Dark Detectives
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.
The book was republished in 2015 by Titan Books.
Contents
- "Introduction: The Serial Sleuths", by Stephen Jones
- "Seven Stars Prologue: In Egypt’s Land", by Kim Newman
- "Our Lady of Death", by Peter Tremayne
- "Seven Stars Episode One: The Mummy’s Heart", by Kim Newman
- "The Horse of the Invisible", by William Hope Hodgson
- "Seven Stars Episode Two: The Magician and the Matinee Idol", by Kim Newman
- "The Adventure of the Crawling Horror", by Basil Copper
- "Seven Stars Episode Three: The Trouble with Barrymore", by Kim Newman
- "Rouse Him Not", by Manly [Wade Wellman]
- "De Marigny’s Clock", by Brian Lumley
- "Seven Stars Episode Four: The Biafran Bank Manager", by Kim Newman
- "Someone Is Dead", by R. Chetwynd-Hayes
- "Vultures Gather", by Brian Mooney
- "Seven Stars Episode Five: Mimsy", by Kim Newman
- "The Man Who Shot the Man Who Shot The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence", by Jay Russell
- "Seven Stars Episode Six: The Dog Story", by Kim Newman
- "Bay Wolf", by Neil Gaiman
- "Seven Stars Episode Seven: The Duel of Seven Stars", by Kim Newman