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Robert Saffron
The Demon Device (1979) Story Type: Homage Fictional Characters: The Hairless Mexican / General Miguel Cordova Historical Figures: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; Louise Hawkins Doyle; Jean Leckie; Albert Einstein; Inessa Armand; Alexander Helphand / Parvus; Nadezhada Krupskaya; V.I. Lenin; Paul Von Hindenburg; Erich Von Ludendorff; Herbert Asquith; Queen Mary; George V; William Somerset Maugham; (Robert Saffron; Mary Doyle; Innes Doyle; Kingsley Doyle; Sir John French; William Gillette; Charles Doyle; Ernest Rutherford; Inessa Armand; Franz von Rintelen; Inspector Neil; William J. Burns; Arthur Zimmermann; Sir George Buchanan; Sir William Wiseman) Other Characters: Voodoo Worshippers; Obeah; Cora Matthews; C.B. Plumsoll; Cora's Father; Sergeant Matthews; Motorcycle Messenger; Cabman; Charles; Arachne; Sergeant; Corporal; Scotland Yard Duty Officer; Crown & Mitre Hotel Clerk; Isabelle Andros; Gendarmes; Ritz Clientele; Exeter Station-Master; Farmer; Mourners; Rebecca; Minister; Joseph Mombeya; French Train Passengers; Dr Etienne Salcrou; Conductor; Porter; Waiters; Soldiers; Schrank; Pelikan Manager; Telephone Operator; Henry Angel; Sanger's Maid; Professor Maurice Sanger; Grand Hôtel Orchestra; Grand Hôtel Guests; Waiter; Launch Passengers; Spiegelgasse Occupants; Lenin's Landlady; Lenin's Comrades; Taxi Driver; Joseph North; Money Changer; Embassy Intelligence Officer; Breakfast Waiter; Stag Proprietor; Sentry; Auxiliary Guard; Singen Residents; Frau Schäffer; Singen Policeman; Landwehr Guard; Singen Ticket Seller; Train Passengers; Dr Ekkehard; Farmer; Herr Bessing; Bessing's Neighbour; Comrade Karl; Bicyclist; Calw Railway Clerk; Female Railway Guard; Dr Kreutzenberg; Tram Conductor; Tram Passenger; Kreutzenberg's Maid; Lazaret Doctors; Patients; Visitors; German General; Orderly; Private; Newspaper Correspondents; Neckarsulm Postmaster; Corporal Otto Frisch; Goldener Hirsch Diners; Comrade Steuermeyer; Tram Passengers; Market Traders; Daniel Gelb; Gelb's Friends; Funeral Mourners; Priest; Bavarian Soap Dealer & Wife; Fulda Lawyer; Matron; Gepo Captain; Hearse Driver; Gotha Corporal; Policeman; Russian Pirate; Coal Yard Workers; Factory Geheimpolizei Officer; Manager; Guards; Russian Prisoners of War; Workers' Families; Workers; Captain Karinsky; Second Weimar Hussars Band; Standard Bearers; Herr Direktor Dr Ehrens; Baron Hochwächter; Dr Gerhard Buchhalter; Technicians; NCO; Gepo Officers; Foreman; Vaudeville Performers; Supply Room Clerk;

