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Tuesday, April 20, 2010

LIVE GASLIGHT GROTESQUE AUTHOR CHAT AT BITTEN BY BOOKS APRIL 21, 2010

A live real-time online chat with various contributors to GASLIGHT GROTESQUE: NIGHTMARE TALES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES will take place on Wednesday, April 21, 2010 at the Bitten By Books site. Simply sign-in, post a question and whichever author or editor is close to hand will answer it. To RSVP please click here.

Thursday, November 12, 2009

GASLIGHT GROTESQUE: REVIEWED BY SHERLOCKIAN PHILIP K. JONES

Sherlockian reviewer, and compiler of the pastiche database, Philip K. Jones has provided the following review of GASLIGHT GROTESQUE: NIGHTMARE TALES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES to the editors and has also posted it to Amazon.Com.

"This is a collection of Sherlockian tales in which, to quote Leslie S. Klinger's Forward, "...the pillar of Victorian reason and intellect, Sherlock Holmes, would be called upon to confront the forces of darkness in every form." Make no mistake. This is a collection of horror stories, not the usual Sherlockian investigations of human crime. In this book, Holmes and Watson deal with monsters, not twisted humans, but horrors out of myth and nightmare

In the opening tale, "Hounded," by Stephen Volk, Watson attends a seance. What he finds there is what he had hoped to escape, his own memories of The Hound. Once confronted, they lead him to his only escape. "The Death Lantern,"by Lawrence C. Connolly, tells of a magician who filmed himself practicing one of his illusions, catching an explosive bullet in his teeth. The early silent movie is destroyed after Holmes, Watson and Lestrade witness the death(?) of the magician. William Meikle's "The Quality of Mercy" is a story of an old Army friend of Watson's yearning for a dead sweetheart. The form that desire takes is gruesome to say the least.

"Emily's Kiss," by James A. Moore, is one of the most horrifying tales in my opinion. The events are described but the cause and explanation are never stated explicitly, leaving the imagination of the reader to fill in the blanks, over and over and over again. "The Tragic Case of the Child Prodigy," by William Patrick Maynard, has an Aleister Crowley surrogate, disguised as one "Christopher Frawley," preying on an ambitious `stage mother' to control the income generated by a young violinist. "The Last Windigo," by Hayden Trenholm, has Holmes an Watson sent to Canada by Mycroft on The Queen's Business. While waiting for the situation to develop, they stumble on a land theft scheme that is being contested by the local natives. Resolving that dispute requires more than logic and diplomacy.

In "Celeste," by Neil Jackson, Holmes and Watson work, at the request of The Prince of Wales, to put a final end to the recurring nightmare of a ghost ship. "The Best Laid Plans," by Robert Lauderdale, presents an alternative view of events in "The Final Problem," as seen through the eyes of Inspector Lestrade. The view is neither pretty nor simple. "Exalted Are the Forces of Darkness," by Leigh Blackmore introduces Aleister Crowley, this time as an ally of Holmes in dealing with a conjured Demon attacking members of The Golden Dawn. "The Affair of the Heart," by Mark Morris, introduces Holmes to a sort of time travel, which engulfs him and Watson in a trap of double jeopardy. "The Hand-Delivered Letter," by Simon Kurt Unsworth, brings back Moriarty, in a truly stunning and terrifying revenge. "On the Origin of the Hound of the Baskervilles," by Barbera Roden, fills in the untold bits of HOUN deftly and seamlessly and horribly. J. R. Campbell's "Mr. Other's Children" finishes the book on a note of true terror. It's villain escapes and leaves the world at risk.

Sherlockians are not as likely to recognise many of the authors, other than Barbera Roden and J. R. Campbell, since most have worked in the horror genre rather than in detective tales up to this time. That takes nothing away from their abilities and the errors for purists are mostly confined to the villains and `ghosties' introduced, rather than to Canonical problems. In addition, most are not Americans, so the `slanguage' problems are not nearly so much in evidence as in most recent anthologies."

GASLIGHT GROTESQUE: NIGHTMARE TALES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES CALGARY SIGNING

GASLIGHT GROTESQUE: NIGHTMARE TALES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES has now been released. For anyone in the Calgary area, the editors J. R. Campbell and Charles Prepolec, will be signing at a local Chapters store on Saturday, November 28th, 2009. Come on by and pick up a copy or just say hello!



