Another eight eclectic tales from the pen of Stephen Herczeg. All have featured in annals of the MX Books of New Sherlock Holmes stories and the many anthologies from Belanger Books.
The body was in the box, and then it wasn't. Holmes must find the dead girl and the identity of her killer.
A young girl appears to be possessed by a demon. What is the truth and who is behind it?
Dead bees. Honey that tastes of ash. A retired Holmes must track down the cause and unearth the mystery behind the strange colour creeping across the countryside.
Newly appointed Inspector Bell seeks Holmes's assistance in tracking down a lost little boy, leading him to a horrid case of child slavery.
After helping capture a killer, Holmes is requested to locate the victims' bodies.
Beltain. The spring fertility festival at Stonehenge. The charred human remains in the Wickerman brings Holmes into the centre of a love triangle gone terribly wrong.
On the request of a university professor, Holmes tracks down a missing student and unearths a deadly case of sibling rivalry.
In an untold case, Holmes is asked to investigate the disappearance of Trepoff in far flung Ukraine.
Stephen is an IT Geek, writer, actor and film maker based in Canberra Australia. He has been writing for over twenty years and has completed a couple of dodgy novels, sixteen feature length screenplays and dozens of short stories and scripts. Stephen’s scripts, TITAN, Dark are the Woods, Control and Death Spores have found success in the international screenwriting competitions with a win, two runner-up and two top ten finishes. His horror stories have featured in Sproutlings, Hells Bells, Below the Stairs, Trickster’s Treats #1 and #2, Shades of Santa, Behind the Mask, Beyond the Infinite, Beside the Seaside, The Body Horror Book, Anemone Enemy, Petrified Punks and Beginnings. His Sherlock Holmes stories have been published in Sherlock Holmes in the realms of H.G. Wells, Sherlock Holmes: Adventures beyond the Canon, The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes stories: Part XI and will soon be seen in Sherlock Holmes: Adventures in the realms of Steampunk, The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes stories: Part XIV & XVI. Later this year, Stephen will appear in A Tribute to H.G. Wells, and has had over twenty drabbles accepted for the Curses and Cauldrons, Blood and Bitemarks, Worlds, Angels and Monsters anthologies.
These are not only strange, but are rather exciting for Holmes to follow through the solving of these cases. You can feel as Holmes stands up to follow the clues, like a hound on a scent. Loved them all!