Robert Saffron

The Demon Device (1979)
Story Type: Homage
Fictional Characters: The Hairless Mexican / General Miguel Cordova
Historical Characters: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; Louise Hawkins Doyle; Jean Leckie; Albert Einstein; Inessa Armand; Alexander Helphand / Parvus; Nadezhada Krupskaya; V.I. Lenin; Paul Von Hindenburg; Erich Von Ludendorff; Herbert Asquith; Queen Mary; George V; William Somerset Maugham; (Robert Saffron; Mary Doyle; Innes Doyle; Kingsley Doyle; Sir John French; William Gillette; Charles Doyle; Ernest Rutherford; Inessa Armand; Franz von Rintelen; Inspector Neil; William J. Burns; Arthur Zimmermann; Sir George Buchanan; Sir William Wiseman)
Other Characters: Voodoo Worshippers; Obeah; Cora Matthews; C.B. Plumsoll; Cora's Father; Sergeant Matthews; Motorcycle Messenger; Cabman; Charles; Arachne; Sergeant; Corporal; Scotland Yard Duty Officer; Crown & Mitre Hotel Clerk; Isabelle Andros; Gendarmes; Ritz Clientele; Exeter Station-Master; Farmer; Mourners; Rebecca; Minister; Joseph Mombeya; French Train Passengers; Dr Etienne Salcrou; Conductor; Porter; Waiters; Soldiers; Schrank; Pelikan Manager; Telephone Operator; Henry Angel; Sanger's Maid; Professor Maurice Sanger; Grand Hôtel Orchestra; Grand Hôtel Guests; Waiter; Launch Passengers; Spiegelgasse Occupants; Lenin's Landlady; Lenin's Comrades; Taxi Driver; Joseph North; Money Changer; Embassy Intelligence Officer; Breakfast Waiter; Stag Proprietor; Sentry; Auxiliary Guard; Singen Residents; Frau Schäffer; Singen Policeman; Landwehr Guard; Singen Ticket Seller; Train Passengers; Dr Ekkehard; Farmer; Herr Bessing; Bessing's Neighbour; Comrade Karl; Bicyclist; Calw Railway Clerk; Female Railway Guard; Dr Kreutzenberg; Tram Conductor; Tram Passenger; Kreutzenberg's Maid; Lazaret Doctors; Patients; Visitors; German General; Orderly; Private; Newspaper Correspondents; Neckarsulm Postmaster; Corporal Otto Frisch; Goldener Hirsch Diners; Comrade Steuermeyer; Tram Passengers; Market Traders; Daniel Gelb; Gelb's Friends; Funeral Mourners; Priest; Bavarian Soap Dealer & Wife; Fulda Lawyer; Matron; Gepo Captain; Hearse Driver; Gotha Corporal; Policeman; Russian Pirate; Coal Yard Workers; Factory Geheimpolizei Officer; Manager; Guards; Russian Prisoners of War; Workers' Families; Workers; Captain Karinsky; Second Weimar Hussars Band; Standard Bearers; Herr Direktor Dr Ehrens; Baron Hochwächter; Dr Gerhard Buchhalter; Technicians; NCO; Gepo Officers; Foreman; Vaudeville Performers; Supply Room Clerk; Hunting Lodge Girl; Zell Sergeant; Eisfeld Farmer; Rossach Post Office Functionary; Aitrach Landstürm Sergeant; Corporal; Landstürmer Officers; Serving Girl; Wangen Farmer; Farmer's Wife; Wangen Stranger; Grocer & Cronies; Austrian Frontier Sentries; Austrian Lieutenant; Herr Geheimrat Köhler; Höchst Bridge Guard; Swiss Border Sentries; British Vice-Consul; Zurich Pension Proprietress; Zurich Station Crowds; Swiss Child; British Courier; Sopwith Pilot; Naval & Army Officers; Politicians; Constable; Army Man; Saboteur; Café Royal Doorman; Wardens; Cabman; (Sardanyi; Reutlinger; Madame Reutlinger; Waiter; Lift Man; Cipher-Clerk; Berlin Agent; Dr Joseph Williams; Cora's Sister; Edouard; Baker's Boy; Sûreté Inspector; Mathilde Bessing; Sanger's Son; Rosa B.; English Couple)
Locations: Summerland; Butcher Row, Livery Stable; 15, Buckingham Palace Mansions; Beefsteak Club; Paris; Pension; The Ritz; Waterloo Station; Exeter; Cora's Village Churchyard; Newhaven; France; Le Havre; Train; Rouen; Dijon; Switzerland; Lausanne; Zurich; Hotel Pelikan; Sanger's House; Grand Hôtel Bellevue-au-Lac; Alpen-Quai Station; Steam Launch; 14, Spiegelgasse; Restaurant Jakobsbrunnen; British Consulate; Pelikanstrasse; Bahnhof; National Museum; 12, Spiegelgasse; The Polytechnic; Botanic Gardens; Bern; 5, Feldeckweg; Glarisegg; Stag Hotel; Germany; Barn; Singen; Schäffer's Shop; Station; Train; Tuttlingen; Rottweil; Nagold; Calw; Train; Stuttgart; Degerloch; Kreutzenberg's House; Lazaret; Marbach; Heilbrunn; Hotel; Castle of the Teutonic Order; Heidingsfeld; The Goldener Hirsch Inn; Market; Scherenburg Railway Restaurant; Fulda; Eisenach; Pension; The Wartburg; English Church; Gotha; Erfürterstrasse Café; Farmers' Market; Straussfurt; Zechstein Saltmine; Munitions Factory; Cathedral of St Barbara; Hunting Lodge; Zell; Eisfeld; Coburg; Rossach; Bavaria; Aitrach; Leutkirch; Rosa's Cottage; Barn near Wangen; Wangen; Austria; Bregenz; Höchst; Zurich Pension; Gare de Lyon; Airfield; Dieppe; Houses of Parliament; Big Ben; A Bi-plane above London; Café Royal
Date: March 5th - April 10th, 1917 / March, 1891
Story: The story has been communicated to its editor by Conan Doyle from the afterlife.

