Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes is a fictional character created by the late British author Arthur Conan Doyle, who made his first appearance in the 1887 novel A Study in Scarlett. Since his first appearance, Doyle expanded on the character, with his works totalling four novels and dozens of short stories involving Holmes; in the years since, many other authors have also given their own takes on the character, and the body of fiction surrounding him likely numbers in the tens of thousands.
Sherlock Holmes has also been crossed over into several other properties, particularly those of the occult detective genre. These include the Cthulhu Mythos established by H. P. Lovecraft, William Hope Hodgson's Carnacki universe, and the Solar Pons mysteries of August Derleth.
==Overview==
Holmes is considered to be one of the greatest detectives of his age, perhaps the greatest in history. He lived contemporary to the author's time, and shared much of his adult life with Dr. John H. Watson, his closest friend and partner throughout many of his cases.
The original Sherlock Holmes stories were very much grounded in reality; although several appeared at first glance to have supernatural elements, these were eventually all proven to be red herrings or explained by natural phenomena. In the works of some later authors, particularly in crossover pieces, the stories involve actual paranormal phenomena.
==Selected Appearances==
*All-Consuming Fire (1994, Andy Lane)
*Shadows Over Baker Street (2003, Various)
*The Cthulhu Casebooks (James Lovegrove) 
**Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows (2016)
**Sherlock Holmes and the Miskatonic Monstrosities (2017)
**Sherlock Holmes and the Sussex Sea-Devils (2018)
**Sherlock Holmes and the Highgate Horrors (2023)
*Sherlock Holmes vs. Cthulhu (Lois H. Gresh)
**The Adventure of the Deadly Dimensions (2017)
**The Adventure of the Neural Psychoses (2018)
**The Adventure of the Innsmouth Mutations (2019)
*Zanma Taisen Demonbane (2022, Jin Haganeya)
*"Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery at Miskatonic University" (2023, Zebulon Zachariah)
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