Dark Detectives
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| image = Dark detectives.jpg
| image_size = 200px
| caption = Dust-jacket from the first edition
| author = Edited by Stephen Jones
| illustrator = Randy Broeker
| cover_artist = Les Edwards
| country = United States
| language = English
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| genre = Fantasy, Horror and Detective
| publisher = F & B Mystery
| release_date = 1999
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| media_type = Print (hardback)
| pages = xxiv, 395, v
| isbn = 1-878252-35-6
| oclc= 43515357
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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.{{cite web
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| first = Charles N.
| authorlink = Charles N. Brown
|author2=William G. Contento
| title = The Locus Index to Science Fiction (1984-1998)
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| url = http://www.locusmag.com/index/yr1999/t21.htm#A975
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| accessdate = 2008-04-01 }}
The book was republished in 2015 by Titan Books.{{cite web |title=Dark Detectives: An Anthology of Supernatural Mysteries|url=https://titanbooks.com/7503-dark-detectives-an-anthology-of-supernatural-mysteries/ |access-date=March 29, 2024|work=Titan Books}}
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
- {{cite web
| last = Brown
| first = Charles N.
| authorlink = Charles N. Brown
|author2=William G. Contento
| title = The Locus Index to Science Fiction (1984-1998)
| work =
| publisher =
| url = http://www.locusmag.com/index/yr1999/t21.htm#A975
| format =
| doi =
| accessdate = 2008-04-01 }}
- {{cite book | last=Chalker | first=Jack L. | authorlink=Jack L. Chalker |author2=Mark Owings | title=The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, Supplement 8, 1999–2000 | location=Westminster, MD and Baltimore | publisher=Mirage Press, Ltd.| pages=21| year=2000}}