Doyle is called on by Matthews, whose wife Cora has become involved with a voodoo sect. Shortly after, he receives a summons to the Beefsteak Club, from Arachne who enlists Doyle to investigate a secret weapon the Germans are developing, and arrangements are made for Plumsoll, who bears a striking resemblence to William Gillette, to pursue the Matthews case in his stead. A British agent has been killed leaving only a few burned notes which, through the initials "I.A." remind Doyle of an encounter with Isabelle Andros in Paris in 1891, and point Doyle towards Einstein as his first point of enquiry. From Plumsoll, Doyle learns of Cora's death, and they attend her funeral, learning of the Germans' mining of pitchblende in the Congo. Doyle travels to Zurich, with Plumsoll now assigned to assist him. He becomes aware that they are under surveillance on the train through France. In Zurich he learns nothing from Einstein, but teaches the scientist how to play billiards. Later encounters Armand with Helphand. He believes she is Andros. She introduces him to Lenin who offers the service of his network of followers, and insists that Armand accompany Doyle to Germany. Before they leave he encounters Maugham's Hairless Mexican, actually a Bolivian, who claims the British owe him money, and is almost electrocuted. Einstein is called back to Germany and tells Doyle that the German device is an atomic weapon. Recognised on a train, Doyle is forced to kill.

They travel on through Germany, staying with a succession of Lenin's supporters. Doyle becomes suspicious of the omnipresent Sisters of Charity, but when they are confronted by a Gepo Captain, it becomes apparent that they also have a protector. Eventually, they discover the location of the weapons factory at Straussfurt, where they apply for work. They discover the factory is located in an old salt-mine, where an entire city has been constructed underground. Hindenburg and Ludendorff tour the facility. Doyle joins forces with a Russian prisoner to sabotage the plant. After destroying the work's they , as they head back to England to prevent the delivery of a second device, 'Little Bertha', but find themselves held captive by an old acquaintance and his surprising associate, and again, after escaping, by yet another old acquaintance. Back in Zurich, Inessa rejoins Lenin. Doyle and Plumsoll travel on to London to prevent an attack on the King during the opening of Parliament. A further attack is made on Doyle by a child, but the climax of the mission comes in the tower of Big Ben, and in an aerial fight above London.

Michael Salmon

Who Did It? At the Circus (1991)
Story Type: Children's Picturebook
Detective: Sherlock Panda
Other Characters: Detective Bear; Ticket Bear; Customers; Popcorn Rat; Alberta the Alligator; Penguins; The Band; Octavia the Octopus; The Flying Pigalettos; Tiger Cub Scouts; Clowns; Renaldo the Great; Daredevil Dan; Sabu the Indian Elephant; Ringmaster Bearnum; Brutus the African Lion
Locations: The Circus
Story: Sherlock Panda and Detective Bear solve the mysteries of the stolen tickets, the missing band instruments, the knotted trapeze, the eaten custard pies, the vandalised motorcycle, and the missing Ringmaster's costume.

Walter Satterthwaite

Escapade (1995)
Story Type: Homage
Fictional Characters: Madame Sosostris; (Rebecca de Winter)
Historical Characters: Harry Houdini; Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; (Bess Houdini; Cecilia Weiss; George Edalji; William Pinkerton; Frances Griffiths; Elsie Wright; Kingsley Doyle; Mary Doyle)
Other Characters: Jane Turner; Phil Beaumont; Higgens; Briggs; Servants; Robert Fitzwilliam, Viscount Purleigh; Marjorie Allardyce; Railway Guard; Alice Fitzwilliam, Viscountess Purleigh; Cecily Fitzwilliam; Dr Erich Auerbach / Carl Moseley; Vanessa Corneille; Sir David Merridale; Constance; Woman in White; Boy; Mr Dempsey; Carson; Earl of Axminster; Constable Dubbins; Policemen; Coroner's Men; Police Doctor; Photographer; Superintendent Honniwell; Parsons; Running Bear; Inspector Marsh; Sergeant Meadows / Peter Collinson; Mrs Blandings; Darleen O'Brien; Policeman; Chin Soo / Archibald Crubbs; Jury; Prosecutor; Lady Purleigh's Lawyer; Sergeant Maynard Vine; (Evangeline; Evangeline's Brother; Mary; Lord Endover; Lord Reginald Fitzwilliam; MacGregor; Gwendolyn; Peters; Gwendolyn's Parents; Carlyle; Sergeant Lanahan; Dr Christie; Partridge; Florrie Chubb; Little Tom; Mrs Hornsby; Jerry; Wilbur Dent; Vicar; Gerard Corneille; Esme Corneille; Connie Coburn; Tenants; Ripley; Connie's Nephew; Cock and Bull Landlord; Driver; Woman Writer; Dora Carrington; Sybil Prescott-Vane; London Thugs)
Locations: 12, Yeoman's Row, Knightsbridge; Devon; Purleigh; Maplewhite; Exeter Train; Old Mill; Court
Date: August 15th - 19th, 1921
Story: Houdini and his Pinkerton bodyguard, Beaumont, arrive at Maplewhite, Viscount Purleigh's Devon estate for a house party. At dinner they hear of the three ghosts said to haunt the estate. Someone attempts to search Houdini's luggage, and Beaumont and another guest, Jane, both receive nighttime visitations. The following morning an announcement in the Times tells the world where Houdini is, alarming news to Beaumont, who is protecting him from his rival, Chin Soo, who has made threats against his life. Houdini is shot at in the grounds of the estate, and Jane incurs the wrath of Merridale when she spurns his advances, and sees two more ghosts. Conan Doyle arrives, accompanied by a medium, Madame Sosostris. Before the planned Séance can take place, Purleigh's father, the Earl of Axminster is found shot inside his locked room. Houdini suggests that the earlier shot wasn't actually aimed at him. Merridale challenges Beaumont to a boxing match. The Séance is disrupted, Jane discovers a cache of stolen trinkets and an attempt is made on her life, and the following morning, after the boxing, Marsh and Meadows of Scotland Yard arrive. Houdini discovers the house's secret passages. Houdini solves the crime, betters Marsh, and unveils Chin Soo.

