Beyond Rue Morgue Anthology (38 page)

SIMON CLARK’s
latest novel,
Inspector Abberline & the Gods of Rome,
blends crime and the occult into a horror-thriller set in ninteenth-century England. His other books include
Blood Crazy
,
This Rage of Echoes
,
Death’s Dominion
,
Vengeance Child
and the award-winning
The Night of the Triffids,
which continues the story of Wyndham’s classic
The Day of the Triffids.

WESTON OCHSE
is the author of nine novels, most recently
SEAL Team 666.
His first novel,
Scarecrow Gods,
won the Bram Stoker Award for First Novel. He’s also had published more than a hundred short stories, many of which appeared in anthologies, magazines, peered journals, and comic books. His short fiction has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and been Bram Stoker Award finalists. FYI, his last name is pronounced “oaks.” According to Harlan Ellison, “Weston Ochse sounds like a stately trailer park or a nursing home where good people go to die.” The trailer park lives in the Arizona desert within rock throwing distance of Mexico. For fun Weston races tarantula wasps and watches the black helicopters dance along the horizon.

YVONNE NAVARRO
lives in southern Arizona, where by day she works on historic Fort Huachuca. She is the author of twenty-two published novels and well over a hundred short stories, and has written about everything from vampires to psychologically disturbed husbands to the end of the world. Her work has won the HWA’s Bram Stoker Award, plus a number of other writing awards. Visit her at
www.yvonnenavarro.com
or
www.facebook.com/yvonne.navarro.001
to keep up with slices of a crazy life that includes her husband, author Weston Ochse, three Great Danes (Goblin, Ghost, and Ghoulie), a people-loving parakeet named BirdZilla, painting, and lots of ice cream, Smarties, and white zinfandel. Her most recent novels are
Highborn
and
Concrete Savior,
the first two books in the Dark Redemption Series. Only once in a great while does she fight it out, er, co-write with her husband.

JONATHAN MABERRY
is a
New York Times
best-selling author, multiple Bram Stoker Award winner, and freelancer for Marvel Comics. His novels include
Assassin’s Code, Flesh & Bone, Ghost Road Blues, Dust & Decay, Patient Zero, The Wolfman,
and many others. Non-fiction books include
Ultimate Jujutsu, The Cryptopedia, Zombie CSU, Wanted Undead or Alive,
and others. Jonathan’s award-winning teen novel
Rot & Ruin
is now in development for film. He’s the editor/co-author of
V-Wars,
a vampire-themed anthology, and was a featured expert on The History Channel special
Zombies: A Living History.
Since 1978 he’s sold more than 1200 magazine feature articles, 3000 columns, two plays, greeting cards, song lyrics, and poetry. His comics include
Captain America: Hail Hydra, DoomWar, Marvel Zombies Return
, and
Marvel Universe Vs The Avengers
. He teaches the Experimental Writing for Teens class, is the founder of the Writers Coffeehouse, and co-founder of The Liars Club. Jonathan lives in Bucks County, Pennsylvania with his wife, Sara, and their dog, Rosie.
www.jonathanmaberry.com

JOE R. LANSDALE
is the author of over thirty novels and two hundred short pieces, articles, and stories. He has been awarded The Edgar, The Grinzani Cavour Prize for Literature, nine Bram Stokers, is a Grandmaster of Horror, and a Lifetime Achievement Award recipient from The Horror Writers Association. His work has been made into films, and he is Writer in Residence at Stephen F. Austin University. He is the Grandmaster and Founder of Shen Chuan Martial Arts and has been inducted into both the International and United States Martial Arts Hall of Fame.

ELIZABETH MASSIE
is a Bram Stoker Award- and Scribe Award-winning author of horror novels, short horror fiction, media tie-ins, mainstream fiction, historical novels, and non-fiction. More recent works include
Desper Hollow
(horror novel),
Naked, On the Edge
(collection of horror short fiction), and
Homegrown
(mainstream novel). She is the creator of the Skeeryvilletown slew of cartoon zombies, monsters, and other bizarre misfits. In her “spare” time she manages Hand to Hand Vision, a Facebook-based fundraising project she founded to help others during these tough economic times. Massie lives in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia and shares life and abode with the talented illustrator/artist Cortney Skinner.

