THE MONSTERS ARE DUE ON BAKER STREET! Between the shadowy realms of fear and the unforgiving glare of science lies a battleground of unspeakable horror. In vile alleyways with blood-slick cobblestones, impenetrable fog, and the wan glow of gaslight, lurk the inhuman denizens of nightmare. CAN REASON PREVAIL WHEN ELIMINATING THE IMPOSSIBLE IS NO LONGER AN OPTION? Faced with his worst fears, Sherlock Holmes has his faith in the science of observation and deduction shaken to the core in 13 all-new tales of terror from today's modern masters of the macabre! Contributors Include: Leslie S. Klinger - "Foreword" Charles V. Prepolec - "Introduction" Stephen Volk - "Hounded" Lawrence C. Connolly - "The Death Lantern" William Meikle - "The Quality of Mercy" James A. Moore - "Emily’s Kiss" William Patrick Maynard - "The Tragic Case of the Child Prodigy Hayden Trenholm - "The Last Windigo" Neil Jackson - "Celeste" Robert Lauderdale - "The Best Laid Plans" Leigh Blackmore - "Exalted are the Forces of Darkness" Mark Morris - "The Affair of the Heart" Simon Kurt Unsworth - "The Hand-Delivered Letter" Barbara Roden - "Of the Origin of the Hound of the Baskervilles" J. R. Campbell - "Mr. Other’s Children"