ABANDONED. (Fantasy?)A pub that has connections to an alternate dimension?

[Stick]

A guy stumbles upon a pub(I believe in London) that he really shouldn't have and learns about people that can traverse dimensions.

I believe there were flying ships. The cover shows the main character sort of dressed in renaissance gear but is weilding a submachine gun. He is either kneeling or standing with a leg up on the bow of a ship.

The bad guys are called "wolves" and they look like men but are more feral/beastly on the inside. They are like the "bad" dimension travellers.

I know this is all very vague but it was a long time ago I read it. Loaned it to a friend and he lost it.

Any help would be appreciated.

[Snail in Danger (Sid)]

Doesn't exactly match but ... maybe Callahan's Crosstime Saloon or one of the other books in that series?

[Stick]

Thanks for the try. While I was researching I came across that one as well. Unfortunately, it isn't it.

[Dawn]

What about Larry Niven's The Draco Tavern? Not exactly a match, either....but sort of fits.

[Stick]

Ah thanks for the attempt dawn, but no. I guess I should have clarified that this is a full blown novel, not a collection of short stories.

[Ann aka Iftcan]

Well, while on the kick--there are also Cowboy Feng's Space Bar and Grille which is not a collection of short stories, btw.

I know that there are at least another couple books, but I can't come up with their names right now. But check out Cowboy Feng

[This Is Not The Michael You're Looking For]

Cowboy Feng's was my first guess as well.

[Stick]

Thanks for the guess. Still not it though. Let me rephrase the mood of the novel to the best of my memory.

A guy is wandering around a city... If memory serves me, he stumbles upon a door to a pub through some frightening event ( A murder or a robbery) he enters the pub and is pulled into a series of events involving a group of villains known as "wolves"

He is pulled into a battle/war against these guys.

It isn't lighthearted or slapstick, it's moody dark fantasy involving dimensional/time travel. It's written in a way that these "wolves" seem very mean and evil.

The pub is not the "central" theme of the story but more an initial doorway into this other world.

The cover I described is a very excellent representation of the book itself. Fantasy elements mixed with a modern thriller story. I do believe in the actual story there is a ship battle involving the wolves as a pirate like menace with boarding actions but also modern weaponry(IE: submachine guns assault rifles) and I do believe this ship battle takes place in the sky. A pirate ships in the clouds sort of scenario.

[Mir]

Could it possibly be in one of Simon R. Green's Nightside series? There's a pub like you describe, although it isn't the main focus of the books, but the characters meet up there often and there are some important fights in the pub.

[Stick]

Miriam, unfortunately not the one but that's definitely the closest we've come yet. On top of that I'm definitely going to read those books! :P

[Snail in Danger (Sid)]

Tales From the White Hart or Tales from Gavagan's Bar, maybe?

[Harlequin Books]

Forgotten Realms has something called the World's Serpent Inn. Does that sound familiar? If so, it has many different titles that it appears in.

[Mir]

How about Lord Dunsany? Although in his stories it was a club rather than a pub...

[Snail in Danger (Sid)]

Did those have the dimension-traveling element, Miriam? I came across a reference to those and figured they didn't, but I haven't actually read them so I don't know.

[Mir]

I haven't read them, either, just saw AC Clarke mentioned them.

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

Stick, are you still looking for this book?

[Aerulan]

Stick wrote: "A guy stumbles upon a pub(I believe in London) that he really shouldn't have and learns about people that can traverse dimensions.

I believe there were flying ships. The cover shows the main chara..."

Not sure if you are still looking for this but I think the book you are lookinng for is Michael Scott Rohan's Chase the Morning
It's been a long time since I read it but your description made me think of it immediately.

[Ann aka Iftcan]

Sent a PM. Hasn't been active except in this thread. If no response soon, the next Mod to read this can move it down to Abandoned.

[Ann aka Iftcan]

The House Between The Worlds is another suggestion.