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Yahoos (Gullivers Travels - Jonathan Swift)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Allan Moore & Kevin
O'Neill) 44
Yahweh: see Jahweh
Yakub Beg (Founded Muslim State in Tarim Basin)
The Siam Question
(Timothy Francis Sheil) 160, 180, 182-183
Yale, Linus (American Inventor of Yale Lock)
A Monstrous Regiment of Women (Laurie R. King) 308
Yale Key:
"The Dark Carnival" (Andrew
Lane) 262, 280; The Vampire Serpent (Kel Richards)
28; "The Case of the Crown Jewels" (Donald Thomas) 96
Yale Lock: A
Study in Charlotte (Brittany Cavallaro) 262; Nevermore
(William Hjortsberg) 271;
"The Dark Carnival" (Andrew
Lane) 262; "The Case of the Matinee Idol" (Donald
Thomas) 354, 361; "The Queen of the Night" (Donald Thomas)
316, 331
Yam, Mr (Mr. Vampire - Movie)
Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 155-159, 188, 242-249, 265, 267,
283-286, 299, 302, 331, 335, 365, 441
Yama / King Yan (Chinese God)
Sherlock Holmes and the
Nine-Dragon Sigil (Tim Symonds) 167
Yamaha, Torakusu (Japanese Entrepreneur,
1851-1916)
Yamaha Grand Piano: Sherlock Holmes and
the Shakespeare Letter (Barry Grant) 154
Yang Kwei Fei (Emperor's Consort in Japanese
Literature)
A Slight Trick of the Mind (Mitch Cullin) 130
Yapp, Alice (Nanny to the
Maybrick Family)
"The Case of the Choleric Cotton Broker" (Martin Edwards) 254,
259, 261-262, 266
Yaqub Khan, Amir (Afghan Leader (1879), 1849-1923)
The Private Life of Dr.
Watson (Michael Hardwick) 249;
Watson's Afghan Adventure (Kieran McMullen) 48, 54, 82, 87,
91-92, 94; Death on a Pale Horse (Donald Thomas) 79
Yarab (She - H. Rider Haggard)
"Me, or The Strange Episode of the Reincarnated Greek"
(E.V. Knox) 206
Yarborough, Ralph W. (American Senator,
1903-1996)
Sherlock Holmes in Dallas (Edmund Aubrey) 84
Yardley, William (British Businessman)
Yardley's: "The Brown Recluse"
(Davis Grubb) 87; The Return of the Pharaoh (Nicholas Meyer)
122, 124, 231; "The Case of the Yokohama Club" (Donald Thomas)
334
Yarrow, Alfred (British Shipbuilder, 1842-1932)
Yarrows Ltd.: "The Case of the Greek Key
(Donald Thomas) 151
Yastremski, Carl (American Baseball Player, 1939- )
Inspector Ginkgo Tips His Hat To Sherlock Holmes (Alex
Jack) 71
Yasuhito, Prince Chichibu (Son of Emperor
Taisho, 1902-1953)
Dreaming Spies (Laurie R.
King) 191
Yasumasa, Fukushima (Japanese General,
1852-1919)
Sherlock Holmes and the
Nine-Dragon Sigil (Tim Symonds) 293
Yates, Captain John (British Soldier at Balaclava,
1819-1862)
Brigade (M.J. Trow) 203
Yates, Mike (Doctor Who - TV series)
Happy Endings (Paul Cornell) 72-74, 77-79, 109, 113-114, 128,
139, 151, 190-191, 203, 217, 221, 229-230, 232, 234, 237,
282-283
Yeadon, Robin (The New Doctor
Who Adventures: Nightshade - Mark Gatiss)
Happy Endings (Paul Cornell) 278, 281
Yeager, Chuck (American Pilot, 1923- )
The Adventure of the Dreaming Detective (Ralph E. Vaughan) 5,
9-11, 15-16, 21-22, 47-48
The League of Heroes (Xavier Mauméjean) 140
Yeames, William Frederick (British Artist,
1835-1918)
"The Protégé" (Kate Ellis)
204, 207, 210
Yeats,
William Butler (Irish Poet & Dramatist, 1865-1939)
"The Coole Park Problem" (Michéal & Clare
Breathnach) 166, 168-179, 181-183, 185, 187-188
"The Scarlet Woman" (Watkin Jones) 64-70, 75, 77-95, 102-104,
124
"The Irish Professor" (Eddie Maguire) 86
Oscar Wilde and
a Death of No Importance (Gyles Brandreth) 19, 58; The
Adventure of the Dead Rabbits Society (Philip J. Carraher)
68; The Case of
the Philosophers' Ring (Randall Collins) v, 88; "The
Butler Did It" (Herschel Cozine) 157; A Slight Trick of
the Mind (Mitch Cullin) 73, 76; A Taste for Honey (H.F.
