{{Short description|1999 short story anthology}} {{Infobox book | name = Dark Detectives | editor = Stephen Jones | title_orig = | translator = | image = Dark detectives.jpg | image_size = 200px | caption = Dust-jacket from the first edition | author = | illustrator = Randy Broeker | cover_artist = Les Edwards | country = United States | language = English | series = | genre = Fantasy, horror and detective | publisher = F & B Mystery | release_date = 1999 | english_release_date = | media_type = Print (hardcover) | pages = 424 | isbn = 1-878252-35-6 | oclc = 43515357 | preceded_by = | followed_by = }} '''''Dark Detectives: Adventures of the Supernatural Sleuths''''' is an anthology of occult detective stories edited by Stephen Jones. It was published by F & B Mystery in 1999 in an edition of 2,100 copies, of which 100 were signed by all the contributors except R. Chetwynd-Hayes. It contains 10 stories and a novella, ''Seven Stars'', whose episodes are interspersed among the stories. Several of the stories first appeared in collections, or in the magazines ''The Idler'', ''Kadath'' and ''Time Out''.<ref>{{cite web |last=Brown |first=Charles N. |authorlink=Charles N. Brown |author2=William G. Contento |title=The Locus Index to Science Fiction (1984-1998) |work= |publisher= |url=http://www.locusmag.com/index/yr1999/t21.htm#A975 |format= |doi= |accessdate=2008-04-01}}</ref>
It was republished in 2015 by Titan Books.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dark Detectives: An Anthology of Supernatural Mysteries|url=https://titanbooks.com/7503-dark-detectives-an-anthology-of-supernatural-mysteries/ |access-date=March 29, 2024|work=Titan Books}}</ref>
==Contents== * "Introduction: The Serial Sleuths", by Stephen Jones * "Seven Stars Prologue: In Egypt’s Land", by Kim Newman * "Our Lady of Death", by Peter Tremayne (features Sister Fidelma) * "Seven Stars Episode One: The Mummy’s Heart", by Kim Newman (features Charles Beauregard of the Diogenes Club) * "The Horse of the Invisible", by William Hope Hodgson (features Thomas Carnacki) * "Seven Stars Episode Two: The Magician and the Matinee Idol", by Kim Newman (features Edwin Winthrop and Catriona Kaye) * "The Adventure of the Crawling Horror", by Basil Copper (features Solar Pons) * "Seven Stars Episode Three: The Trouble with Barrymore", by Kim Newman (features The Gumshoe) * "Rouse Him Not", by Manly Wade Wellman (features John Thunstone) * "De Marigny’s Clock", by Brian Lumley (features Titus Crow) * "Seven Stars Episode Four: The Biafran Bank Manager", by Kim Newman (features Richard Jeperson of the Diogenes Club) * "Someone Is Dead", by R. Chetwynd-Hayes (features Francis St. Clare and Frederica Masters) * "Vultures Gather", by Brian Mooney (features Reuban Calloway and Roderick Shea * "Lost Souls", by Clive Barker (features Harry D'Amour) * "Seven Stars Episode Five: Mimsy", by Kim Newman (features Sally Rhodes) * "The Man Who Shot the Man Who Shot The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence", by Jay Russell (features Marty Burns) * "Seven Stars Episode Six: The Dog Story", by Kim Newman (features Jerome Rhodes) * "Bay Wolf", by Neil Gaiman (features Larry Talbot) * "Seven Stars Episode Seven: The Duel of Seven Stars", by Kim Newman (features Geneviève Dieudonné)
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Category:1999 anthologies Category:Fantasy anthologies Category:Horror anthologies Category:Mystery anthologies Category:Occult detective fiction Category:Fedogan & Bremer books
=== General references ===
* {{cite book | last=Chalker | first=Jack L. | authorlink=Jack L. Chalker |author2=Mark Owings | title=The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, Supplement 8, 1999–2000 | location=Westminster, MD and Baltimore | publisher=Mirage Press, Ltd.| pages=21| year=2000}}<br /> {{anthology-book-stub}}