Hunting Lodge Girl; Zell Sergeant; Eisfeld Farmer; Rossach Post Office Functionary; Aitrach Landstürm Sergeant; Corporal; Landstürmer Officers; Serving Girl; Wangen Farmer; Farmer's Wife; Wangen Stranger; Grocer & Cronies; Austrian Frontier Sentries; Austrian Lieutenant; Herr Geheimrat Köhler; Höchst Bridge Guard; Swiss Border Sentries; British Vice-Consul; Zurich Pension Proprietress; Zurich Station Crowds; Swiss Child; British Courier; Sopwith Pilot; Naval & Army Officers; Politicians; Constable; Army Man; Saboteur; Café Royal Doorman; Wardens; Cabman; (Sardanyi; Reutlinger; Madame Reutlinger; Waiter; Lift Man; CipherClerk; Berlin Agent; Dr Joseph Williams; Cora's Sister; Edouard; Baker's Boy; Sûreté Inspector; Mathilde Bessing; Sanger's Son; Rosa B.; English Couple) Locations: Summerland; Butcher Row, Livery Stable; 15, Buckingham Palace Mansions; Beefsteak Club; Paris; Pension; The Ritz; Waterloo Station; Exeter; Cora's Village Churchyard; Newhaven; France; Le Havre; Train; Rouen; Dijon; Switzerland; Lausanne; Zurich; Hotel Pelikan; Sanger's House; Grand Hôtel Bellevue-au-Lac; Alpen-Quai Station; Steam Launch; 14, Spiegelgasse; Restaurant Jakobsbrunnen; British Consulate; Pelikanstrasse; Bahnhof; National Museum; 12, Spiegelgasse; The Polytechnic; Botanic Gardens; Bern; 5, Feldeckweg; Glarisegg; Stag Hotel; Germany; Barn; Singen; Schäffer's Shop; Station; Train; Tuttlingen; Rottweil; Nagold; Calw; Train; Stuttgart; Degerloch; Kreutzenberg's House; Lazaret; Marbach; Heilbrunn; Hotel; Castle of the Teutonic Order; Heidingsfeld; The Goldener Hirsch Inn; Market; Scherenburg Railway Restaurant; Fulda; Eisenach; Pension; The Wartburg; English Church; Gotha; Erfürterstrasse Café; Farmers' Market; Straussfurt; Zechstein Saltmine; Munitions Factory; Cathedral of St Barbara; Hunting Lodge; Zell; Eisfeld; Coburg; Rossach; Bavaria; Aitrach; Leutkirch; Rosa's Cottage; Barn near Wangen; Wangen; Austria; Bregenz; Höchst; Zurich Pension; Gare de Lyon; Airfield; Dieppe; Houses of Parliament; Big Ben; A Bi-plane above London; Café Royal Date: March 5th - April 10th, 1917 / March, 1891 Story: The story has been communicated to its editor by Conan Doyle from the afterlife. Doyle is called on by Matthews, whose wife Cora has become involved with a voodoo sect. Shortly after, he receives a summons to the Beefsteak Club, from Arachne who enlists Doyle to investigate a secret weapon the Germans are developing, and arrangements are made for Plumsoll, who bears a striking resemblence to William Gillette, to pursue the Matthews case in his stead. A British agent has been killed leaving only a few burned

notes which, through the initials "I.A." remind Doyle of an encounter with Isabelle Andros in Paris in 1891, and point Doyle towards Einstein as his first point of enquiry. From Plumsoll, Doyle learns of Cora's death, and they attend her funeral, learning of the Germans' mining of pitchblende in the Congo. Doyle travels to Zurich, with Plumsoll now assigned to assist him. He becomes aware that they are under surveillance on the train through France. In Zurich he learns nothing from Einstein, but teaches the scientist how to play billiards. Later encounters Armand with Helphand. He believes she is Andros. She introduces him to Lenin who offers the service of his network of followers, and insists that Armand accompany Doyle to Germany. Before they leave he encounters Maugham's Hairless Mexican, actually a Bolivian, who claims the British owe him money, and is almost electrocuted. Einstein is called back to Germany and tells Doyle that the German device is an atomic weapon. Recognised on a train, Doyle is forced to kill. They travel on through Germany, staying with a succession of Lenin's supporters. Doyle becomes suspicious of the omnipresent Sisters of Charity, but when they are confronted by a Gepo Captain, it becomes apparent that they also have a protector. Eventually, they discover the location of the weapons factory at Straussfurt, where they apply for work. They discover the factory is located in an old salt-mine, where an entire city has been constructed underground. Hindenburg and Ludendorff tour the facility. Doyle joins forces with a Russian prisoner to sabotage the plant. After destroying the work's they , as they head back to England to prevent the delivery of a second device, 'Little Bertha', but find themselves held captive by an old acquaintance and his surprising associate, and again, after escaping, by yet another old acquaintance. Back in Zurich, Inessa rejoins Lenin. Doyle and Plumsoll travel on to London to prevent an attack on the King during the opening of Parliament. A further attack is made on Doyle by a child, but the climax of the mission comes in the tower of Big Ben, and in an aerial fight above London.

