Gaslight ghouls : uneasy tales of Sherlock Holmes, monsters and madmen
J. R. Campbell (Author), Charles Prepolec (Author)
Far from the warming glow of London gaslight, in the remotest villages, on high hilltops, in forgotten valleys, and ancient caverns, a scream can echo for miles without reaching a sympathetic ear. Age old beliefs hang in the air like the morning mist, in places where the old ways and the older gods may be forsaken but are never forgotten. Bound in secrecy, sealed by blood, the traditions of ages past bubble up from the slumbering dark earth, crying out for a return to the old ways, and there is always someone listening. Someone, or some thing... Into this landscape comes Sherlock Holmes, casting the light of reason and modern logic wherever he goes. Can the Great Detective prevail against centuries of ingrained superstition and ritual? Can the modern science of deduction overcome belief in the oldest of evils? Can Sherlock Holmes, in twelve new tales by modern masters of horror, triumph over superstitions, new and old, and the ghoulish monsters and madmen who exploit them?
Print Book, English, 2022
Belanger Books, Manchester, NH, 2022
Fiction
423 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
9798353013563
1358764611
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Ratings & Reviews
4.08
24 ratings
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3 reviews
a year ago
Kenneth
A couple of these stories were pretty good, but at 60% of the way I am finished with the idea. It's very hard to do horror and Holmes. As Neil Gaiman has said about his masterful A Study in Emerald, the two things just don't mix. For the most part, t…
1 readers found this review helpful
2 years ago
John
Like all the books in this ongoing collection, I quite enjoyed this one. Before I go any further, full confession here: I read all the stories in this book except one. The story by Stephen Volk is set around Christmas time, so I’m saving that until D…
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