Shadows Over Baker Street
Shadows Over Baker Street is an anthology edited by Michael Reaves and John Pelan and combining the worlds of H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos and Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories. Reaves and Pelan contributed the introduction. The estate of Arthur Conan Doyle estate approved the book's publication.
The cover of the first edition | |
| Author | Michael Reaves, John Pelan (editors) |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | John Jude Palencar |
| Language | English |
| Series | Cthulhu Mythos, Sherlock Holmes |
| Genre | Mystery, Horror, Crossover |
| Publisher | Del Rey Books |
Publication date | September 30, 2003 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 464 |
| ISBN | 978-0-345-45273-3 |
Table of contents
| Title | Year set | Author | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| "A Study in Emerald" | 1881 | Neil Gaiman | Won the 2004 Hugo Award for Best Short Story |
| "Tiger! Tiger!" | 1882 | Elizabeth Bear | |
| "The Case of the Wavy Black Dagger" | 1884 | Steve Perry | |
| "A Case of Royal Blood" | 1888 | Steven-Elliot Altman | Narrated by H.G. Wells |
| "The Weeping Masks" | 1890 | James Lowder | |
| "Art in the Blood" | 1892 | Brian Stableford | |
| "The Curious Case of Miss Violet Stone" | 1894 | Poppy Z. Brite, David Ferguson | |
| "The Adventure of the Antiquarian's Niece" | 1894 | Barbara Hambly | Thomas Carnacki is one of the main characters |
| "The Mystery of the Worm" | 1894 | John Pelan | Dr. Nikola also appears; an annotated version of this story was published in Studies in Modern Horror, issue no. 3 |
| "The Mystery of the Hanged Man's Puzzle" | 1897 | Paul Finch | |
| "The Horror of the Many Faces" | 1898 | Tim Lebbon | |
| "The Adventure of the Arab's Manuscript" | 1898 | Michael Reaves | |
| "The Drowned Geologist" | 1898 | Caitlín R. Kiernan | |
| "A Case of Insomnia" | 1899 | John P. Vourlis | |
| "The Adventure of the Voorish Sign" | 1899 | Richard A. Lupoff | |
| "The Adventure of Exham Priory" | 1901 | F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre | |
| "Death Did Not Become Him" | 1902 | David Niall Wilson, Patricia Lee Macomber | |
| "Nightmare in Wax" | 1915 | Simon Clark | |
Similar works
A multitude of works not authored by Doyle have involved science fiction and supernatural elements. In terms of the Mythos, specifically, the Andy Lane novel All-Consuming Fire also combines Sherlock Holmes with the Mythos. As part of the Virgin New Adventures line, it also takes place in the "Whoniverse" introduced by Doctor Who and stars the Seventh Doctor from that series.
The 2007 adventure game Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened involves the Mythos, Cthulhu specifically. A remastered version appeared in 2008 and a remake in 2023.