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Charles Prepolec

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in Calgary, Canada

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Charles Prepolec is a former Mystery bookshop owner, currently freelance editor, writer, artist and reviewer with published contributions in a variety of books and magazines. He is co-editor of Professor Challenger: New Worlds, Lost Places (2015) and seven Sherlock Holmes anthologies (with J. R. Campbell) - Curious Incidents Vols. 1 & 2, Gaslight Grimoire: Fantastic Tales of Sherlock Holmes (2008), Gaslight Grotesque: Nightmare Tales of Sherlock Holmes (2009), Gaslight Arcanum: Uncanny Tales of Sherlock Holmes (2011), Gaslight Gothic: Strange Tales of Sherlock Holmes (2018) and Gaslight Ghouls: Uneasy Tales of Sherlock Holmes, Monsters and Madmen (2022); as well as co-editor (with Paul Kane) of Beyond Rue Morgue: Further Tales of Edgar Alla ...more

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	Gaslight Grimoire: Fantastic Tales of Sherlock Holmes by Charles Prepolec (Goodreads Author) (Editor), J.R. Campbell (Editor), Kim Newman 4.01 avg rating — 1,071 ratings — published 2008 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gaslight Arcanum: Uncanny Tales of Sherlock Holmes by J.R. Campbell (Editor), Charles Prepolec (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Fred Saberhagen 3.90 avg rating — 375 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gaslight Grotesque: Nightmare Tales of Sherlock Holmes by J.R. Campbell (Editor), Charles Prepolec (Goodreads Author) (Editor, Introduction), Leslie S. Klinger (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) 3.84 avg rating — 326 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gaslight Gothic: Strange Tales of Sherlock Holmes by J.R. Campbell (Editor), Charles Prepolec (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.89 avg rating — 102 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beyond Rue Morgue Anthology: Further Tales of Edgar Allan Poe's 1st Detective by Paul Kane (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Charles Prepolec (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Edgar Allan Poe (Editor) 3.75 avg rating — 100 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	ABOUT SIXTY: Why Every Sherlock Holmes Story is the Best by Christopher Redmond (Editor), Mark Alberstat, Dan Andriacco (Goodreads Author) 4.05 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 2016 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Professor Challenger: New Worlds, Lost Places by J.R. Campbell (Editor), Charles Prepolec (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Joshua Reynolds (Goodreads Author) 3.78 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gaslight Ghouls: Uneasy Tales of Sherlock Holmes, Monsters and Madmen by J.R. Campbell (Editor), Jonathan Maberry (Goodreads Author), Alison Littlewood really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2022 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sherlock Holmes Is Like: Sixty Comparisons for an Incomparable Character by Christopher Redmond (Editor), Donny Zaldin (Contributor), Alexian A. Gregory (Contributor) 4.56 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2019 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Curious Incidents 2 : Being a Collection of the Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Charles Prepolec (Goodreads Author), J.R. Campbell it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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PROFESSOR CHALLENGER ANTHOLOGY SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Professor Challenger Anthology Submission Guidelines
Editors: J. R. Campbell and Charles Prepolec
Publisher: EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing
Genres: SF, Fantasy, Horror, Steampunk, Adventure
Submission deadline: May 31, 2012
Story Length: Approx. 7, 500 words to a maximum of 10,000 words
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Charles Prepolec liked Vera Viselli's review of Il grimorio di Baker Street: "Racconti bellissimi (forse meno l'ultimo) in perfetto stile Doyle, per rivivere le avventure di Holmes e Watson, in gioventù come in vecchiaia, anche se alle prese con forze ultraterrene."
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“When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.”
― Arthur Conan Doyle, The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes

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“There was something awesome in the thought of the solitary mortal standing by the open window and summoning in from the gloom outside the spirits of the nether world.”
― Arthur Conan Doyle

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