Baker Street Irregulars: Thirteen Authors With New Takes on Sherlock Holmes

Thirteen authors, including Gail Z. Martin, David Gerrold, and Jonathan Maberry, come together to pen short stories innovating Sherlock Holmes, adapting and revolutionizing the iconic character.

Sherlock Holmes is one of the most iconic and lasting figures in literature. His feats of detection are legendary, and he continues to capture audiences today in stories, movies, and on TV. In this new anthology, Baker Street Irregulars, authors present the celebrated detective in more than a dozen wildly entertaining new ways. In Ryk Spoor’s thrilling The Adventures of a Reluctant Detective, Sherlock is a re-creation in a holodeck. In Hildy Silverman’s mesmerizing A Scandal in the Bloodline, Sherlock is a vampire. Heidi McLaughlin sends Sherlock back to college, while Beth Patterson, in the charming Code Cracker, turns him into a parrot. The settings range from Russia in the near-future to a reality show, from a dystopian world to an orchestra. Without losing the very qualities that make Sherlock so illustrious a character, these authors spin new webs of mystery around their own singular riff on one of fiction’s truly singular characters.

Stories In This Volume:

‘Locked! by Mike Strauss

Identity (An Adventure of Shirley Holmes and Jack Watson) by Keith R. A. DeCandido

The Scent of Truth by Jody Lynn Nye

The Adventure of the Reluctant Detective by Ryk Spoor

A Scandal in the Bloodline by Hildy Silverman

The Fabulous Marble by David Gerrold

The Scarlet Study by Jim Avelli

Delta Phi by Heidi McLaughlin

Beethoven’s Baton by Austin Farmer

The Adventure of the Melted Saint by Gail Z. Martin

Automatic Sherlock by Martin Rose

The Hammer of God by Jonathan Maberry

Code Cracker by Beth W. Patterson