Heard) 29; The West End Horror (Nicholas Meyer) 29;
"Angel Down, Sussex" (Kim Newman) 129, 134; The Unlikely
Escape of Uriah Heep (H.G. Parry) 219, 429; The Winged Wheel
(Peter H. Wood) 6
"the butler - Yeats": Lestrade and the
Brother of Death (M.J.Trow) 71
Yeb (Out of the Aeons - H.P. Lovecraft)
Sherlock Holmes and the Highgate Horrors (James Lovegrove)
276
Yellow Hand / Yellow Hair (Cheyenne Chief, ?-1867)
"The Adventure of the
White City" (Bill Crider) 187-188; Chapel Noir (Carole
Nelson Douglas) 292, 294-295, 298
Yellow Jacket (Yellow Jacket: Man of Mystery Comics -
Scott McCullar)
"The Vanishing Devil" (Win Scott Eckert) 60
Yelva (Yelva - Henry Bishop)
Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 165
Yen, General (The Bitter Tea of General Yen - Movie)
The Night Mayor (Kim
Newman) 54
Yersin, Alexandre
(Swiss Bacteriologist, 1863(?) - ?)
The West End Horror (Nicholas Meyer) 146; The
Holmes-Dracula File (Fred Saberhagen) 162
Yesenin, Sergei
(Russian Poet, 1895-1925)
Justice Hall (Laurie R. King) 155
Y'golonac (Cold Print - Ramsey Campbell)
"Nightmare in Wax"
(Simon Clark) 425
Yhtill (The King in Yellow - Robert W.
Chambers)
"The Adventure of the Pallid Mask" (Daniel McGachey) 247
Yig (The Curse of Yig - H.P. Lovecraft)
Sherlock Holmes and the Miskatonic Monstrosities (James
Lovegrove) 52; Sherlock Holmes and the Sussex Sea Devils
(James Lovegrove) 309
Yin Chang (Chinese Military Leader)
The Year of High Treason (Vithal Rajan) 106
Yith, The Great Race of (The Shadow Out of Time -
H.P.Lovecraft)
The Arcanum (Thomas Wheeler) 171
Yixuan, Prince Chun
(Chinese Prince, 1840-1891)
Sherlock Holmes and the Nine-Dragon Sigil (Tim Symonds)
135, 137
Yo San (Darling of the Gods - David Belasco)
Shady Sinners of the Styx (Lawrence Daniel Fogg) 10
Yoda (Paws & Claws: A Three Dog Mystery
- Ralp E. Vaughan)
"The Dog Who Loved Sherlock Holmes" (Ralph E. Vaughan) 168
Yoerg, Anthony (German-American Brewer,
1816-1896)
Yeorg's Brewery: The Magic Bullet
(Larry Millett) 62, 320
Yog
Sothoth (Cthulhu Mythos Stories)
Sherlock Holmes and the Miskatonic Monstrosities (James
Lovegrove) 52, 218
"A Case of Royal Blood" (Steven-Elliot Altman) 89;
"Nightmare in Wax" (Simon Clark) 430; The Adventure of the
Deadly Dimensions (Lois H. Gresh) 422; The Adventure of the
Innsmouth Mutations (Lois H. Gresh) 10-11, 19, 107, 133,
173, 179, 185, 202, 243; The Adventure of the Neural
Psychoses (Lois H. Gresh) 166, 273, 289; "The Adventure of
the Antiquarian's Niece" (Barbara Hambly) 179, 180;
All-Consuming Fire (Andy Lane) 221; Sherlock Holmes and the
Highgate Horrors (James Lovegrove) 276
Iog Sotot: "The Adventure of the Unknown
Worm" (Daniel McGachey) 89
Sothoth (spaceship): "The Interrupted Game"
(Dana Martin Batory) 125
Dr Yogami (Werewolf of London - movie)
The Snarkout Boys and the Baconburg Horror (Daniel
Pinkwater) 455
Yogash the Ghoul (Cthulhu Mythos - H.P.