Robert J. Sawyer

"You See But You Do Not Observe" (1995)
Included in: Sherlock Holmes in Orbit (Mike Resnick & Martin H. Greenberg)
Story Type: Science Fiction Pastiche
Canonical Characters: Dr Watson; Sherlock Holmes; Peter Steiler; Swiss Boy; Professor Moriarty; Mary Morstan; (Mycroft Holmes; Mrs Hudson; Englishwoman; Colonel Moran; Ronald Adair)
Historical Characters: (Enrico Fermi; Erwin Schrödinger; Guglielmo Marconi)
Other Characters: Mycroft Holmes
Date: 15th August, 1899 / 5th June, 2096 / 4th May, 1891 / June, 1907
Locations: 221B, Baker Street Reconstruction; Meiringen; Englischer Hof; Reichenbach Falls
Story: Holmes and Watson are transported into a reconstruction of 221B, in 2096, by Mycroft Holmes (no relation), to solve the Fermi Paradox - if the universe is supposed to be full of life, where are the aliens? Twenty-first century technology is able to upload data directly into Holmes's brain, and after doing so, Holmes asks Mycroft to holographically re-create the Reichenbach Falls, where they re-enact the events of The Final Problem. Based on his new knowledge of Schrödinger's cat, Holmes is able to deduce the secret of his survival at Reichenbach, and consequently the reason for the absence of the aliens. He and Watson return to the real Reichenbach in 1891 to resolve the problem.

Norma Schier

"The Adventure of the Solitary Bride by E. Aldon Canoy" (1979)
Included in: The Anagram Detectives (Norma Schier); Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (Feb 1993)
Story Type: Pastiche / Parody
Detectives: Hoskell Chomers & Sandwort
Other Characters: Mrs. Hounds; Lady Treiboris; Craig Adomcourt Treiboris; Heurlbutt; O' Mertogh; Dora Lampuir; Lady Treiboris's Maid
Locations: 221A Krebb Street; A Train; The Treiboris Estate in Surrey
Story: The newly-wed Lady Treiboris wakes up one morning to find her husband has disappeared. On the dining table is an arrangement of playing cards which Heurlbutt, the butler, quickly disposes of. Later, she sees a man in workman's clothes skulking around the stables. The following day another playing card arrangement appears and she sees the man again.

NOTE: All character names in this story are anagrams of their canonical equivalent, or of their role in the story: Mrs. Hounds = Mrs. Hudson. Reference is also made to Professor Marriyot, and Scotland Yard detectives Streadle & Noggers.

"The Adventure of the Boing! Ritual by Rif H. Lobster" (1979)
Included in: The Anagram Detectives (Norma Schier); Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (Feb 1993)
Story Type: Parody
Detectives: Mooch Sheckls & Tweany
Other Characters: Mrs. Sexes; Father Sprite; Grumbly Bain
Locations: 221B Beagl Street; The Boing! Hall
Story: A bearded widow, seen on Beagl Street, turns out to be the priest, Father Sprite, who wishes Sheckls to find out why his parishioners are forgoing his sermons, and instead attending a hall across from the church, with a banner outside reading "Boing!". On entering the hall Sheckls is given a card with numbers on it, while on stage, Grumbly Bain is handed numbers on wooden discs, which he calls out to the gathered crowd, members of which periodically cry out, "Boing!". Sheckls is able to deduce a plot to overthrow the British garment industry.

NOTE: This story is a pastiche / parody of Robert Fish's series of Schlock Homes parodies. References are made to Sheckls' brother Firstcroc; his arch enemy Colonel Nomor; and Scotland Yarder Inspector Redlites.