Time:
17:00 - 21:00
Location:
Chapters - Spectrum (Sunridge)
Street:
#500 - 2555 32nd St NE
Town/City:
 Calgary, AB, Canada

Sunday, June 21, 2009

GASLIGHT GRIMOIRE Reviewed at Dust & Corruption

GASLIGHT GRIMOIRE: FANTASTIC TALES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES was reviewed on the Dust & Corruption blog. To read the review click here to visit the Dust & Corruption blog.

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Gaslight Grimoire Nominated for Prix Aurora Award

We are pleased to note that GASLIGHT GRIMOIRE: FANTASTIC TALES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES has been nominated for a Prix Aurora Award in the category of Best Work in English (Other). The Aurora Awards recognize Canadian science fiction and fantasy artwork, writing, and fan activities. The full list of nominees is available here. The Aurora Awards will be presented at Anticipation, The 67th World Science Fiction Convention in Montreal from August 6th - 10th, 2009. Voting is open to all Canadians until July 15, 2009 at the Aurora Awards site. Click here now to cast your ballot.


The editors would like to thank all our readers who nominated GASLIGHT GRIMOIRE!


Monday, February 16, 2009

Gaslight Grimoire Reviewed - SF Site

GASLIGHT GRIMOIRE: FANTASTIC TALES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES has been reviewed by Mario Guslandi as a featured review on SF Site

Excerpt:

"By far the best contributions come from Barbara Roden, Bob Madison and editor J.R. Campbell.

In Roden's "The Things That Shall Come Upon Them," Holmes finds himself unexpectedly teaming with occult investigator Flaxmen Low to unravel the mystery of some strange disturbances taking place in a country mansion. Entertaining and elegantly written, the story would have pleased Conan Doyle Himself.

Madison provides "Red Sunset," where an ultracentenarian Holmes, now living in USA helps a hardboiled PI to defeat the invasion of bunch of vampires imported from Romania. An extremely amusing piece, crafted with skill and a touch of humour.

Campbell's story is an excellent, well balanced mix between a typical Holmesian case and an effective horror story featuring a series of related murders and a girl torn between two worlds."

Read the full review by clicking here.

Full Link:
http://www.sfsite.com/02b/gg290.htm

Saturday, January 31, 2009

Gaslight Grimoire Reviewed - The National Post

GASLIGHT GRIMOIRE: FANTASTIC TALES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES was reviewed in Canada's The National Post on January 31, 2009.

Excerpt:

"...all of them will leave you wanting more of the detective who just won't die. Hm, perhaps an anthology of Sherlock Holmes zombie stories is next?" Buy it."

Read the full review by clicking here.

Full Link:
http://www.nationalpost.com/story.html?id=1238363

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

GASLIGHT GRIMOIRE Reviewed in CM Magazine

GASLIGHT GRIMOIRE has been reviewed by Ronald Hore in the January 9, 2009 edition of CM Magazine and was rated ***½ /4 stars. Click here to read the review.

Full link: http://www.umanitoba.ca/cm/vol15/no10/gaslightgrimoire.html

Saturday, December 27, 2008

Gaslight Grimoire In-stock at Amazon Once Again!

GASLIGHT GRIMOIRE: FANTASTIC TALES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES is now apparently once again in-stock and ready to ship from Amazon.ca and Amazon.com

Click here now to order your copy from Amazon.ca!

Click here now to order your copy from Amazon.com!

Sunday, November 23, 2008

Ordering Gaslight Grimoire

While Amazon.com appears to be currently sold out of GASLIGHT GRIMOIRE: FANTASTIC TALES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES, never fear, you can still order directly from the publisher - EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing - through their website.

Click here to visit the EDGE ordering page.

Sunday, November 16, 2008

Gaslight Grimoire Chapters Signing Photos





Editors J. R. Campbell and Charles Prepolec signing copies of GASLIGHT GRIMOIRE: FANTASTIC TALES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES on Saturday, November 15, 2008 at a Chapters-Indigo (Sunridge Spectrum) store in Calgary, AB, Canada. Our thanks to the wonderful Chapters staff and customers for putting together a fun and successful evening.






