He deftly presents a Holmes continuously adjusting the calibre of his willingness to engage with the irrational according to the world of each story Sherlock Holmes faced with Dr. Despite the speculative elements of the stories, Lovegrove successfully maintains the rational heart of the Sherlock Holmes stories in circumstances radically divergent from Conan Doyle’s Victorian England. And for the science fiction or horror fan, Lovegrove offers an avenue to begin reading Holmes or else to indulge in a delightful combination of genre with the world’s greatest detective. Hyde, and a countryside romp in which the duo meet a murderous pterodactyl kept by Professor Challenger, who was first introduced in Conan Doyle’s adventure novel The Lost World.įor the seasoned Sherlock Holmes reader, The Manifestations of Sherlock Holmes offers a collection of stories that expands beyond not only Conan Doyle’s original 56 short stories and four novels, but a century of rigidly inspired imitations. Between the more plausible stories are those which feature Lovecraftian cosmic horror, a dark pastiche of Strange Case of Dr. Brimming with the fantastic and the macabre, Lovegrove’s Manifestations offers new insights into Sherlock Holmes and the world he inhabits. Watson asks Holmes, “Would you not allow that there is at least an outside chance that something other, something ineffable and indefinable, surrounds our lives and from time to time permeates them?” Author James Lovegrove positions his new Holmes book to consider Watson’s premise: what boundaries will readers accept for the great detective?Īcross half of the twelve stories, Holmes encounters cases quite unlike anything Arthur Conan Doyle wrote throughout his four decades with the detective. Kassa author page.In the first story of The Manifestations of Sherlock Holmes, an exasperated Dr. You can find out more on the Amazon Naching T. We're each in the process of writing a novella for this book which concerns-who else-Sherlock Holmes!Įveryone should support this Kickstarter and these kids! What are your current and upcoming projects?Ĭurrently, I'm working on a book for Crystal Lake Publishing with John Linwood Grant and Angela Yuriko Smith. It's a great pleasure to work with him.ģ. I can't think of a worthier cause than aiding these amazing kids.Īlso, David Marcum is a terrific editor. I love the fact that these wonderful books support Undershaw. Why did you want to participate in this project? He's inherited a human skull along with the house his father left him.Ģ. My story concerns a client who's come to Holmes with a rather interesting problem.
I also belong to several Sherlock Holmes societies, including: The Sound of the Baskervilles, The Sherlock Holmes Society of London, the ACD Society and the Crew of the Barque Lone Star. I'm a member of the Horror Writers Association and Mystery Writers of America. Kassa and I'm a wife, mother, and writer. Please tell us a little bit about yourself, and your story.
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