LISA TUTTLE
began writing while still at school, sold her first stories at university, and won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Science Fiction Writer of the year in 1974. Her first novel,
Windhaven,
was a collaboration with George R. R. Martin published in 1981; her most recent is the contemporary fantasy
The Silver Bough
; and she has written at least a hundred short stories—science fiction, fantasy, and horror—as well as essays, reviews, non-fiction, and books for children. Born and raised in Texas, she now makes her home in a remote, rural part of Scotland.

STEPHEN VOLK
is best known as the creator of the notorious BBC-TV “Halloween hoax”
Ghostwatch
and the award-winning British TV drama series
Afterlife.
He co-wrote the recent big screen ghost story
The Awakening
starring Rebecca Hall and Dominic West, while his other credits include Ken Russell’s
Gothic
and William Friedkin’s
The Guardian
, as well as standalone scripts for Channel Four’s
Shockers
and the short film
The Deadness of Dad,
which won him a BAFTA. His short stories have been finalists for British Fantasy, Stoker, and Shirley Jackson Awards, and have appeared in several Best-of anthologies. His first collection, Dark Corners, was published in 2006, followed by the acclaimed novella
Vardøger,
while 2013 sees the publication of
Whitstable
, his new novella featuring Peter Cushing. Visit his site at
www.stephenvolk.net

CLIVE BARKER
was born in Liverpool, England, where he began his creative career writing, directing, and acting for the stage. Since then, he has gone on to pen such bestsellers as
The Books of Blood, Weaveworld, Imajica, The Great and Secret Show, The Thief of Always, Everville, Sacrament, Galilee
,
Coldheart Canyon, Mr. B Gone,
and the highly acclaimed fantasy series
Abarat
. As a screenwriter, director, and film producer, he is credited with the
Hellraiser
and
Candyman
pictures, as well as
Nightbreed, Lord of Illusions, Gods and Monsters
,
The Midnight Meat Train
,
Clive Barker’s Book of Blood
and
Dread
. Mr. Barker lives in Los Angeles, California.

PAUL KANE
is an award-winning writer and editor based in Derbyshire, UK. His short story collections are
Alone (In the Dark), Touching the Flame, FunnyBones, Peripheral Visions, Shadow Writer,
and
The Adventures of Dalton Quayle,
with his latest out from the award-winning PS Publishing:
The Butterfly Man and Other Stories.
His novellas include
Signs of Life, The Lazarus Condition, RED,
and
Pain Cages.
He is the author of the novels
Of Darkness and Light, The Gemini Factor,
and the bestselling
Arrowhead
trilogy
(Arrowhead, Broken Arrow,
and
Arrowland
), a post-apocalyptic reworking of the Robin Hood mythology. His latest novels are
Lunar
(which is set to be turned into a feature film), and the short Y.A. novel
The Rainbow Man
(as P.B. Kane). He has also written for comics, most notably for the
Dead Roots
zombie anthology alongside writers such as James Moran
(Torchwood, Cockneys vs. Zombies)
and Jason Arnopp
(Doctor Who, Friday The 13th).
Paul is co-editor of the anthology
Hellbound Hearts
—stories based around the Clive Barker mythology that spawned
Hellraiser
—
The Mammoth Book of Body Horror,
featuring the likes of Stephen King and James Herbert, and A
Carnivàle of Horror: Dark Tales from the Fairground
(PS).

His non-fiction books are
The Hellraiser Films and Their Legacy
and
Voices in the Dark
, and his genre journalism has appeared in such magazines as
SFX, Dreamwatch,
and
DeathRay.
He has been a Guest at Alt.Fiction five times, was a Guest at the first SFX Weekender, at Thought Bubble in 2011, plus The Derbyshire Literary Festival, Edge-Lit, and Off the Shelf in 2012, as well as being a panelist at FantasyCon and the World Fantasy Convention. His work has been optioned for film and television, and his zombie story “Dead Time” was turned into an episode of the Lionsgate/NBC TV series
Fear Itself,
adapted by Steve Niles (30
Days of Night)
and directed by Darren Lynn Bousman
(SAW II-IV).
He also scripted
The Opportunity
, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival,
Wind Chimes
(directed by Brad
“7th Dimension”
Watson), and
The Weeping Woman
—filmed by award-winning director Mark Steensland and starring Tony-nominated actor Stephen Geoffreys (
Fright Night
). You can find out more at his website
www.shadow-writer.co.uk
which has featured Guest Writers such as Neil Gaiman, Charlaine Harris, Dean Koontz, John Connolly, and Guillermo del Toro.