Lovecraft)
Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows (James Lovegrove)
194
Yogi Bear (Yogi Bear - TV series)
Dragons on the Town (Thorarinn Gunnarsson) 76, 140
Yohannes IV (Emperor of Ethiopia (1872-89), 1831-1889)
"The Fifth Browning" (Jürgen Ehlers) 532; The Great
Detective at the Crucible of Life (Thos. Kent Miller) 64,
118, 142; Sherlock Holmes The Missing Years:
Timbuktu (Vasudev Murthy) 231
Yolande (Madame d'Esperance's Spirit Guide)
Baskerville (John O’Connell) 144-145
Yonge, Charlotte M. (British Writer)
The Revenge of Moriarty
(John Gardner) 103
Yongle / Yung-lo (Chinese Emperor
(1402-24), 1360-1424)
Sherlock Holmes and the
Nine-Dragon Sigil (Tim Symonds) 227
Yorga, Count (Count Yorga: Vampire -
movie)
Iorga: Anno Dracula (Kim Newman) 66, 274-458
Yorick
(Hamlet - William Shakespeare)
My Hero (Tom Holt) 129
Jack the Ripper: Case Closed (Gyles Brandreth) 260;
"The Curse of Edwin Booth" (Carole Buggé) 181; The
Adventures of Young Stamford (Richard M. Caplan, M.D.) 69;
"Hall of Fame" (A. Bertram Chandler) 31; "The
Record of the Tarleton Murders" (Ian Charnock) 52; Sherlock
Holmes and the Apocalypse Murders (Barry Day) 128; Good
Night, Mr. Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas) 150; Irene at
Large (Carole Nelson Douglas) 97; The D. Case (Carlo
Fruttero & Franco Lucentini) 235; The Secret Diary of
Dr. Watson (Anita Janda) 70;
"The Adventure of the
Emperor’s Netsuke" (James Lovegrove) 57; Gods of
War (James Lovegrove) 85; "The Adventure of the Six
Maledictions" (Kim Newman) 241; Shadowblood (Tracy Revels)
54; The Angel of the Opera (Sam Siciliano) 71; The
Confessions of Mycroft Holmes (Marcel Theroux) 145; Brigade
(M.J.Trow) 377; Everybody's Favorite Duck (Gahan Wilson) 8;
"The Adventure of the Half-Melted Wolf" (Marcia Wilson) 440
"Alas, poor Yorick"
York, Archbishop of
"Our American Cousins" (Roberta Rogow) 392
York, Duke of: see Prince Frederick; George V
York, House of (British Royal Dynasty)
Justice Hall (Laurie R. King) 280
Yorke, O. (Writer)
The Case of the
Revolutionist's Daughter (Lewis S. Feuer) 26
Yorke-Davies, Nathaniel (British Physician)
Sherlock Holmes and the
Nine-Dragon Sigil (Tim Symonds) 13
Yorkshire Witch: see Mary
Bateman
Yoshihito (Emperor of Japan (1912-26), 1879-1926)
The Language of Bees (Laurie R. King) 76; Locked Rooms
(Laurie R. King) 9
Yoshitsune, Minamoto no (Japanese General,
1159-1189)
Sherlock Holmes in Japan (Vasudev Murthy) 267
Young, Detective-Constable Alfred (British
Police Officer, 1880-1915)
"The Case of the Crown Jewels" (Donald Thomas) 104
Young, Sir Allen (British Explorer,
1827-1915)
The Hampstead Poisonings
(Glen Petrie) 148-149, 156-157, 160, 164-166, 169,
184, 188-192
Young, Arthur (British Agricultural Writer, 1741-1820)
Lestrade and the Sign of Nine (M.J.Trow) 52
Young, Brigham (American Religious Leader,
1801-1877)
"A Study In Lavender Lace" (Larry Townsend) 91, 112-116
"The Flowers of Utah" (Robert Pohle) 87-88
Young, Charles (British Brewer)
Young's Bitter: The Red Ribbon (H.B. Lyle)
139
Young, Charles E. (American University
Administrator, 1931- )
Charles E. Young Research Library: The
Final Page of Baker Street (Daniel D. Victor) 7
Young, Sir George M. (British Historian, 1882-1959)
"The Two Failures of
Sherlock Holmes" (Donald Thomas) 10
Young, Isabella (Dreamed of the
Sinking of the Comtesse de Flandre)
Death on a Pale Horse (Donald Thomas) 344-345
Young, Roland (British
Actor, 1887-1953)
Seven Stars (Kim Newman) 84
Believe (William
Shatner & Michael Tobias) 76
Young, Ruby (British Artist's
Model, Witness in the Camden Town Murder Case)
"The Case of the Camden Town Murder" (Donald Thomas) 223, 226,
239-241
Young, Thomas (British Physicist & Egyptologist,
1773-1829)
Sherlock Holmes and the
Sacred Sword (Frank Thomas) 116-117
Young, William (Dracula - Bram
Stoker: Character appears in Stoker's working notes, but not
the finished novel)
Betrayal in Blood (Mark A. Latham) 223-227, 229, 237, 241,
243, 251, 255
Younger, Cole (American Outlaw, 1844-1916)
Sherlock Holmes and the Queen of Diamonds (Steve Hayes
& David Whitehead) 88
Younger Brothers (American Outlaws)
"Father of the Man" (Stephen Volk) 60
Younger Stamfords of Iowa City (Sherlockian Society)
The Adventures of Young Stamford (Richard M. Caplan, M.D.)
