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Caveat Sherlock Holmes is in the public domain, as are the works of H.P. Lovecraft and Alexander Dumas. However, freshly-created, original fiction is the copyright of the author. Note that my work adresses adult themes, and is therefore not recommended for YA or children. Copyright All textual material on this website is copyright by Mike Adamson. All artwork with the exception of the book and magazine covers is copyright by Jen Downes.	NEW: This is a quick-check page for Mike Adamson's major published works. While all entries here are discussed on the genre-specific pages, this is at present a touch-and-go page to see what's in print and find the purchase links with minimum fuss. The Remarkable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Mike Adamson has been writing Sherlock Holmes stories since 2019, and in 2024 Belanger Books released a first collection of ten purely canonical tales. Seven had appeared in the pages of Strand Magazine, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine and various anthologies from Belanger Books and MX Publishing, while three are unique to the volume. Follow Holmes and Watson through the world of Victorian England, spanning the years 1881 to 1889, as they tackle every manner of criminal on the streets of London and in the British countryside. One body too many in the blizzards of March, 1881... The conflict of science and religion... The novelist whose fictional crimes are coming true... The locked-room mystery of the missing Stradivarius... Novel ways to dispose of the victims of crime... Read these and more brain-twisting cases for the Great Detective! The Remarkable Adventures series features covers by the great Victorian watercolourist Rose Maynard Barton and a cameo of Holmes and Watson by Sydney Paget of The Strand. The Remarkable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes . can be purchased through Amazon. The Remarkable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Volume 2 Following the success of the first collection, Belanger Books are releasing a second volume. Ten more Mike Adamson tales of mystery and adventure in the 1880s are coming in the later months of 2025, and include seven preciously published outings (once again from the pages of Strand Magazine, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine and various anthologies from Belanger Books and MX Publishing,) plus three unique to the volume. Holmes takes on an underworld boss in the East End... Penetrates a country nursing home whose practices seem less than above-board... Gilbert and Sullivan appeal to the great detective when the libretto to The Mikado is stolen on the eve of its premiere... What lengths will landed gentry go to in pursuit of a highwayman's treasure? And for what despicable purpose would anyone steal twenty Maxim machine guns? Catch these and more brain-bending challenges to the razor-sharp mind of Sherlock Holmes when The Remarkable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Vol. 2 is released — check back for purchase links. The Remarkable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is coming soon from Belanger Books, and will be available through Amazon. Tales of the Middle Stars Vol. 1: Encounters For the first time, Mike Adamson's "Tales of the Middle Stars" stories, forty-three of which have been published in the last decade in magazines and anthologies, are brought together, including brand new material, in a superb anthology. Here is the story of human expansion among the stars of the stellar neighbourhood, as we encounter alien civilisations, and life forms beyond our comprehension. There are dangers and beauties out there, to stir the heart and chill the soul, and the great adventure of tomorrow will unfold one courageous step at a time, as explorers and colonists accept the challenge of the future — to make humankind a truly interstellar people, finally taking our place as part of a community of peoples who make this corner of the galaxy a truly remarkable place. Twelve stories range across two hundred years of history, and from 22nd century Earth to the depths of space where new worlds await our touch, through diplomacy and conflict, to mystery and madness. Here is a first collection which lays the foundations of a vast saga stretching down the centuries and reaching toward the deep-space destiny of our kind... Tales of the Middle Stars Vol. 1: Encounters will be available soon from Jay Henge Publishing — check back for purchase links at Amazon at the next site update. Of Old Gods and Dreamlands Ever since the founding of Arkham House Press in 1939, the writing of pastiches based on the works of H P Lovecraft has been a minor industry in its own right. Mike Adamson joins this sub-genre with a first collection of twelve short stories, being seven direct pastiches and five tales in a more generic cosmic horror vein. Many of these pieces have seen print previously in the pages of Lovecraftiana magazine and various anthologies, and continue Lovecraft's themes in both the Cthulhu Mythos and the Dreamlands saga, with tales reaching from the distant past to a future among the stars. Find sequels to Celephais, Polaris, The Other Gods and The Doom That Came to Sarnath, and tales exploring the horrors of Innsmouth and the deeper secrets held in the vaults of Miskatonic University, and how the world might be should Cthulhu rise again... This volume is coming soon from Belanger Books (its Kickstarter campaign is underway at the time of the current upload) and will be available a hardback, paperback and digital formats. Of Old Gods and Dreamlands is coming soon from Belanger Books, and will be available through Amazon. Crimson Blade Since 2014, Mike Adamson has written a series of short stories chronicling the life and times of the vampire changeling Lucinda Crane. Five centuries old, a warrior of superlative skill and the mental clarity of a mystic, she has dedicated her life to protecting the mortals among whom she was born from the occult threats in which modern society declines to believe. Other vampires are her prey, along with inkubus, dragon, elemental and revenant. But the vampire world is a complex one, and there are more kinds of vampire than those which hide from the light and thirst for blood. Here for the first time are collected ten tales of modern urban fantasy, most of which are previously unpublished, bringing to life a world unseen — the hidden lives of the vampire society that has always coexisted with our own, and the delicate balance in which they do so. Mighty, ancient and immortal as vampires may be, they know the danger of plodding, materialistic mortals, and will preserve their anonymity at any cost. Crimson Blade was released by Hiraeth Books in January, 2025. Crimson Blade can be purchased through Amazon.