The Game Is Afoot: Parodies, Pastiches, and Ponderings of Sherlock Holmes

Synopsis

A Collection Of Parodies On The Subject Of Sherlock Holmes By A Variety Of Writers: Holmes Fighting The Nazis, Solving The Mystery Of Little Red Riding Hood, Holmes In Tibet, In Oz, One Story Even Discusses His Parentage. Sherlock Holmes / Frederic Dorr Steele -- The Recollections Of Captain Wilkie / Arthur Conan Doyle -- The Original Of Sherlock Holmes / Dr. Harold Emery Jones -- Mr. Sherlock Holmes / Dr. Joseph Bell -- The Singular Adventure Of The Unexpected Doorscraper / Kenneth Grahame -- The Adventure Of The Two Collaborators / James M. Barrie -- The Mystery Of Pinkham's Diamond Stud / John Kendrick Bangs -- The Umbrosa Burglary / R.c. Lehmann -- A La Sherlock Holmes / Charles Loomis -- The Sign Of The 400 / R.k. Munkittrick -- The Adventure Of The Clothes-line / Carolyn Wells -- Sherlock Holmes Umpires Baseball / Anonymous -- The Adventure Of The Circular Room / August Derleth -- The Adventure Of The Marked Man / Stuart Palmer -- The Strange Case Of The Megatherium Thefts / S.c. Roberts -- The Adventure Of The Unique Hamlet / Vincent Starrett -- The Enchanted Garden / H.f. Heard -- But Our Hero Was Not Dead / Manly Wade Wellman -- Sherlock Holmes And The Drood Mystery / Edmund Pearson -- In The Island Of Uffa -- The Tibetan Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes / Amanda Russell -- The Histrionic Holmes / Marvin Kaye -- How Holmes Came To Play The Violin / Jacques Barzun -- The Really Final Solution / Nick Pollotta -- The Unmasking Of Sherlock Holmes / Arthur Chapman -- The Succored Beauty / William B. Kahn -- The Adventure Of The Second Swag / Luke Sharp -- An Irreducible Detective Story / Stephen Leacock -- The Adventures Of Shamrock Jolnes / O. Henry -- The Stolen Cigar Case / Bret Harte -- A Letter From Mycroft Holmes / Jon White -- The Murder Of Conan Doyle / Ray Russell -- The Adventure Of The Conk-singleton Papers / John Dickson Carr -- Journal Of A Ghurka Physician / Capt. Daniel M. Pinkwater -- The Struldbrugg Reaction / John Sutherland -- The Moriarty Gambit / Fritz Leiber -- The Adventure Ofilemma Of The Distressed Savoyard / Crighton Sellars -- The Adventure Of The Death-fetch / Darrell Schweitzer -- The Theft Of The Persian Slipper / Edward D. Hoch -- The Dynamics Of An Asteroid / Robert Bloch -- Daydream / Basil Rathbone. Marvin Kaye, Editor.