Sherlock Holmes: Further Adventures in the Realms of H.G. Wells Volume One

by Derrick Belanger, C. Edward Davis, Nancy Holder

The World's Greatest Detective Returns to the Realms of the Master of Science Fiction in all NEW Adventures!
Imagine Holmes trying to stop a diabolical doctor creating human animal hybrids - attacking a cult that worships man eating plants - taking on a mermaid client - using his deductive skills to track down missing time travelers. These are just some of the stories included in the new all new anthology Sherlock Holmes: Further Adventures in the Realms of H.G. Wells.

384 pages, Hardcover

First published October 9, 2021

About the author

Author Derrick Belanger's publications include an eclectic mix: book reviews, articles for education journals, short stories, poems, comic books, and the graphic novel, Twenty-Three Skidoo! A former instructor at Washington State University, and a current middle school Language Arts teacher, Derrick lives in Broomfield, Colorado with his wife Abigail Gosselin and their two daughters, Rhea and Phoebe. Currently, Derrick is working on several Sherlockian projects: the Young Adult novel Sherlock Holmes and the Transformers of Time, the teaching guide Sherlock Holmes for Teachers, the pastiche novel The Funeral of Sherlock Holmes, and the film studies book The Hound of the Baskervilles: From Page to Screen. He also co-authors the web site Mystery Aircraft.com with author Chuck Davis.

Reviews

[Riju Ganguly · Rating 2 out of 5]

Following an introduction from Nancy Holder, this anthology contains a dozen tales, several of them touching novella length. Unfortunately, in terms of quality this one was a major letdown as the authors either failed to mix the two canons while staying true to either, or they simply got entangled with elements of science-fantasy or fantasy lifted from works of Wells.
The stories that turned out to be notable and memorable, by virtue of sharp writing and deft characterisation, were~
1. Mark C. Richardson's "The Case of the Missing Inventor";
2. Chris Chan's "The Outline of Mystery";
3. Derrick Belanger's "The Alarming Visions of Ogden Drury";
4. Hassan Akram's "The Adventure of the Crystal Egg";
5. M.L.D Curelas's "The Adventure of the Pale Death".
The rest, I am afraid, were rather overwritten and consequently boring.
The next volume might make a pleasant change. Let's see.

[Tony Ciak · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great authors and stories.

[Thaddeus Tuffentsamer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Belanger Books continues to impress with the sheer amount of quality Holmes stories they produce each year. This collection is no different.

Take the world’s greatest detective and mix him with the master of science fiction and you have a collection of stories that range from thought provoking, to the bizarre.

We see Holmes both out of his regular comfort level, yet still totally in his element. The writers of the series spun tales that are imaginative yet not forced. These are genuine Holmes stories, with a sci fi twist, yet neither detracts from the other.

You can’t go wrong with this series from Belanger Books. I highly recommend.