Andrew Salmon
"The Adventure of the Locked Room" (2009) Included in: Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective, Volume One (Ron Fortier) Story Type: Pastiche Canonical Characters: Sherlock Holmes; Dr. Watson; Mrs Hudson; (Inspector Lestrade)

Other Characters: Passers-By; Settee Deliverymen; Hansom Driver; Douglas Gavin; Underground Passengers; Publican; Subway Pedestrians; Everett Hopkins; Tunnel Constable; Messenger; Prison Guard; (Judson Farris; Gas Lamp Crew; Police; Ceiling Repairmen; Edgar Hopkins; Lucilla Hopkins / Lucilla Farris; Lucius Hopkins; Roddy Smyth; Hopkins' Servants) Date: Late Summer, 1881 Locations: 221B, Baker Street; Blandford Street; A Hansom Cab; 5186 Clanranald; Gas Works; Baker Street Station; South Kensington Station; Mansion House Station; Beer Lane; Tower Subway; Newgate Prison Story: Shortly after moving in to 221B, Holmes and Watson are told, by Mrs Hudson, of a murder that occurred there four weeks prior to their occupancy. Judson Farris had been killed, in the locked suite, the day after he had moved in. Mrs Hudson discovered the body in the sitting room, which reeked of gas, but no gas leak was discovered. A malfunctioning street light seems important, as does a hole in the roof and a pair of left-handed gloves. Holmes examines their quarters and the surrounding streets minutely. Holmes visits Lestrade, and learns that a lamp-lighter was killed the same night. They visit the home of Farris's stepson, Everett Hopkins, who disappeared, also on the night of the murder. From the family butler they learn of another murder. They follow him and are led beneath the Thames where they hear the truth about Farris, and Holmes engages in a duel, but it is only later, in Newgate Prison, that Watson learns the full story.

Michael Salmon
Who Did It? At the Circus (1991) Story Type: Children's Picture-Book Detective: Sherlock Panda Other Characters: Detective Bear; Ticket Bear; Customers; Popcorn Rat; Alberta the Alligator; Penguins; The Band; Octavia the Octopus; The Flying Pigalettos; Tiger Cub Scouts; Clowns; Renaldo the Great; Daredevil Dan; Sabu the Indian Elephant; Ringmaster Bearnum; Brutus the African Lion Locations: The Circus Story: Sherlock Panda and Detective Bear solve the mysteries of the stolen tickets, the missing band instruments, the knotted trapeze, the eaten custard pies, the vandalised motorcycle, and the missing Ringmaster's costume.