Thursday, November 13, 2008

Gaslight Grimoire Signing in Calgary - November 15

Gaslight Grimoire: Fantastic Tales of Sherlock Holmes editors J. R. Campbell and Charles Prepolec will be signing copies of the book at Chapters - Indigo Spectrum (Sunridge) in Calgary from 5-9 PM on November 15th. If you're in the area please stop in and say hello!

Date: Saturday, November 15, 2008
Time: 5:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: Chapters - Indigo Spectrum (Sunridge)
Street: #500 - 2555 32nd St NE, Calgary, AB, Canada
Telephone: (403) 250-9171

Click here for Google map.

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Gaslight Grimoire Reviewed - Booklist

Gaslight Grimoire: Fantastic Tales of Sherlock Holmes.
Campbell, Jeff (editor) and Charles Prepolec (editor). Oct. 2008. 336p. EDGE, paperback, $16.95 (9781894063173).

REVIEW. First published October 15, 2008 (Booklist).

This one seems like a natural. It’s well known that Sherlock Holmes’ creator, Arthur Conan Doyle, was deeply interested in the paranormal, a subject bursting with possibilities for the kind of mystery that only Holmes could solve—except that Conan Doyle had firmly established Holmes as investigating only real-world cases with real-world, logical solutions. This anthology, featuring such writers as Barbara Hambly, Chris Roberson, and Kim Newman, purports to present the kinds of Holmes stories Conan Doyle might have written if he had allowed Holmes to become involved with the otherworldly. The stories are a mixed lot, with characters ranging from Peter Pan to a 1940s Los Angeles private eye to old friends like Professor Moriarty and Inspector Lestrade, but unfortunately some of them read not like a story Conan Doyle might have written but like fan fiction—long on imagination but short on execution. Others, however, are a lot of fun, well written and entertaining. Holmes devotees may be a bit disappointed, but fans of fantastic fiction should be happy to see the famous detective stepping into their world.

— David Pitt

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Gaslight Grimoire Now Shipping From Amazon.com

Just noticed that Amazon.com is finally listing Gaslight Grimoire: Fantastic Tales of Sherlock Holmes as being in stock and shipping now. Order your copy today!



Monday, October 20, 2008

Gaslight Grimoire Reviewed in Library Journal

Gaslight Grimoire: Fantastic Tales of Sherlock Holmes was recently reviewed in the Library Journal.

Excerpt: "....an excellent addition to the Holmesian apocrypha. A good addition to any library."

Click here to read the full review.

Friday, October 10, 2008

GG Authors 5 Sherlockian Questions - Martin Powell

Martin Powell
Story: Sherlock Holmes in the Lost World

1) When did you first encounter Sherlock Holmes?

It was in the sixth grade, I think. Conan Doyle's "The Norwood Builder" was in our English text book and we were assigned to read it. I remember being very excited by the story, especially impressed with the Great Detective's solution to the mystery. I really admired his cleverness. Still do.

2) Do you have a favourite story from the canon?

Several come to mind. I think "The Speckled Band" is the perfect, iconic Holmes adventure. It's the first one I always suggest for new readers. I love "A Scandal in Bohemia" and "The Dying Detective", too.

3) Are you active in any Sherlockian societies?

I'm not, actually. Perhaps I should be, though.

4) Are you involved with any other Sherlock Holmes projects?

Always. SHERLOCK HOLMES IN THE LOST WORLD was my seventh Holmes adventure and my eighth and ninth tales of the Great Detective will see print very soon, including a graphic novel adaptation of THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES, from Stone Arch Books. That one is, by the way, the only Conan Doyle adaptation I've ever done. The others have all been original stories. It was lots of fun, returning to the source.

5) Any other of your projects you'd like to tell our readers about?

Well, I'm sorely tempted, but I won't. Sherlock Holmes is the star here, and that's as it should be.

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Gaslight Grimoire - J. R. Campbell's Lady Sannox Radio Play

Gaslight Grimoire co-editor and contributor J. R. Campbell (The Entwined) has written a number of scripts for Imagination Theater's THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES radio series. Jeff's latest script produced by Imagination Theater - The Lady Sannox Investigation - can now be heard for free online at the Imagination Theater site. Sherlock Holmes investigates the events depicted in Arthur Conan Doyle's non-Sherlockian short horror story The Case of Lady Sannox.

