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An eclectic mix of eight stories drawn from the annals of the MX Series of New Sherlock Holmes stories and the many Holmes anthologies of Belanger Books, all from the pen of emerging pastiche author Stephen Herczeg.

Holmes is presented with a dishevelled and confused man that appears to be from another century. Time travel, or something more mysterious?

Several years after the mystery of the Engineer's thumb, Victor Hatherley is again at odds. Will Holmes discover his whereabouts and save him? And what is the connection to Holmes's greatest foe of all?

Death from the venomous bite of a rare Gila Monster. An accident or is the innocent looking herpetologist not what he seems?

A bomb appears beneath the floor of Parliament, along with a threat from Sudanese terrorists. Will Holmes make sense of the warning and identify the culprit?

Holmes must solve the mystery of a dead body found in an alleyway in a retrofuture of steam power.

Bodies appear to leave the morgue of their own accord. A mysterious fire draws Holmes to one conclusion. Zombies.

On the night of her arranged engagement to a German industrialist, a young woman disappears.

A derailed train, and a dead professor sees Holmes befriend an adventurous young woman to solve the mystery and foil the robbery of a priceless relic.

Seven further stories from the pen of emerging pastiche author Stephen Herczeg. Some have appeared in the annals of the MX Series of New Sherlock Holmes stories and the Holmes anthologies of Belanger Books, along two previously unpublished adventures.

A seemingly innocent concern from Lestrade about his cousin, leads Holmes back into a world left behind after the affair of The Five Orange Pips.

Investigating the appearance of a body at the base of Tower Bridge, unveils a hidden cult of Satanists performing ritual sacrifices, until Holmes and the British Secret Service intervenes.

Called to Scotland Yard, Holmes is re-united with an old acquaintance and dragged into a plot to undermine the Government and give its secrets to Russian spies.

Retirement provides no rest for Holmes when a scout troop discovers a partially buried corpse in the forest.

An old friend calls Holmes north to Hull to investigate a seemingly trivial matter of cheating, but one that may cause immense embarrassment to the heir to the throne.

Strong familial ties draw Holmes and Watson to Hungary for the funeral of Baron Metzengerstein, only to find that a centuries old feud between ruling houses ignites once more resulting in death and carnage.

An innocent gathering to showcase wares and food from far flung Borneo, ends with the mysterious death of the host and all evidence pointing to a native of that land.

Be it solving the identity of a man lost in time, rushing to the aid of an old acquaintance, crossing swords with an assassin in a retrofuture, or pitting his wits with a spirited young woman on a train, Sherlock Holmes will always fall back to using his intelligence and deductive reasoning.

The Curious Cases of Sherlock Holmes presents over a dozen tales from the pen of Australian author Stephen Herczeg.

The collection is an eclectic mix of stories drawn from the annals of the MX Series of New Sherlock Holmes stories and many of the Holmes anthologies of Belanger Books.

Some are standard canonical tales true to the style of Arthur Conan Doyle, others set Holmes within the worlds of H.G. Wells, or in a steampunk London; while others pit Holmes against spies, zombies, venomous reptiles, Satanists, and gangsters.

Once again, the pen of Stephen Herczeg has produced another set of eclectic stories from the world of Sherlock Holmes and his creator. All have featured in annals of the MX Books of New Sherlock Holmes stories and the many anthologies from Belanger Books.

A disturbing Christmas gift sees Holmes employed to find the owner of a severed foot.

A break-in at the British Museum leads Holmes into the ominous presence of animal-like humans.

Before Holmes met him, Colonel Lysander Stark built a career as a German spy undermining Foreign governments.

In a parallel universe, Holmes must use all his skills to decipher the riddles behind a new form of power and what it means for London and Britain as a whole.

A locked room. A catatonic man. Relics from the past. And a strange magical symbol. Holmes crosses paths with Simon Iff as they work at odds to solve the mystery of the unicursal hexagram.

When a local doctor disappears, Holmes must uncover his whereabouts and discover the links between a local politician and a ruthless gangleader.

A friend of Mrs. Hudson seeks Holmes's assistance to clear her mistress of the charge of murdering her husband.

Arthur Conan Doyle pits his wits against the law to play at being Holmes and clear a young Indian man's name.

Another eight eclectic tales from the pen of Stephen Herczeg. All have featured in annals of the MX Books of New Sherlock Holmes stories and the many anthologies from Belanger Books.

The body was in the box, and then it wasn't. Holmes must find the dead girl and the identity of her killer.

A young girl appears to be possessed by a demon. What is the truth and who is behind it?

Dead bees. Honey that tastes of ash. A retired Holmes must track down the cause and unearth the mystery behind the strange colour creeping across the countryside.

Newly appointed Inspector Bell seeks Holmes's assistance in tracking down a lost little boy, leading him to a horrid case of child slavery.

After helping capture a killer, Holmes is requested to locate the victims' bodies.

Beltain. The spring fertility festival at Stonehenge. The charred human remains in the Wickerman brings Holmes into the centre of a love triangle gone terribly wrong.

On the request of a university professor, Holmes tracks down a missing student and unearths a deadly case of sibling rivalry.

In an untold case, Holmes is asked to investigate the disappearance of Trepoff in far flung Ukraine.