Lawrence Schimel

"Alimentary, My Dear Watson" (1995)
Included in: Sherlock Holmes in Orbit (Mike Resnick & Martin H. Greenberg)
Story Type: Fantasy Pastiche
Canonical Characters: Sherlock Holmes; Dr. Watson;Mrs Hudson
Fictional Characters: Alice; Dinah; Cheshire Cat; (The White Rabbit; The March Hare)
Historical Characters: (Charles Dodgson / Lewis Carroll)
Other Characters: (Mrs Bugle)
Date: 26th December
Locations: 221B, Baker Street; Dodgson's Apartment
Story: Watson calls on Holmes on Boxing Day to find him examining a top hat found in the home of Dodgson, now missing. They visit his apartment, where, along with the hat, a white rabbit (which Holmes and Watson have just eaten), and a crack in the looking glass were found. They meet his niece, Alice, who tells them that the March Hare and Mad Hatter visited, bringing her a bottle of liquid, marked "Drink Me", that shrinks people, and a cake that makes them grow. She tells them of her uncle's behaviour towards her, and how she solved the problem, with the aid of Dinah, the cat.

Norman Schreiber

"Call Me Wiggins" (2003)
Included in: My Sherlock Holmes (Michael Kurland)
Story Type: Pastiche narrated by Wiggins
Canonical Characters: Wiggins; Sherlock Holmes
Historical Characters: Lewis Carroll; Henry George Liddell; Lorena Liddell; Friedrich Max Muller; Ellen Terry; Charles Collingwood
Other Characters: Liddell's Maid
Locations: 221B, Baker Street; Oxford; Christ Church College; Tom Quad; Carroll's Rooms; Holmes's Hotel; Liddell's Study; Ellen Terry's Dressing Room
Story: Holmes helps Wiggins gain an education, finally sending him to Christ Church College, Oxford, where he meets Lewis Carroll. He arranges a meeting between Carroll & Holmes, which appears destined to end in a heated argument. Carroll reveals that four diaries have been stolen from his shelves some time in the last several years, and asks Holmes & Wiggins to help retrieve them. Holmes asks for a list of everyone who has been in his rooms, and after they have narrowed down the field somewhat, sets Wiggins, in the guise of a reporter, to question the remaining few. It is Wiggins, under Holmes's tutelage, who finally locates the missing diaries, and uncovers the unexpected reason for the theft.

Darrell Schweitzer

"The Adventure of the Death-Fetch" (1994)
Included in: The Game Is Afoot (Marvin Kaye)
Story Type: Supernatural Pastiche
Canonical Characters: Sherlock Holmes; Dr. Watson
Other Characters: Narrator; Abigail Thurston; Sir Humphrey Thurston; Cab Driver; Indian Army officer; Wendall Hawkins; Guides; Jones; Gutzman; Van Eysen; Malay; Lascar; Gunn; Nomads; Trader; Missionary; Patrolman
Locations: Narrator's Relatives' House; Baker Street; 221B, Baker Street; A Cab; Thurston's House; India; Australia; Shanghai; Rangoon; Putao; Tibet; Sinkiang
Date: Late December, 1900
Story: An aging Watson tells a story of how he and Holmes met Abigail Thurston, who had been sent to fetch them by her explorer father. They take a cab to Thurston's house, where they see the man himself, but when they call out to him, he flees. When they enter the house they are astonished to find him there denying that he has been out. He tells them that he has several times encountered an exact double of himself, which he is sure enters the house through mirrors. He tells them of a disastrous expedition into Tibet in search of wealth on which he was left for dead by his companion Hawkins. For the last couple of weeks he has been receiving letters from Hawkins, who claims he was tortured & murdered by Chan-Tzo priests, then his corpse reanimated. He is seeking revenge on Thurston by conjuring a death-fetch. Holmes sets about revealing Hawkins' trickery, but as they are leaving they see Sir Humphrey's double at the top of the stairs. They are too late to prevent the explorer's death & Holmes bars Watson from ever writing the story.

David Scott

Hugh S. Scullion

A Fatal Mistake (1999)
Story Type: Parody / Extra-Canonical Adventures of Wiggins
Canonical Characters: Wiggins; Baker Street Irregulars; Sherlock Holmes; Dr Watson
Historical Characters: Sir Edward Marshall Hall
Other Characters: Doc; Tommy Purdie; Purdie's Friends; Mrs Wiggins; Schoolboys; Prefect; Headmaster; School Matron; Charlie Hall; School Burglar; Schoolgirls; Burglar's Sister; Scotland Yard Men; Headmaster's Widow; Wiggins's Landlady; Messenger; Miss Claudia; Barney Maguire; Bagster Phillips; Inspector Thick; Gypsy; Dr Christopher Mullins; Kladd; Heinz Gavronski; Dr Cuthbertson; Housemaster; Schoolmasters; Warden; School Governor; Matthews the Hairyman; Gipsy Hill Sergeant; Two Constables; Mrs Gavronski's Neighbour; Lad; Constable Oliphant; Size 11; Hospital Constable; Hall's Clerks; Sir Hilary Farquarharson; Farquarharson's Assistants; Hall's Assistant; Judge; Jury; Rabbi; Clerk of the Court; Jury Foreman; (Doc's Mother; Milkman; Mr Wiggins; School Governors; Churchgoers; Mrs Gavronski; Gavronski's Uncle; Toll Collector; Wiggins's Boss; Printers Assistants; Mrs Gavronski's Father; Kings College Hospital Woman; Hospital Doctor; Telephone Operator; London Zoo Snake Keeper; Coroner's Man; Snakebite Expert; Wiggins's Underworld Contact; Size 10; Nurses)
Locations: The East End; School in Hertfordshire; 11½ Baker Street; Dulwich; The Crown & Greyhound Inn; Coroner's Office; 2, Eastlands Crescent; Cuthbertson's Surgery; College Road; Great North Wood; Crystal Palace Park; Belvedere Road; Gipsy Hill Police Station; Eastlands Crescent; Knight's Hill, West Norwood; Courtroom
Story: Wiggins's friend, Doc, who has purchased Watson's practice, tells Wiggins's life story. He had been rescued from a bully by Wiggins when they were children. Holmes arranged for Wiggins to be sent to school, an unhappy experience. He went on to be a printer's apprentice, and a Coldstream Guard. On leaving the army, he trained as a detective and boxer under Holmes. After Holmes's retirement, Wiggins investigates a series of break-ins at his old school, and uncovers a history of sexual abuse. He takes up residence at 11½, Baker Street. He is summoned to Dulwich by Bagster Phillips, son of the coroner in the Ripper case, to investigate the death of Mrs Gavronski, wife of his former employer, a printer. While there he finds time to expound at length on the history of the borough. They meet Inspector Thick, whose father was also involved in the Ripper investigation. Wiggins is interested in Mrs Gavronski's swollen legs. He gets his piles treated, and tells Doc about a case involving his old school's cat. He visits a nudist camp, meets a snake seller in the Great North Wood, and engages in a duel of boating puns with an undertaker. Another murder results from geographical confusion. When the case is finally brought to court, Marshall Hall is Gavronski's counsel.

