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Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes is among the most famous literary figures of all time. For more than a hundred years, his adventures have stood as imperishable monuments to the ability of human reason to penetrate every mystery, solve every puzzle, and punish every crime. For nearly as long, the macabre tales of H. P. Lovecraft have haunted readers with their nightmarish glimpses into realms of cosmic chaos and undying evil. But what would happen if Conan Doyle’s peerless detective and his allies were to find themselves faced with mysteries whose solutions lay not only beyond the grasp of logic, but of sanity itself. In this collection of all-new, all-original tales, twenty of today’s most cutting edge writers provide their answers to that burning question.“A Study in Emerald” by Neil Gaiman: A gruesome murder exposes a plot against the Crown, a seditious conspiracy so cunningly wrought that only one man in all London could have planned it–and only one man can hope to stop it.“A Case of Royal Blood” by Steven-Elliot Altman: Sherlock Holmes and H. G. Wells join forces to protect a princess stalked by a ghost–or perhaps something far worse than a ghost.“Art in the Blood” by Brian Stableford: One man’s horrific affliction leads Sherlock Holmes to an ancient curse that threatens to awaken the crawling chaos slumbering in the blood of all humankind.“The Curious Case of Miss Violet Stone” by Poppy Z. Brite and David Ferguson: A girl who has not eaten in more than three years teaches Holmes and Watson that sometimes the impossible cannot be eliminated.“The Horror of the Many Faces” by Tim Lebbon: Dr. Watson witnesses a maniacal murder in London–and recognizes the villain as none other than his friend, Mr. Sherlock Holmes.With these and fourteen other dark tales of madness, horror, and deduction, a new and terrible game is afoot.The terrifyingly surreal universe of horror master H. P. Lovecraft bleeds into the logical world of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s champion of rational deduction–in these brand-new stories by twenty of today’s top horror, mystery, fantasy, and science fiction writers, including:• Steven-Elliot Altman• Elizabeth Bear• Poppy Z. Brite• Simon Clark• David Ferguson• Paul Finch• Neil Gaiman• Barbara Hambly• Caitlin R. Kiernan• Tim Lebbon• James Lowder• Richard A. Lupoff• F. Gwynplaine McIntyre• John Pelan• Steve Perry• Michael Reaves• Brian Stableford• John P. Vourlis• David Niall Wilson & Patricia Lee MacomberFrom the Hardcover edition.

A Los Angeles Times–bestselling author "combines the divine and the profane in this erotically charged urban fantasy" (Publishers Weekly). Imagine Leaving Las Vegas meets City of Angels and American Gods, and you can imagine the power of Severed Wings. Brandon Jones, a handsome, hopeful young actor, stands on the verge of fame and fortune—when a car accident shatters his life, bringing his career to a screeching halt. Isolating himself, he cuts off his friends and family, turns to booze for companionship, and withdraws to a small apartment on Sunset Boulevard. Now, the only people he interacts with are a drag queen and a student working her way through college as an escort .Brandon has nothing to live for . . . until a startlingly beautiful young couple moves in across the hall. Spying through the peephole in his door, he grows increasingly obsessed with his new neighbors—and the parade of damaged strangers who visit them at all hours. Then something seemingly impossible happens that convinces him that this mysterious couple can help restore all he lost. "Altman delivers a thrilling roller-coaster ride, plunging us headlong into dark territories fraught with unexpected pivots and twists." —Stephen Susco, screenwriter of The Grudge"A tour de force of the Weird. Eat of the fruit and take a truly mesmerizing trip through a glass darkly. I did, and I can''t wait to do it again." —Nancy Holder, New York Times–bestselling co-author of The Wicked Saga"[An] ethereal story about the damage of the past and the hope for a better personal future." —Booklist

From a Los Angeles Times–bestselling author, "a [vampire] novel that goes out of its way to not to glorify the villainy of vampirism" (Miami Herald). How to control the bloodlust?How to find inner peace as the living dead?The Way of the Wooden Stake.One man rises in a SoHo alleyway to find his lover dead and his own body terribly transformed . . .He strains to overcome his murderous instincts through zen meditation and blood deprivation.He is reclaimed by The Ministry, an underground society waging war with the undead.Again and again he will find his will tested, and his thirst tempted, by the killers who demand his allegiance . . . and the zen masters who will burn him down at his first missed step . . .He must walk a tightrope between the living and the dead . . . to master himself and his hunger. And the way of the wooden stake . . .The 25th Anniversary Revised Author Edition of the Los Angeles Times–bestselling author Steven-Elliot Altman''s controversial Zen in the Art of Slaying Vampires. Foreword by the New York Times bestseller Nancy Holder, author of Angel, Smallville, and the Buffy the Vampire Slayer novels.