Walter Satterthwaite
Escapade (1995) Story Type: Homage Fictional Characters: Madame Sosostris; (Rebecca de Winter) Historical Figures: Harry Houdini; Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; (Bess Houdini; Cecilia Weiss; George Edalji; William Pinkerton; Frances Griffiths; Elsie Wright; Kingsley Doyle; Mary Doyle) Other Characters: Jane Turner; Phil Beaumont; Higgens; Briggs; Servants; Robert Fitzwilliam, Viscount Purleigh; Marjorie Allardyce; Railway Guard; Alice Fitzwilliam, Viscountess Purleigh; Cecily Fitzwilliam; Dr Erich Auerbach / Carl Moseley; Vanessa Corneille; Sir David Merridale; Constance; Woman in White; Boy; Mr Dempsey; Carson; Earl of Axminster; Constable Dubbins; Policemen; Coroner's Men; Police Doctor; Photographer; Superintendent Honniwell; Parsons; Running Bear; Inspector Marsh; Sergeant Meadows / Peter Collinson; Mrs Blandings; Darleen O'Brien; Policeman; Chin Soo / Archibald Crubbs; Jury; Prosecutor; Lady Purleigh's Lawyer; Sergeant Maynard Vine; (Evangeline; Evangeline's Brother; Mary; Lord Endover; Lord Reginald Fitzwilliam; MacGregor; Gwendolyn; Peters; Gwendolyn's Parents; Carlyle; Sergeant Lanahan; Dr Christie; Partridge; Florrie Chubb; Little Tom; Mrs Hornsby; Jerry; Wilbur Dent; Vicar; Gerard Corneille; Esme Corneille; Connie Coburn; Tenants; Ripley; Connie's Nephew; Cock and Bull Landlord; Driver; Woman Writer; Dora Carrington; Sybil Prescott-Vane; London Thugs) Locations: 12, Yeoman's Row, Knightsbridge; Devon; Purleigh; Maplewhite; Exeter Train; Old Mill; Court Date: August 15th - 19th, 1921 Story: Houdini and his Pinkerton bodyguard, Beaumont, arrive at Maplewhite, Viscount Purleigh's Devon estate for a house party. At dinner they hear of the three ghosts said to haunt the estate. Someone attempts to search Houdini's luggage, and Beaumont and another guest, Jane, both receive nighttime visitations. The following morning an announcement in the Times tells the world where Houdini is, alarming news to Beaumont, who is protecting him from his rival, Chin Soo, who has made threats against his life. Houdini is shot at in the grounds of the estate, and Jane incurs the wrath of Merridale when she spurns his advances, and sees two more ghosts. Conan Doyle arrives, accompanied by a medium, Madame Sosostris. Before the planned Séance can take place, Purleigh's father, the Earl of Axminster is found shot inside his locked room. Houdini suggests that the earlier shot wasn't actually aimed at him. Merridale challenges Beaumont to a boxing match. The Séance is disrupted, Jane discovers a cache of stolen trinkets

and an attempt is made on her life, and the following morning, after the boxing, Marsh and Meadows of Scotland Yard arrive. Houdini discovers the house's secret passages. Houdini solves the crime, betters Marsh, and unveils Chin Soo.

Robert J. Sawyer
"You See But You Do Not Observe" (1995) Included in: Sherlock Holmes in Orbit (Mike Resnick & Martin H. Greenberg); The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (John Joseph Adams) Story Type: Science Fiction Pastiche Canonical Characters: Dr Watson; Sherlock Holmes; Peter Steiler; Swiss Boy; Professor Moriarty; Mary Morstan; (Mycroft Holmes; Mrs Hudson; Englishwoman; Colonel Moran; Ronald Adair) Historical Figures: (Enrico Fermi; Erwin Schrödinger; Guglielmo Marconi) Other Characters: Mycroft Holmes Date: 15th August, 1899 / 5th June, 2096 / 4th May, 1891 / June, 1907 Locations: 221B, Baker Street Reconstruction; Meiringen; Englischer Hof; Reichenbach Falls Story: Holmes and Watson are transported into a reconstruction of 221B, in 2096, by Mycroft Holmes (no relation), to solve the Fermi Paradox - if the universe is supposed to be full of life, where are the aliens? Twenty-first century technology is able to upload data directly into Holmes's brain, and after doing so, Holmes asks Mycroft to holographically re-create the Reichenbach Falls, where they re-enact the events of The Final Problem. Based on his new knowledge of Schrödinger's cat, Holmes is able to deduce the secret of his survival at Reichenbach, and consequently the reason for the absence of the aliens. He and Watson return to

the real Reichenbach in 1891 to resolve the problem.

