Shadows Over Baker Street

Shadows Over Baker Street
The cover of the first edition
Author Michael Reaves, John Pelan (editors)
Cover artist John Jude Palencar
Country United States
Language English
Series Cthulhu Mythos, Sherlock Holmes
Genre Mystery, Horror, Crossover
Publisher Del Rey Books
Publication date
September 30, 2003
Media type Print (hardback & paperback)
Pages 464
ISBN 978-0-345-45273-3

Shadows Over Baker Street is an anthology of stories, each by a different author and each concerning an exploit of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes set against the backdrop of H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos. The collection is edited by Michael Reaves and John Pelan, who also contributed the introduction. Doyle's estate approved the book.

Table of contents

TitleYear setAuthorNotes
"A Study in Emerald"1881Neil GaimanWon the 2004 Hugo Award for Best Short Story
"Tiger! Tiger!"1882Elizabeth Bear
"The Case of the Wavy Black Dagger"1884Steve Perry
"A Case of Royal Blood"1888Steven-Elliot AltmanNarrated by H.G. Wells
"The Weeping Masks"1890James Lowder
"Art in the Blood"1892Brian Stableford
"The Curious Case of Miss Violet Stone"1894Poppy Z. Brite, David Ferguson
"The Adventure of the Antiquarian's Niece"1894Barbara HamblyThomas Carnacki is one of the main characters
"The Mystery of the Worm"1894John PelanDr. 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"1897Paul Finch
"The Horror of the Many Faces"1898Tim Lebbon
"The Adventure of the Arab's Manuscript"1898Michael Reaves
"The Drowned Geologist"1898Caitlín R. Kiernan
"A Case of Insomnia"1899John P. Vourlis
"The Adventure of the Voorish Sign"1899Richard A. Lupoff
"The Adventure of Exham Priory"1901F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre
"Death Did Not Become Him"1902David Niall Wilson, Patricia Lee Macomber
"Nightmare in Wax"1915Simon Clark
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