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Dark Detectives

FieldValue
nameDark Detectives
imageDark detectives.jpg
image_size200px
captionDust-jacket from the first edition
authorEdited by Stephen Jones
illustratorRandy Broeker
cover_artistLes Edwards
countryUnited States
languageEnglish
genreFantasy, Horror and Detective
publisherF & B Mystery
release_date1999
media_typePrint (hardback)
pagesxxiv, 395, v
isbn1-878252-35-6
oclc43515357

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

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

Notes

References

  1. "Dark Detectives: An Anthology of Supernatural Mysteries". Titan Books.
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