CHARLES PREPOLEC
is a freelance writer, editor, and reviewer. His articles, interviews, artwork, and reviews have appeared in
Scarlet Street
,
Sherlock
,
All-Hallows
, and
Canadian Holmes,
as well as the
Doctor Who
fanzines
Peladon Press
and
Into the Vortex.
He has been acknowledged for various research contributions to
Starring Sherlock Holmes
(Rev. Ed. Titan Books 2007),
Sherlock Holmes On Screen
(Reynolds and Hearn 2002),
Christopher Lee: The Authorised Screen History
(Reynolds and Hearn 2001),
In All Sincerity
...
Peter Cushing
(Xlibris 2004),
Heroes & Monsters: The Unofficial Companion To The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen
(Monkeybrain Books 2003), and spent two years editing news for actor Christopher Lee’s official website
www.christopherleeweb.com

Alongside his frequent collaborator Jeff Campbell, he has edited five Sherlock Holmes anthologies—
Curious Incidents Vols. 1 & 2
(Mad For a Mystery Publications 2002 & 2003),
Gaslight Grimoire: Fantastic Tales of Sherlock Holmes
(EDGE SF&F 2008),
Gaslight Grotesque: Nightmare Tales of Sherlock Holmes
(EDGE SF&F 2009), and
Gaslight Arcanum: Uncanny Tales of Sherlock Holmes
(EDGE SF&F 2011). Currently in the works is a revival anthology of new stories featuring Arthur Conan Doyle’s “other” character—
Professor Challenger: New Worlds, Lost Places
(EDGE SF&F 2014).

An active Sherlockian for more than twenty-five years with Calgary’s
The Singular Society of the Baker Street Dozen,
he was designated a Master Bootmaker in 2006 by
The Bootmakers of Toronto
—Canada’s national Sherlock Holmes Society. He maintains an online presence via
www.sherlocknews.com
, as well as
www.bakerstreetdozen.com
, and currently resides in his hometown of Calgary, AB, Canada with his wife Kristen and their cat Karma.

EDITED BY GEORGE MANN

The spirit of Sherlock Holmes lives on in this collection of fourteen brand-new adventures. Marvel as the master of deduction aids a dying Sir Richard Francis Burton; matches wits with gentleman thief, A.J. Raffles; crosses paths with H.G. Wells in the most curious circumstances; unravels a macabre mystery on the Necropolis Express; unpicks a murder in a locked railway carriage; explains the origins of his famous Persian slipper and more!

FEATURING ORIGINAL STORIES FROM

Mark Hodder • Mags L Halliday • Cavan Scott Nick Kyme • Paul Magrs • George Mann • Stuart Douglas Eric Brown • Richard Dinnick • Kelly Hale • Steve Lockley • Mark Wright • David Barnett • James Lovegrove

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DANIEL STASHOWER

In turn-of-the-century New York, the Great Houdini’s confidence in his own abilities is matched only by the indifference of the paying public. Now the young performer has the opportunity to make a name for himself by attempting the most amazing feats of his fledgling career—solving what seem to be impenetrable crimes. With the reluctant help of his brother Dash, Houdini must unravel murders, debunk frauds and escape from danger that is no illusion...

“Magician Daniel Stashower pairs [Sherlock Holmes] with Harry Houdini (who was a friend of Conan Doyle)... This is charming... it might have amused Conan Doyle.”

New York Times

“In his first mystery, Stashower paired Harry Houdini and Sherlock Holmes to marvelous effect.”
Chicago Tribune

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The Veiled Detective
by David Stuart Davies

War of the Worlds
by Manly Wade Wellman & Wade Wellman

The Ectoplasmic Man
by Daniel Stashower

The Scroll of the Dead
by David Stuart Davies

The Man From Hell
by Barrie Roberts

The Stalwart Companions
by H. Paul Jeffers

The Seventh Bullet
by Daniel D. Victor