''The Dragnet Solar Pons et al.'' is a collection of
detective
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short stories
A short story is a piece of prose fiction that typically can be read in one sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a single effect or mood. The short story is one of the oldest t ...
by author
August Derleth
August William Derleth (February 24, 1909 – July 4, 1971) was an American writer and anthologist. Though best remembered as the first book publisher of the writings of H. P. Lovecraft, and for his own contributions to the Cthulhu Mythos and the ...
. It was released in
2011
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by
Battered Silicon Dispatch Box
The Battered Silicon Dispatch Box (BSDB) is an independent, Canadian literary publisher, founded in 1993 by George A. Vanderburgh. Based in Shelburne, Ontario, and in Sauk City, Wisconsin, the company is headed by George Vanderburgh.
The press i ...
. It is a collection of Derleth's
Solar Pons
Solar Pons is a fictional detective created by August Derleth as a pastiche of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes.
Robert Bloch wrote of the series, "During a span of a century there have been literally hundreds of Sherlockian imitations, rang ...
stories which are
pastiches
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of the
Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes () is a fictional detective created by British author Arthur Conan Doyle. Referring to himself as a " consulting detective" in the stories, Holmes is known for his proficiency with observation, deduction, forensic science and ...
tales of
Arthur Conan Doyle
Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a British writer and physician. He created the character Sherlock Holmes in 1887 for ''A Study in Scarlet'', the first of four novels and fifty-six short stories about Ho ...
.
These are the original versions of the stories as they appeared in ''Dragnet'' magazine, ''Detective Trails'' magazine, ''Gangster Stories'' magazine, and original unpublished manuscripts. Notes by Mark Wardecker compare the text of the stories to the later, anthologized versions and point out parallels to the Sherlock Holmes stories.
This collection was recommended (but not shortlisted) for a 2012 British Fantasy Award.
British Fantasy Society. "2012 Lists of Members’ Recommendations for British Fantasy Awards"
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Contents
''The Dragnet Solar Pons et al.'' contains the following tales:
# "Introduction", by Mark Wardecker
# "The Adventure of the Black Narcissus"
# "The Adventure of the Missing Tenants"
# "The Adventure of the Broken Chessman"
# "The Adventure of the Late Mr. Faversham"
# "The Adventure of the Limping Man"
# "Two Black Buttons"
# "The Adventure of the Red Dwarfs"
# "The Adventure of Gresham Marshes"
# "The Adventure of the Black Cardinal"
# "The Adventure of the Norcross Riddle"
# "The Adventure of the Yarpool Horror"
# "The Adventure of the Muttering Man"
# "Notes" by Mark Wardecker
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2011 short story collections
Mystery short story collections
Sherlock Holmes pastiches
Solar Pons
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