William Seil

Sherlock Holmes and the Titanic Tragedy (1996)
Story Type: Pastiche
Canonical Characters: Dr. Watson; Mycroft Holmes; Sherlock Holmes; Colonel James Moriarty
Historical Characters: Sidney Reilly; Thomas Andrews; W.T. Stead; Captain Edward John Smith; Jack Phillips; Harold Bride; Jacques Futrelle; May Futrelle; Ship's Bugler P.W. Fletcher;Chief Engineer Joseph Bell; Purser Herbert Walter McElroy; Assistant Purser Reginald L. Barker; Ship's Surgeon William F.H. O'Loughlin; Chief Steward Andrew J. Latimer; First Officer William Murdoch; 4th Officer Joseph Boxhall; J. Bruce Ismay; Second Officer Charles Lightoller; The Band; Assistant Surgeon J. Edward Simpson; George Widener; Eleanor Widener; Harry Widener; John B. Thayer; Mrs. Thayer; William E. Carter; Mrs. Carter; Major Archibald Butt; Chief officer Henry Wilde; 6th Officer James Moody; Steward John Hart; 5th Officer Harold Lowe; (Winston Churchill)
Other Characters: Reilly's Driver; Waterloo Porter; Newspaper Photographer; Waterloo Crowds; Holly Storm-Fleming; Stewards; Passengers; Crew; Lift Operator; Southampton Crowds; Christine Norton; Waiters; Middle-Aged Woman; Servants; Gamblers; Hugo Brandon; Boy With Blankets; Baron Hans Von Stern; Elisabeth Von Stern; Young Man with Photography Equipment; Irish Piper; Junior officer; Stoker in Chimney; Old Woman in a Shawl; Mr. Bishop; Mrs. Applegate; Medical Staff; Engine Room Crew; Stokers; Old Fred; Edwin Hardwood; Ed Strickley; Boy in Uniform; Bates; Johnson; Turkish Baths Attendant; Richard Fry; Tommy Roberts; Jan Svensson; Lise Svensson; Charlie; Kurt; Willy; Swede; officer of the Watch; William Hanson; Children; Head Steward; Elderly Steward; French Man; French Man's Companion; Young Couple; Mother & Child; Injured Girl; Carpathia Passengers; Carpathia Crewmen
Locations: Watson's Piccadilly Rooms; Waterloo Station; Southampton; The Titanic; Cherbourg; Cobh Harbour; Queenstown; The Atlantic Ocean; The Carpathia; Annapolis; US Naval Academy
Date: 9th -21st April, 1912
Story: Holmes sends Reilly to invite Watson on a cruise to New York where he will be carrying out an investigation for Mycroft. They sail aboard the Titanic, Holmes in disguise, accompanied by Norton, Irene Adler's daughter, a courier for Mycroft, carrying submarine plans to America. Watson takes up with fellow passenger, Storm-Fleming, although Holmes's suspicions are raised by her references to Watson's stories, particularly BRUC. Among passengers joining the ship at Cherbourg is Colonel Moriarty. A meeting with the captain reveals that he has become suspicious of a crewman, Bishop, who he found in his cabin. Watson is approached by Von Stern, whose wife has received a blackmail letter, which Holmes discovers to be made up of words cut from the Strand. Norton's cabin is broken into, the plans are not taken, but the word 'Rache' is scrawled on the wall. When Holmes & Watson return with her, the plans have been stolen. After learning of a mysterious, obviously coded radio message, Holmes & Watson are taken on a tour of the ship. Holmes has deduced that the search for the intruder should be focused on the engine room. Futrelle deduces Holmes true identity and they take him into their confidence. They believe they have found one of the intruders, Strickley, who is confined to his quarters. The Baroness receives another letter, and the Baron cheats during a squash game with Watson, later questioning him on the theft from Norton's room.

