Upon Sherlock Holmes' return to London after the Great Hiatus, he thwarted the murderous plans of Colonel Sebastian Moran, but what happened after that? Here, for the first time, learn what really drew Holmes back to London, the truth about the strange Vanishments and the East End Ghosts, and how the entirety of Time & Space was contained in a single night. In other stories, we learn exactly what Mrs Hudson's life was like with the most troublesome lodger in London, what Watson witnessed in lonely Antarctic seas on the way back from Afghanistan in 1880, how Inspector Lestrade solved an...

In this sequel to the popular "Paws & Claws: A Three Dog Mystery," Levi, Sunny and Yoda return to battle evil in the form of a gang of Raptors who call themselves the Birds of Prey. At stake is the freedom of a lost tribe of Parrots exiled from their home decades earlier. Even as the operatives of the Three Dog Detective Agency challenge the predatory Raptors, however, another peril arises, an illegal "school" where dogs are forced to fight to the death in savage gladiatorial combat. For Levi, the brave little Dachshund-mix who leads the Three Dog Detective Agency, both cases hit very close...

The Three Dog Detective Agency has always worked to protect the weak, ensure justice for the oppressed, and occasionally save the world, but those efforts have not always been appreciated by Officers Antony and Arnold of the Chula Vista Police Department's crack K-9 Unit. Those two respected and highly decorated police dogs often find themselves at odds with Levi, Sunny and Yoda, the three dogs who operate the detective agency. In previous adventures, the police dogs were willing to look the other way when the Three Dog Detective Agency protected its clients and pursued its own cases, at...

Magic, mystery and adventure abound in these tales chosen from more than four decades of writing. Out of more than 300 published stories, Ralph E. Vaughan has chosen these as some of his best and has provided an introduction to each story. Among the characters you will meet are a swordswoman trying to live by the old ways as the world is transformed by the new metal-iron, a young girl taken from the lands across the sea who is always turning homeward, and a man who wanders the Cemetery Earth beneath a dying sun. The tales in this large (nearly 150,000 words) collection explore such diverse...

In the late 19th Century, a Pax Britannia maintains prosperity and freedom in the Solar System. This balance is threatened by the rise of a multinational criminal organization called MEDUSA. Using a dreadful new weapon they can destroy all governments and seize the the Solar System in an iron grip. Only Captain Robert Folkestone, Sergeant Felix Hand and Lady Cynthia Barrington-Welles stand between MEDUSA and total domination. Should they fail, the 19th Century will be consumed by terror, destruction and fire.

Sherlock Holmes and fantasy writer HP Lovecraft did not meet until 1981. This introduction was made by Ralph E Vaughan in the seminal story "The Adventure of the Ancient Gods." Previously appearing in a small press journal, then as a limited-run chapbook, this out-of-print tale was available only as a high-priced collector's item, out of reach for most readers. After more than 30 years, it is again presented to a new generation of readers. Also brought back into print in this collection is "The Terror Out of Time," the first teaming of Sherlock Holmes and Professor George Edward Challenger,...

Many residents of Little Wyvern, a village in Hammershire County, don't have a pulse. The village boasts a population greater than can be seen with the naked eye. Ghosts walk among the living, will-o'-the-wisps roam the old graveyard of St Barnabas Church, and many cottagers set table-places for guests still with them after a hundred years or more. A balance is maintained between the living and the deceased...until a few villagers form FOG, Friends of Ghosts, and mount a national campaign to make Little Wyvern England's Most Haunted Village. The scheme is to bring in outside revenue, but most...