Dark Detectives
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Dark Detectives |
| image | Dark detectives.jpg |
| image_size | 200px |
| caption | Dust-jacket from the first edition |
| author | Edited by Stephen Jones |
| illustrator | Randy Broeker |
| cover_artist | Les Edwards |
| country | United States |
| language | English |
| genre | Fantasy, Horror and Detective |
| publisher | F & B Mystery |
| release_date | 1999 |
| media_type | Print (hardback) |
| pages | xxiv, 395, v |
| isbn | 1-878252-35-6 |
| oclc | 43515357 |
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| name = Dark Detectives | title_orig = | translator = | image = Dark detectives.jpg | image_size = 200px | caption = Dust-jacket from the first edition | author = Edited by Stephen Jones | illustrator = Randy Broeker | cover_artist = Les Edwards | country = United States | language = English | series = | genre = Fantasy, Horror and Detective | publisher = F & B Mystery | release_date = 1999 | english_release_date = | media_type = Print (hardback) | pages = xxiv, 395, v | isbn = 1-878252-35-6 | oclc= 43515357 | preceded_by = | followed_by = Dark Detectives: Adventures of the Supernatural Sleuths is an anthology of Occult detective stories edited by Stephen Jones. It was published by F & B Mystery in 1999 in an edition of 2,100 copies of which 100 were signed by all the contributors except R. Chetwynd-Hayes. The anthology contains 10 stories and a novella, Seven Stars, whose episodes are interspersed among the stories. Several of the stories first appeared in collections, or in the magazines The Idler, Kadath and Time Out.{{cite web | last = Brown | first = Charles N. | authorlink = Charles N. Brown |author2=William G. Contento | title = The Locus Index to Science Fiction (1984-1998) | work = | publisher = | url = http://www.locusmag.com/index/yr1999/t21.htm#A975 | format = | doi = | accessdate = 2008-04-01 }}
The book was republished in 2015 by Titan Books.
Contents
- "Introduction: The Serial Sleuths", by Stephen Jones
- "Seven Stars Prologue: In Egypt’s Land", by Kim Newman
- "Our Lady of Death", by Peter Tremayne (features Sister Fidelma)
- "Seven Stars Episode One: The Mummy’s Heart", by Kim Newman (features Charles Beauregard of the Diogenes Club)
- "The Horse of the Invisible", by William Hope Hodgson (features Thomas Carnacki)
- "Seven Stars Episode Two: The Magician and the Matinee Idol", by Kim Newman (features Edwin Winthrop and Catriona Kaye)
- "The Adventure of the Crawling Horror", by Basil Copper (features Solar Pons)
- "Seven Stars Episode Three: The Trouble with Barrymore", by Kim Newman (features The Gumshoe)
- "Rouse Him Not", by Manly Wade Wellman (features John Thunstone)
- "De Marigny’s Clock", by Brian Lumley (features Titus Crow)
- "Seven Stars Episode Four: The Biafran Bank Manager", by Kim Newman (features Richard Jeperson of the Diogenes Club)
- "Someone Is Dead", by R. Chetwynd-Hayes (features Francis St. Clare and Frederica Masters)
- "Vultures Gather", by Brian Mooney (features Reuban Calloway and Roderick Shea
- "Lost Souls", by Clive Barker (features Harry D'Amour)
- "Seven Stars Episode Five: Mimsy", by Kim Newman (features Sally Rhodes)
- "The Man Who Shot the Man Who Shot The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence", by Jay Russell (features Marty Burns)
- "Seven Stars Episode Six: The Dog Story", by Kim Newman (features Jerome Rhodes)
- "Bay Wolf", by Neil Gaiman (features Larry Talbot)
- "Seven Stars Episode Seven: The Duel of Seven Stars", by Kim Newman (features Geneviève Dieudonné)
References
- {{cite web | last = Brown | first = Charles N. | authorlink = Charles N. Brown |author2=William G. Contento | title = The Locus Index to Science Fiction (1984-1998) | work = | publisher = | url = http://www.locusmag.com/index/yr1999/t21.htm#A975 | format = | doi = | accessdate = 2008-04-01 }}
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