Click here to visit Imagination Theater now.

Thursday, October 2, 2008

GG Artist 5...erm...4 Sherlockian Questions - Phil Cornell

Phil Cornell
Gaslight Grimoire Interior Illustrations

1) When did you first encounter Sherlock Holmes?

In 1964, when I was nine, my parents gave me The Readers' Digest Young Peoples' Annual which contained 'The Adventure of the Speckled Band'. When Holmes rattled off his series of deductions about how Miss Stoner had travelledby dog-cart (even though I had no idea what a dog-cartwas), I was hooked. Discovering the rest of the Canon in the John Murray editions at my local library cemented the fascination!
2) Do you have a favourite story from the canon?

'The Sign of the Four' is the epitome of everything I love in a Holmes yarn. A fair client in distress, a spooky old house, a hidden treasure, romance, a death in a locked room, some great Holmesian dialogue, the thrilling pursuit down the Thames...what more could one ask for?

3) Are you active in any Sherlockian societies?

I am the "expedition artist" for 'The Sydney Passengers'.

4) Are you involved with any other Sherlock Holmes projects?

I am currently working with fellow Sydney Passenger Chris Sequeira, cover artist (and Oscar nominated make-up artist) Dave Elsey, and penciller Tim McEwen on a new dark and gritty Sherlock Holmes comic for new comics publisher Black House Comics. Watch out for 'Dark Detective: Sherlock Holmes'



Two full page illustrations by Phil Cornell from Gaslight Grimoire.







Tuesday, September 30, 2008

GG Authors 5...erm...4 Sherlockian Questions - Chris Roberson

Chris Roberson
Story: Merridew of Abominable Memory


1) When did you first encounter Sherlock Holmes?

When I was a kid, my father introduced me to all of the classics that he’d read as a child. So while other kids my age were reading Judy Blume and the like, I was working my way through Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Wells’s The Time Machine, or The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. I drifted away as I grew older, as we all do from the things of our childhood, only to return to the fold a few years later after a chance viewing of Jeremy Brett in the role of the great detective in the Granada Television adaptations. I’ve been here ever since.

2) Do you have a favourite story from the canon?

I have approached the canon several times, and I think I come away with a different favorite each time. It probably says more about me at various ages than it does about the stories themselves. But my most recent trek through the canon was a few years ago, while researching for a novel, and the story that most connected with me at that point was “The Red-Headed League.”

3) Are you active in any Sherlockian societies?

Sadly no, but then I would tend to question the wisdom of any organization that would have me as a member...

4) Are you involved with any other Sherlock Holmes projects?

My forthcoming novel End of the Century features as one of its three plot-threads a gaslight mystery set in London during the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria, in which consulting detective Sandford Blank and his companion Roxanne Bonaventure are called upon to uncover the truth behind a string of grisly murders that may just be motivated by a search for the Holy Grail. Any resemblance between Blank and any other consulting detectives may not be entirely coincidental.

Friday, September 26, 2008

GG Authors 5 Sherlockian Questions - Chico Kidd

Chico Kidd
Story: Grantchester Grimoire

1) When did you first encounter Sherlock Holmes?

In a radio series in around 1960 -- the first tale I heard was "The Speckled Band" and it scared me for years: Over my bed was a ventilation grille.......

2) Do you have a favourite story from the canon?

I like the almost-supernatural ones such as "The Devil's Foot", but my favourite has got the be "The Hound".

3) Are you active in any Sherlockian societies?

Afraid not.... I don't have the time!

4) Are you involved with any other Sherlock Holmes projects?

Not at present, but I must say I enjoyed this one tremendously and would do it again!

5) Any other of your projects you’d like to tell our readers about?

My Captain Da Silva is Holmes's contemporary (at least in the great detective's later years), and the short stories will be published by Ash-Tree Press in two volumes at some stage; the first novel featuring the Captain will appear in Portugal fom publishers Saída de Emergência (publishers of George R R Martin & many others -- http://www.saidadeemergencia.com/) probably next year. You heard it here first!