The Dragon Done It

In short, both of us were thinking along the same lines: science fiction, fantasy, mystery. And it occurred to us that, to the best of our knowledge, no one has yet put together an anthology of fantasy detective stories, as opposed to science fiction mysteries. It seemed hard to believe, since there are certainly enough examples out there, going back at least to the works of Poe and to the hinted-at but never-written Sherlock Holmes tale of "The Giant Rat of Sumatra." So we got together, approached Jim Baen with the idea, and got a contractone of the very last he issued before his untimely death. Contents (#filepos13025) The Long and Short of It A John Justin Mallory Story Mike Resnick (#filepos96816) Dead Wolf in a Hat Graham Edwards (#filepos154205) This Town Ain't Big Enough Tanya Huff (#filepos218372) The Case of the Four and Twenty Blackbirds Neil Gaiman (#filepos246545) The Whistling Room William Hope Hodgson (#filepos291154) Doppelgangster (#filepos333380) Claus of Death Laura Resnick Michael M. Jones (#filepos363508) McNamara's Fish Ron Goulart (#filepos410782) Gunsel and Gretel Esther M. Friesner (#filepos501958) Alimentary, My Dear Watson Lawrence Schimel (#filepos512621) Fox Tails Richard Parks (#filepos575778) A Case of Identity Randall Garrett (#filepos745849) The Case of the Skinflint's Specters Brian M. Thomsen (#filepos764155) The Black Bird David Barr Kirtley (#filepos778411) The Enchanted Bunny David Drake (#filepos941398) The Adventure of the Pearly Gates Mike Resnick (#filepos959503) The Seventh Chapter Harry Turtledove (#filepos1001910) The Detective of Dreams Gene Wolfe (#filepos1049400) The Witch's Murder Dave Freer and Eric Flint A new anthology of fiction that blends magic and mystery follows the exploits of investigators who find their cases threatened by black magic, itinerant sorcerers, supernatural entities, and other magical complications, in a collection of fantasy tales by Harry Turtledove, Neil Gaiman, Gene Wolfe, David Drake, Esther M. Friesner, and other notable writers. This is a collection of fantasy stories by some of the top authors in the genre. The main theme for these stories is about private detectives, past, present. future and even alternate realities - though there is variance on the P.I.'s, with some being government (or other) agents. The stories are well worth your reading. Pity the poor private eye (or official investigator, for that matter), who has to solve a case which may involve death by black magic, evidence that may have been altered or planted by an itinerant sorcerer, and supernatural entities. A private eye has to solve a case which may involve death by black magic, evidence that may have been altered or planted by an itinerant sorcerer, and supernatural entities ranging from ghosts to vampires to dragons