Futrelle sees the gambler, Brandon, entering third class and dressing as a crew member. Watson's cabin is broken into. Bishop is shot, and Storm-Fleming is accused of his murder, but Holmes proves her innocent. Storm-Fleming introduces Watson to a young fan, Tommy. Futrelle & Watson are exploring the third class decks when they are taken prisoner by Communist terrorists planning to destroy the ship. Holmes frees them and a search begins to find and defuse the terrorist's bombs. A shootout ensues. Strickley disappears. Watson finds Tommy playing with some toy furniture he has found in a bin, and learns that Storm-Fleming has been seen with Von Stern. Strickley is found, having been garrotted. Reports come in of ice ahead. Moriarty's cabin is broken into. Holmes finally deduces the location of the missing plans, but at the same moment the ship strikes the iceberg. As they attempt to retrieve the plans, they are cornered by the German agents. Help comes from an unexpected source, but they still have to survive other enemies and the sinking ship.

Stephen Seitz

Sherlock Holmes and the Plague of Dracula (2006)
Story Type: Fantasy Pastiche narrated by Watson, Dr Seward & Jonathan Harker / Canonical Re-visioning
Canonical Characters: Dr Watson; Sherlock Holmes; Billy; Mrs Cecil Forrester; Mary Morstan; Inspector Lestrade; Mrs Hudson; Peter Steiler; Swiss Lad; Mycroft Holmes; Stamford; King of Bohemia; Helen Stoner; Sir Henry Baskerville; Tobias Gregson; Inspector Patterson; Reginald Musgrave; Victor Trevor; Watson's Maid; (Professor Moriarty; Murray; Silver Blaze; John Straker; Colonel Ross; Inspector Gregory; Moriarty Gang; Englishwoman; Colonel Sebastian Moran; Irene Adler; John Rance; Dr Jackson; Ronald Adair)
Fictional Characters: Mina (Harker) Murray; Gipsies; Dracula's Brides; Dracula; Mary (Brooks); Dr Abraham Van Helsing; Jonathan Harker; Sexton; Lucy Westenra; Arthur Holmwood; Dr John Seward; (Peter Hawkins; Demeter Captain & Crew; Buda-Pesth Nursing Sisters; Lord Godalming; Samuel F. Billington; Dr Vincent; Bloofer Lady Children; Quincey Morris)
Historical Characters: Arthur Conan Doyle
Other Characters: Train Passengers; Railway Staff; Gustavus; Catherine; Janos; Farmers; Peasant Woman; Gipsy Boy; Dead Child; Mrs Forrester's Butler; Servant Girls; Harker's Gardeners; Mourners; Vicar; Upper Thames Street Constable; Deborah Burke; Constable Brock; Amanda Keswick; Eustace Keswick; Orchestra; Violinist; Petunia Keswick; Sergeant Adams; Cabbies; Seward's Secretary; (Watson's Patient; Frau Kreski & Her Baby; Golden Krone Customers; Albert; Vlad; Priest; Bistritz Girl; Villagers; Maria; Whitby Workmen; Lord Anstruther; Anstruther's Italian Mistress; News Agent; Coroner; Kraven Brooks; Journalist; Brussels Porters; Holmes's Family; Upper Thames Alley Man; Mrs Jensen; Emily Shawe; Ebberling; Constable; Constable Johnson; Bart's Lab Attendant; Farringdon Street Cabman; Brawlers; MacGillivray)
Locations: A Train; 221B, Baker Street; Bistritz; Golden Krone Hotel; Roumania; Castle Dracula; Borgo Pass; Carpathian Mountains; Kimpelung, Bukovina, Hotel; Watson's Home; Winchester; Pentageli Estate; Pub; Train to Exeter; Exeter; Harker's Estate; Harker's Office; Hampstead Heath; Jack Straw's Castle; Child's Hill; Churchyard; Westenra Tomb; Brussels; Strasbourg; Meiringen; Englischer Hof; Pub; Reichenbach Falls; Chapel; Upper Thames Street; Purfleet; Holloway House Asylum; Godalming Estate; Langham Hotel
Date: Late July, 1890 - April 4, 1894
Story: Castle Dracula: Watson's visit to Baker Street to consult Holmes over his marriage problems, coincides with that of Mina, who suspects that her fiancé, Harker, who works for Moriarty's lawyer, is in trouble in Transylvania. Holmes believes that Moriarty is scheming to divert his attention elsewhere, but travels to Castle Dracula with Watson to investigate. They hear reports that Harker has become vampire, but on visiting the castle, learn that the Count has left for England. Exploring the Castle, Holmes discovers the link between Dracula and Moriarty, but is attacked by Dracula's Brides.

The Plague of Dracula: Watson arrives back in England to find Mary and the servant girl missing. He traces her to Mrs Forrester's estate, where he finds her in thrall to Dracula. Holmes uses the Silver Blaze case as an opportunity to visit the Harkers in Exeter, and breaks in to Harker's office to find out about Hawkins's dealings with Moriarty. They meet Van Helsing. Lestrade asks them to investigate the Hampstead "Bloofer Lady" attacks, and they discover the results of Van Helsing's visit to Lucy Westenra's tomb. Holmes is warned off the case by Mycroft.

The Great Hiatus: Mary is becoming increasingly distant and resentful of Holmes. Holmes and Watson flee Moriarty to the continent, where Holmes and Moriarty meet their fate at the Reichenbach Falls. Watson brings Holmes's body back to London, where his funeral is attended by several former clients. Lestrade calls him to the scene of a Ripperlike murder. Stories begin to emerge of a black-dressed vigilante who drinks blood. Seward is consulted by Stamford over thefts of blood at Bart's, and by Lestrade about the man in black. He later receives word that Holmwood's new fiancée, Amanda, is being attacked by a vampire. Watson is also called in on the case, and is shocked by the reappearance of Holmes.

