Dark Detectives

Dust-jacket from the first edition

Author| Edited by Stephen Jones
Illustrator| Randy Broeker
Cover artist| Les Edwards
Language| English
Genre| Fantasy, Horror and Detective
Publisher| F & B Mystery

Publication date

| 1999
Publication place| United States
Media type| Print (hardback)
Pages| xxiv, 395, v
ISBN| 1-878252-35-6
OCLC| 43515357

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

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* "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

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* 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.

## Notes

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1. ^ Brown, Charles N.; William G. Contento. "The Locus Index to Science Fiction (1984-1998)". Retrieved 2008-04-01.
2. ^ "Dark Detectives: An Anthology of Supernatural Mysteries". Titan Books. Retrieved March 29, 2024.

*[OCLC]: Online Computer Library Center number