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extremely good stories.

Green, Richard Lancelyn (editor). The Uncollected Sherlock Holmes, London, Penguin Books, 1983. An anthology of seventeen pastiches, parodies and associated ephemera by Conan Doyle.

Green, Richard Lancelyn (editor). The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, London, Penguin Books, 1985. An anthology of eleven excellent pastiches, some of them faithful reconstructions of cases. The stories are (all prefixed “The Adventure of …”) “… the First-Class Carriage”, Ronald A. Knox (The Strand, February 1947); “… the Sheffield Banker”, Arthur Whitaker; “… the Unique Hamlet“ by Vincent Starrett; “… the Marked Man” by Stuart Palmer (Ellery Queen’s, July 1944); “… the Megatherium Thefts”, S.C. Roberts; “… the Trained Cormorant” W.R. Duncan Macmillan (originally “Holmes in Scotland”, Blackwood’s Magazine, September 1953); “… Arnsworth Castle“, Adrian Conan Doyle; “… the Tired Captain”, Alan Wilson; “… the Green Empress”, F. P. Cillié; “… the Purple Hand”, D.O. Smith, and “… Hillerman Hall”, Julian Symons.

Greenberg, Martin H., and Waugh, Carol-Lynn (editors). The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. New York, Carroll & Graf, 1987. Anthology of fifteen original stories: “The Adventure of the Unique Holmes” by Jon L. Breen, “The Adventure of the Persistent Marksman” by Lillian de la Torre, “Dr and Mrs Watson at Home” by Loren D. Estleman, “Moriarty and the Real Underworld” by John Gardner, “The Two Footmen” by Michael Gilbert, “The Adventure of the Gowanus Abduction” by Joyce Harrington, “Sherlock Holmes and ‘the Woman’ ” by Michael Harrison, “The Return of the Speckled Band” by Edward D. Hoch, “Sherlock Holmes and the Muffin” by Dorothy B. Hughes, “The Shadows on the Lawn” by Barry Jones, “The Final Toast” by Stuart Kaminsky, “The Doctor’s Case” by Stephen King, “The Curious Computer” by Peter Lovesey, “The Infernal Machine” by John Lutz, “The Phantom Chamber” by Gary Alan Ruse and “The House That Jack Built” by Edward Wellen.

Greenberg, Martin H., Lellenberg, Jon L. and Waugh, Carol-Lynn (editors). Holmes for the Holidays. New York, Berkley, 1996. An anthology of fourteen new stories each set at Christmas. Stories are “The Adventure of the Canine Ventriloquist” by Jon L. Breen, “The Adventure of the Christmas Ghosts” by Bill Crider, “The Adventure of the Christmas Tree” by William L. DeAndrea, “The Thief of Twelfth Night” by Carole Nelson Douglas, “The Adventure of the Three Ghosts” by Loren D. Estleman, “The Italian Sherlock Holmes” by Reginald Hill, “The Christmas Client” by Edward, D. Hoch, “A Scandal in Winter” by Gillian Linscott, “The Adventure in Border Country” by Gwen Moffat, “The Sleuth of Christmas Past” by Barbara Paul, “The Watch Night Bell” by Anne Perry, “The Yuletide Affair” by John Stoessel, “The Adventure of the Angel’s Trumpet” by Carolyn Wheat and “The Adventure of the Man Who Never Laughed” by J.N. Williamson. All are well written, but most are apocryphal.

Greenwald, Ken (adapter). The Lost Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, New York, Mallard Press, 1989. Thirteen stories adapted from the original 1945 US radio series scripted by Dennis Green and Anthony Boucher and starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce. The stories are of dubious authenticity but are good fun. They are: “The Adventure of the Second Generation”, “The April Fool’s Adventure”, “The Case of the Amateur Mendicants”, “The Adventure of the Out-of-Date Murder”, “The Case of the Demon Barber”, “Murder Beyond the Mountains”, “The Case of the Uneasy Easy Chair”, “The Case of the Baconian Cipher”, “The Adventure of the Headless Monk”, “The Case of the Camberwell Poisoners”, “The Adventure of the Iron Box”, “The Adventure of the Notorious Canary Trainer” and “The Case of the Girl with the Gazelle”.

Greenwood, L.B. Sherlock Holmes and the Raleigh Legacy, New York, Atheneum, 1986; Bristol, Chivers, 1988. An early case set in 1881 with a ring of authenticity.

Greenwood, L.B. Sherlock Holmes and the Case of Sabina Hall, New York, Simon & Schuster, 1988. Set in 1882 where Holmes follows up a request from an old college friend.

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