (2017)
*"Call and Response" (2017, Arkham Detective Agency/The Midnight Eye Files)
* "The Call of the Deep" (2017)
*"The Lakeside Cottages" (2017, Thomas Carnacki)
* "From Between" (2017, Thomas Carnacki)
*"The Last Quest" (2017)
*"The Longdock Air" (2017)
*"Bats in the Belfry" (2018, Thomas Carnacki)
*"Into the Black" (2019)
*"Eeny Meeny Miney Mi-Go" (2019, The Midnight Eye Files)
*"The Parkland Experiments" (2019)
*"A Body in the Library" (2021, Thomas Carnacki)
*"Starry Wisdom" (2021, Thomas Carnacki)
*"The Hounds of the Dawn" (2023)
*"Mrs. Hudson's Fancies" (2023, Sherlock Holmes universe)
*"The Sleeping God is Dreaming Where She Lies"
*"The Mouth"
*"The Colour of the Deep"
==External Links==
*William Meikle at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
*William Meikle at Goodreads
Category:Expanded Mythos Authors
Category:Mythos-Inspired Authors