Crighton Sellars

"The Dilemma of the Distressed Savoyard" (1946)
Included in: The Game Is Afoot (Marvin Kaye)
Story Type: Pastiche
Canonical Characters: Dr. Watson; Sherlock Holmes; Mrs. Hudson; The Abernetty Family (Margaret Abernetty; Professor Despard Abernetty; Robin Abernetty; Richard Abernetty)
Historical Characters: (Gilbert & Sullivan)
Other Characters: Alexander Wellington Johns; Rose
Locations: 221B, Baker Street; The Chiltern Hills; High Table Farm; The Gardener's Cottage
Date: November 27th, 1885
Story: Holmes is about to tell Watson the story of the Abernetty family when they are visited by Johns, a man who provides plotlines to British writers. He is looking for a new story for Gilbert & Sullivan. Holmes tells him how on a walking tour of the Chiltern Hills he visited the Abernetty family's farm: Mrs. Abernetty tells him how her husband, an archaeologist, discovered a cestus of Venus, which led her husband and sons to fall in love with Rose, the maid. As a result there has been one crime a day committed on the farm, leading to the death of all four. Holmes goes down to the gardener's cottage, where the bodies lie, to investigate, but meets a very much alive Professor Abernetty, who tells him about his wife's condition. Johns takes the story to Gilbert.

NOTE: Characters correspond to characters in Gilbert & Sullivan's Ruddigore: Margaret Abernetty = Mad Margaret; Professor Despard Abernetty = Sir Despard Murgatroyd; Robin Abernetty = Sir Ruthven Murgatroyd / Robin Oakapple; Richard Abernetty = Richard Dauntless; Rose = Rose Maybud

Luke Sharp (Robert Barr)

"The Adventure of the Second Swag" (1904)
Included in: The Game Is Afoot (Marvin Kaye)
Story Type: Parody
Canonical Characters: Sherlock Holmes
Historical Characters: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; Sir George Newnes
Other Characters: Servant; Policeman
Locations: Undershaw; Doyle's Car; The Strand
Date: 24th December, 1904
Story: At Undershaw on Christmas Eve, Sir George is delivering two bags of gold to Doyle when Holmes arrives and demands his share. Having learned that no one knows he is there, Doyle entices Holmes into an electric chair, then persuades Sir George to help him dispose of the body in a certain London street.

See also: Robert Barr

William Shatner & Michael Tobias

Believe (1992)
Story Type: Homage
Historical Characters: Harry Houdini; Bess Houdini; Alexandra Fyodorovna; Grand Duchess Olga Nicolaevna; Grand Duchess Tatiana Nicolaevna;Grand Duchess Maria Nicolaevna;Grand Duchess Anastasia Nicolaevna; Grand Duke Sergius Romanov; Grand Duchess Elizabeth Fyodorovna; Czar Nicholas II; Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; Jean Leckie; Pheneas; Mary Doyle; Jean Conan Doyle; Adrian Conan Doyle; Denis Conan Doyle
(Lenin; Malcolm Leckie; Innes Doyle; Kingsley Doyle; Louise Doyle; Frances Griffiths; Elsie Wright; Cottingley Fairies)
Characters Derived From Historical Figures: Chief Lebedin (Chief Lebedoeff); Richard Bizankin (Samuel J. Smilovich); Japanese Guy (Whitehead); Kirchner (Bernard Ernst); Mr Hodgekiss (William Hope Hodgkins); Hodgekiss's Assistant (Hodgkin's Friend); Detroit Doctor (Dr Bradley); Ralph Harrington (Orson Munn); Captain Pushcart (Major J.B. Pond)
Other Characters: McGill Students; Montcalm Audience; Houdini's Assistants; Manager; Cossack Guards; Kremlin Servants; Kremlin Chef; German Nannies; Establishment Yard Chief Investigator; Montcalm Winch Operator; Dexter Baxwell; Frank Lattimer; Layton; Royale; Joe; Students; Magicians; Bizankin's Friends; Montreal Hotel Concierge; Boy on Train; Detroit Porters; Detroit Reporters; Academy Bellhops; Sandwich Men; Detroit Secretaries; Detroit Audience; Detroit Theatre Impresario; Detroit Technical Hands; Theatre Band; Doctor's Wife; New York Cops; New York Reporters; Suicidal Couple; Amy Beckwell; New York Crowd; Darla; Bertram Fennell; Scientifica Americana Staff; Barkwaithe; Jeffrey Heller; Bistro; Madigan; Charlie Moranis; Capper; Bravo Coffin Man; Irwin Mayakovsky Riddles; Streetcar Passengers; Pinkertons Men; Jonesy; MacIntosh; Byron; Harlem Theater Cop; Harlem Theater Audience; African Drummers; Madame Natty Sublime / Eunice Holstein; Ginger Riddles; Holstein's Assistants; Projectionist; Lady Glenco; Sir Henry Dabacourt; Lionel Vercombe; Sidney Mosbacher; Betcham; Postman; Thomas Cook's Agent; Quay Porters; New York Reporters; Polish Woman
(Montcalm Jail Workers; Siberian Warden; Mount Holyoke Police Officers; Canadian Detective; Mrs Harrington; Harrington's Father-in-law; Bruhod Merriweather; Holstein's Sister; Holstein's Parents; Detectives; Joliet Guard; Doyle's Cricketing Friend; Scotland Yard Detectives; Theocratic Church Slaves; South African Gemologist; Legsie; Vercombe's Granddaughter; Mosbacher's Wife; Masbacher's Banker; Hugh Lawsons; Harriet Betcham)
Locations: Canada; Montreal; McGill University; Montcalm; Russia; Moscow; The Kremlin; Moscow Hotel; Establishment Yard; Montreal Hotel: Aboard the Quebec Consolidated; United States of America; Detroit; Detroit Station; Academy Hotel; Garrett Theatre; New York; Speakeasy; Scientifica Americana Office; Cypress Hills Cemetery; Woodhaven Street; Queens; Cross Bay; The Bay; County Clerk's Office; Houdini's House; 125th Street; Harlem Theater; Crowborough; Windlesham Manor; Crowborough Station; Southampton; Aboard the Baltic; New York Quay; Woolworth Building
Date: October, 1926 / 1902 / Spring, 1923
Story: 1926: As an escape goes disastrously wrong in Canada, Houdini recalls an escape in Moscow in 1902. Back in his hotel room he is punched in the stomach by a Japanese student. Travelling back to the US by train, and dangerously ill, he has a vision, but carries on performing, even though bleeding internally, accepting an almost impossible challenge in Detroit.