96
Younghusband, Sir Francis (British Army
Officer, 1863-1942)
The Adamantine Sherlock Holmes (Hapi) 23-24, 108
"Kim and Kim Again" (Vithal Rajan) 133-136, 138, 153-154, 163
The Game (Laurie R. King) 13; “Art, Crime, and
Enlightenment” 170; Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized
Biography (Nick Rennison) 152-156, 159
Younghusband, Captain Reginald (British
Soldier, 1844-1879)
Death on a Pale Horse (Donald Thomas) 35
Ysaÿe, Eugène
(Belgian Violinist & Composer, 1858-1931)
"The Book of Tobit" (Carla Coupe) 113; Sherlock in Love
(Sena Jeter Naslund) 105-106; Sherlock Holmes and the
Hapsburg Tiara (Alan Vanneman) 314;
"Hounded" (Stephen Volk) 33
Ythogtha (Out of the Ages - Lin Carter)
Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows (James Lovegrove)
194
Yu'an Hee See (Yu'an Hee See Laughs - Sax Rohmer)
"The Vanishing Devil" (Win Scott Eckert) 67
Yuan Shikai (Chinese General, President of
China (1913-16), 1859-1916)
"Intercepted Communications" (John Kendrick Bangs) 132-133
Sherlock Holmes and the Nine-Dragon Sigil (Tim Symonds) 28-38,
41, 45, 48-49, 72-75, 77, 83-85, 90, 92, 95, 97-101, 104,
115-117, 121, 130-131, 169, 172-174, 177-183, 187, 189,
191-192, 194, 201, 204-207, 210-211, 216, 218-222,
228-229,236-263, 265, 272-275, 279-280, 282-283, 285-288, 290,
292-301, 307-309, 312-313
The Book of Changes (R.H.W.Dillard) 82-83; The Year
of High Treason (Vithal Rajan) 106-108, 111, 133
Yudhisthira (Mahabharata)
The Year of High Treason (Vithal Rajan) 296
Yuenü (Chinese Swordswoman)
The Legend of Lady Yue (Don Bosco) 36-37, 39, 54-57, 71, 73
Yung-Cheng (Chinese Emperor (1722-35))
The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes (Jamyang Norbu) 92
Yusef ben Hassan (Sultan of Morocco
(1912-27), 1882-1927)
Garment of Shadows (Laurie R. King) 28, 39, 69-70, 73,
113, 134-135, 141, 163, 165, 216, 220, 242, 244-245
Yusupov, Prince Felix II (Assassinated
Rasputin, 1887-1967)
Watson's Last Case (Ian
Charnock) 80-82, 102-103; The Holmes Factor (Brian
Freemantle) 136-137, 177-179, 195, 202, 204-205, 207, 214-215,
268; Rasputin's Revenge
(John T. Lescroart) 264, 267-268, 272-275; Sherlock Holmes and the
Earthquake Machine (Austin Mitchelson & Nicholas
Utechin) 80-82, 90, 92
Yusupov, Prince Nikolai Borisovich (Marshal
of the Imperial Court 1827-1891)
Black Ice (Andrew Lane) 198, 200-201, 244
Yusupov, Princess Irina (Alexandrovna)
(Prince Feliks's Wife, Czar Nicholas II's Niece)
The Holmes Factor (Brian
Freemantle) 136, 177-178, 202, 204
Rasputin's Revenge (John T. Lescroart) 274
Yznaga del Valle, Maria Consuelo (Cuban-American
Socialite, 1858-1909)
Spider Dance (Carole Nelson Douglas) 354