Norma Schier
"The Adventure of the Solitary Bride by E. Aldon Canoy" (1979) Included in: The Anagram Detectives (Norma Schier); Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (Feb 1993) Story Type: Pastiche / Parody Detectives: Hoskell Chomers & Sandwort Other Characters: Mrs. Hounds; Lady Treiboris; Craig Adomcourt Treiboris; Heurlbutt; O' Mertogh; Dora Lampuir; Lady Treiboris's Maid Locations: 221A Krebb Street; A Train; The Treiboris Estate in Surrey Story: The newly-wed Lady Treiboris wakes up one morning to find her husband has disappeared. On the dining table is an arrangement of playing cards which Heurlbutt, the butler, quickly disposes of. Later, she sees a man in workman's clothes skulking around the stables. The following day another playing card arrangement appears and she sees the man again. NOTE: All character names in this story are anagrams of their canonical equivalent, or of their role in the story: Mrs. Hounds = Mrs. Hudson. Reference is also made to Professor Marriyot, and Scotland Yard detectives Streadle & Noggers. "The Adventure of the Boing! Ritual by Rif H. Lobster" (1979) Included in: The Anagram Detectives (Norma Schier); Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (Feb 1993) Story Type: Parody Detectives: Mooch Sheckls & Tweany Other Characters: Mrs. Sexes; Father Sprite; Grumbly Bain Locations: 221B Beagl Street; The Boing! Hall Story: A bearded widow, seen on Beagl Street, turns out to be the priest, Father Sprite, who wishes Sheckls to find out why his parishioners are forgoing his sermons, and instead attending a hall across from the church, with a banner outside reading "Boing!". On entering the hall Sheckls is given a card with numbers on it, while on stage, Grumbly Bain is handed numbers on wooden discs, which he calls out to the gathered crowd, members of which periodically cry out, "Boing!". Sheckls is able to deduce a plot to overthrow

the British garment industry. NOTE: This story is a pastiche / parody of Robert Fish's series of Schlock Homes parodies. References are made to Sheckls' brother Firstcroc; his arch enemy Colonel Nomor; and Scotland Yarder Inspector Redlites.

Lawrence Schimel
"Alimentary, My Dear Watson" (1995) Included in: Sherlock Holmes in Orbit (Mike Resnick & Martin H. Greenberg) Story Type: Fantasy Pastiche Canonical Characters: Sherlock Holmes; Dr. Watson;Mrs Hudson Fictional Characters: Alice; Dinah; Cheshire Cat; (The White Rabbit; The March Hare) Historical Figures: (Charles Dodgson / Lewis Carroll) Other Characters: (Mrs Bugle) Date: 26th December Locations: 221B, Baker Street; Dodgson's Apartment Story: Watson calls on Holmes on Boxing Day to find him examining a top hat found in the home of Dodgson, now missing. They visit his apartment, where, along with the hat, a white rabbit (which Holmes and Watson have just eaten), and a crack in the looking glass were found. They meet his niece, Alice, who tells them that the March Hare and Mad Hatter visited, bringing her a bottle of liquid, marked "Drink Me", that shrinks people, and a cake that makes them grow. She tells them of her uncle's behaviour towards her, and how she solved the problem, with the aid of Dinah, the cat.

Norman Schreiber
"Call Me Wiggins" (2003) Included in: My Sherlock Holmes (Michael Kurland) Story Type: Pastiche narrated by Wiggins Canonical Characters: Wiggins; Sherlock Holmes Historical Figures: Lewis Carroll; Henry George Liddell; Lorena Liddell; Friedrich Max Muller; Ellen Terry; Charles Collingwood Other Characters: Liddell's Maid Locations: 221B, Baker Street; Oxford; Christ Church College; Tom Quad; Carroll's Rooms; Holmes's Hotel; Liddell's Study; Ellen Terry's Dressing Room Story: Holmes helps Wiggins gain an education, finally

sending him to Christ Church College, Oxford, where he meets Lewis Carroll. He arranges a meeting between Carroll & Holmes, which appears destined to end in a heated argument. Carroll reveals that four diaries have been stolen from his shelves some time in the last several years, and asks Holmes & Wiggins to help retrieve them. Holmes asks for a list of everyone who has been in his rooms, and after they have narrowed down the field somewhat, sets Wiggins, in the guise of a reporter, to question the remaining few. It is Wiggins, under Holmes's tutelage, who finally locates the missing diaries, and uncovers the unexpected reason for the theft.

