Dark Detectives

Dark Detectives: Adventures of the Supernatural Sleuths is an anthology of Occult detective stories edited by Stephen Jones. It was published by F & B Mystery in 1999 in an edition of 2,100 copies of which 100 were signed by all the contributors except R. Chetwynd-Hayes. The anthology contains 10 stories and a novella, Seven Stars, whose episodes are interspersed among the stories. Several of the stories first appeared in collections, or in the magazines The Idler, Kadath and Time Out.^[1]

The book was republished in 2015 by Titan Books.^[2]

Contents

• "Introduction: The Serial Sleuths", by Stephen Jones
• "Seven Stars Prologue: In Egypt’s Land", by Kim Newman
• "Our Lady of Death", by Peter Tremayne (features Sister Fidelma)
• "Seven Stars Episode One: The Mummy’s Heart", by Kim Newman (features Charles Beauregard of the Diogenes Club)
• "The Horse of the Invisible", by William Hope Hodgson (features Thomas Carnacki)
• "Seven Stars Episode Two: The Magician and the Matinee Idol", by Kim Newman (features Edwin Winthrop and Catriona Kaye)
• "The Adventure of the Crawling Horror", by Basil Copper (features Solar Pons)
• "Seven Stars Episode Three: The Trouble with Barrymore", by Kim Newman (features The Gumshoe)
• "Rouse Him Not", by Manly Wade Wellman (features John Thunstone)
• "De Marigny’s Clock", by Brian Lumley (features Titus Crow)
• "Seven Stars Episode Four: The Biafran Bank Manager", by Kim Newman (features Richard Jeperson of the Diogenes Club)
• "Someone Is Dead", by R. Chetwynd-Hayes (features Francis St. Clare and Frederica Masters)
• "Vultures Gather", by Brian Mooney (features Reuban Calloway and Roderick Shea
• "Lost Souls", by Clive Barker (features Harry D'Amour)
• "Seven Stars Episode Five: Mimsy", by Kim Newman (features Sally Rhodes)
• "The Man Who Shot the Man Who Shot The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence", by Jay Russell (features Marty Burns)
• "Seven Stars Episode Six: The Dog Story", by Kim Newman (features Jerome Rhodes)
• "Bay Wolf", by Neil Gaiman (features Larry Talbot)
• "Seven Stars Episode Seven: The Duel of Seven Stars", by Kim Newman (features Geneviève Dieudonné)

References

• Brown, Charles N.; William G. Contento. "The Locus Index to Science Fiction (1984-1998)". Retrieved 2008-04-01.
• Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (2000). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, Supplement 8, 1999–2000. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. p. 21.

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