1923: Cashing in on the mania for spiritualism, Scientifica Americana publisher, Harrington, announces a competition to find proof of the afterlife, with Doyle and Houdini to act as advocates for and against. Houdini and Lattimer expose fake medium, Eunice Holstein, who is wanted for a string of crimes around the world.

Stanley Shaw

Sherlock Holmes Meets Annie Oakley (1986)
Story Type: Pastiche
Canonical Characters: Sherlock Holmes; Dr. Watson
Historical Characters: Annie Oakley; Frank Butler; Arizona John Burke; Grand Duke Michael; Princess Victoria; Buffalo Bill; Edward VII
Other Characters: Sir James Harrison; Swimmers; Sir James's Coachman; Ostler's Boy; Count Nicolai; Dmitri; Servants; Shooting Party; Quartermaster General; Quartermaster's Wife; Head Gardener; Footman; Maid of Honour; Shubin; Sir James's Maid; Royal Audience
Locations: 221B, Baker Street; A Train; Slough Station; Windsor Station; Sir James's Carriage; Windsor Great Park; Ranger's Lodge; The Long Walk; The Copper Horse; South Forest; Highbridge House; Earl's Court
Date: Summer, 1887
Story: Holmes & Watson travel to Windsor at the request of Sir James Harrison, former physician to the Queen, and a friend of Holmes's father. he introduces them to Frank Butler, who tells them how he was summoned to Windsor Great Park by a telegram from his wife Annie Oakley (they are performing in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Earl's Court), where he was attacked by three men dressed as highwaymen, and his rifle stolen. Holmes deduces that Oakley will be at a shooting party given by Grand Duke Michael, who is hoping to marry Princess Victoria, the Queen's grand-daughter. Arriving at the shoot Watson attends to a wounded aide to the Grand Duke, who he recognises as the highwayman described by Butler. The Grand Duke challenges Oakley to a shooting contest and wins. Holmes suspects tampering, but also believes that there are deeper currents to the case. He finally tracks down the missing gun, and reveals the involvement of a member of the Wild West Show. With the help of the Prince of Wales, a final showdown is arranged between Oakley and the Grand Duke in front of a royal audience.

Jay Sheckley

"The Case of Vittoria the Circus Belle" (1998)
Included in: The Confidential Casebook of Sherlock Holmes (Marvin Kaye)
Story Type: Pastiche
Canonical Characters: Sherlock Holmes; Dr. Watson; Mary Morstan; Baker Street Irregulars; Mrs Hudson; Watson's Brother; Vittoria the Circus Belle (Kay Dunn); (Wiggins; Simpson)
Other Characters: Madeline Snow; Madeline's Father; Rabbit Seller; Jane, Lady Norris; Randall, Earl of Norris; Hansom Driver; Street Urchins; Man with Dog; Circus People; Gypsy Girl; Sadie Bookbinder, the Frog Lady; Fred Burke, the Wild Savage; Enzo; Ringmaster; Constable; Apothecary Clerk; Hunters; Young Randall; Gregory; Driver; (Jane's Father; Laurence)
Locations: Watson's Kensington Residence; 221B, Baker Street; The Snow Residence; Jane's Residence; Remsen & Craswell's Circus; Watson's Student Rooms; Baker Street; Oxford Street; Norris Residence
Date: June (Vittoria narrative); May (Framing narrative)
Story: When Watson receives a letter informing him of the death of Randall, Earl of Norris, he visits Holmes who presents him with a book to record the events surrounding the death of Vittoria,of which the news has brought back haunting memories. Watson remembers his childhood, and seeing his cousin Madeline beaten by her father. Some years later, during his student days, in the summer that Vittoria came to London with Remson & Craswell's Circus, Watson encounters Madeline again. She takes him home and secretes him in a cupboard to watch over a meeting between herself, her cousin Jane and Randall. He sees them giving Randall a bottle containing a drug to be given to Vittoria, which will induce an abortion, while he blackmails them with the loss of Jane's fathers house and takes advantage, aided by her cousin, of Madeline. Watson follows Randall away from the house, to the circus, but is unable to prevent Vittoria going off with him. Later, during the performance, she falls from her horse, sustaining fatal head injuries. After Vittoria dies, Watson encounters a tall, angular man who enlists his help in investigating the circumstances surrounding her death. After he has finished writing, Holmes takes Watson to Randall's home to lay some old ghosts.

Timothy Francis Sheil