Darrell Schweitzer
"The Adventure of the Death-Fetch" (1994) Included in: The Game Is Afoot (Marvin Kaye); The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (John Joseph Adams) Story Type: Supernatural Pastiche Canonical Characters: Sherlock Holmes; Dr. Watson Other Characters: Narrator; Abigail Thurston; Sir Humphrey Thurston; Cab Driver; Indian Army officer; Wendall Hawkins; Guides; Jones; Gutzman; Van Eysen; Malay; Lascar; Gunn; Nomads; Trader; Missionary; Patrolman Locations: Narrator's Relatives' House; Baker Street; 221B, Baker Street; A Cab; Thurston's House; India; Australia; Shanghai; Rangoon; Putao; Tibet; Sinkiang Date: Late December, 1900 Story: An aging Watson tells a story of how he and Holmes met Abigail Thurston, who had been sent to fetch them by her explorer father. They take a cab to Thurston's house, where they see the man himself, but when they call out to him, he flees. When they enter the house they are astonished to find him there denying that he has been out. He tells them that he has several times

encountered an exact double of himself, which he is sure enters the house through mirrors. He tells them of a disastrous expedition into Tibet in search of wealth on which he was left for dead by his companion Hawkins. For the last couple of weeks he has been receiving letters from Hawkins, who claims he was tortured & murdered by Chan-Tzo priests, then his corpse reanimated. He is seeking revenge on Thurston by conjuring a death-fetch. Holmes sets about revealing Hawkins' trickery, but as they are leaving they see Sir Humphrey's double at the top of the stairs. They are too late to prevent the explorer's death & Holmes bars Watson from ever writing the story. "The Adventure of the Hanoverian Vampires" (2009) Included in: Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine, Issue #2 (Marvin Kaye) Story Type: Alternate Universe Pastiche narrated by a cat Canonical Characters: Sherlock Holmes; Dr. Watson; Baker Street Irregulars; Billy; (Professor (Dr) Moriarty) Fictional Characters: (Dracula) Historical Figures: (Queen Victoria) Other Characters: Cat; Hansom Driver; Passers-By; Barge Crewman; Vampires; Vampire Cat; (James IV; James VI) Locations: A Street; A Hansom Cab; The East End; London Docks; A Barge on the Thames; 221B, Baker Street Story: In a London ruled by the Stuart King, James VII, the cat is playing with a locket, which is snatched from it by Billy, and in turn sold to Holmes, to whom the cat attaches himself. The pendant bears the emblem of Victoria, Hanoverian pretender to the British throne, and contains a shipping order for boxes of earth bearing the crest of Dracula. Holmes, Watson and the cat travel to the docks to prevent a vampire invasion. "Sherlock Holmes, Dragon-Slayer (The Singular Adventures of the Grice-Patersons in the Island of Uffa)" (1996) Included in: Resurrected Holmes (Marvin Kaye) Story Type: Supernatural Pastiche in the style of Lord Dunsany Canonical Characters: Dr. Watson; Sherlock Holmes; The Grice

Patersons Folkloric Characters: Dragon Historical Figures: Uffa Other Characters: Narrator; Club Members; Club Waiter; Boorish Member; Well-Travelled Clubman; The Skeptic; Beatrice Grice Paterson; Henry Grice Paterson; (Hrothwealda; Graxgrilda; Grice Paterson's Workmen; British Museum Curator) Locations: A Club; The Fen Country near Thetford; The Island of Uffa Date: Late November Story: The narrator encourages a fellow club member to tell of his meeting with Holmes: He was in the Fens when he heard a woman scream. He sees her struggling with a shadowy opponent, then the two disappear. He encounters Watson, an old friend who takes him into an underground archaeological dig where he meets Holmes and Henry Grice Paterson who realises that the woman must have been his wife, Beatrice. They set about looking for her, and Holmes tells him that the hillock the dig dig is in is known as the Island of Uffa, and tells him of the legend of King Uffa and the dragon. Holmes is investigating the death of one of Grice Paterson's workmen and rumours that the dragon has returned. They trip the entrance to a hidden passage and Holmes, Watson and Grice Paterson tumble into the barrow. Inside they find Beatrice, but are unable to explain her kidnapper's strange death. The clubman, meanwhile faces a ghost and a dragon.

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