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Gaslight Grimoire: Fantastic Tales of Sherlock Holmes

Barbara Hambly, Kim Newman, Barbara Roden, Bob Madison, Christopher Sequeira, Chris Roberson, Peter Calamai

The fabled tin dispatch box of Dr. John H. Watson opens to reveal eleven all new tales of mystery and dark fantasy. Sherlock Holmes, master of deductive reasoning, confronts the irrational, the unexpected and the fantastic in the weird worlds of the Gaslight Grimoire.

"A wonderful addition to the bookshelf of any fan of
Sherlock Holmes or of the supernatural. Terrific stories, great variety, genuine
chills: it's all here."
- Robert J. Sawyer, Hugo Award-winning author of HOMINIDS

"This book contains eleven of the most ingenious, imaginative and inspired
exploits yet committed to paper. Wonderful stuff!"
- Roger Johnson, BSI, Editor, The Sherlock Holmes Journal

Contributors:
Barbara Hambly
Christopher Sequeira
Barbara Roden
M. J. Elliott
Martin Powell
Chico Kidd & Rick Kennett
The Road to Madness

H. P. Lovecraft, John Jude Palencar, Barbara Hambly
Renfield

Barbara Hambly

Renfield is confined to an insane asylum, but he still answers his Master's calling, setting the stage for the ultimate battle between good and evil, and the living and the dead.
Traveling with the Dead

Barbara Hambly

Down through the deathless centuries, the vampires had drunk human blood for sustenance and for sport. They preyed where they willed, for no mortal humans could resist their unclean powers. But now came the ultimate perversion, the unthinkable: someone was conscripting the vampires into the secret services of a foreign power.

No government agency or bureaucrat could control the Undead. The idea was absurd, as Dr. James Asher knew all too well.

Years in His Majesty's service had taught Asher the finer points of espionage. And he knew the secrets of the vampires--a familiarity hard-won in unwilling service to Don Simon Ysidro, oldest and most subtle of the hunters of the London night. What Asher didn't know was why one of England's established vampires would risk everything to travel across the European continent at the behest of a ruthless spymaster.

But he could see the terrifying potential of such an unholy alliance...
Immortal Blood

Barbara Hambly
Sisters of the Night

They're everywhere. And nowhere. From ancient days to here and now, stalking nocturnal forests, city lights, and suburban PTAs. They're blessed and cursed, feared and adored. One may be your officemate, a stranger on the street, your best friend's mom -- your lost dream. Your destiny. Or you.
Midnight Mass and Other Great Vampire Stories

Tanith Lee, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Esther Friesner, Barbara Hambly, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, F. Paul Wilson

From the horrifying to the humorous, some of today's finest authors share stories about one of mankind's oldest imagined evils, the vampire. The contents of this original audio production include "Bite Me Not, or Fleur de Fur" by Tanith Lee, "Food Chain" by Nina Kiriki Hoffman, "Moonlight in Vermont" by Esther Freisner, "Madeleine" by Barbara Hambly, "Victims" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch, "Seat Partner" by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, and "Midnight Mass" by F. Paul Wilson.