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All of the contributions in this collection are copyrighted by the authors listed below. Grateful acknowledgement is given to the authors and/or their agents for the kind permission to use their work within these volumes.

The following contributions appear in this volume:

The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories

Part VIII - Eliminate the Impossible: 1892-1905

“The Adventure of the Lama’s Dream” ©2017 by Deanna Baran. All Rights Reserved. First publication, original to this collection. Printed by permission of the author.

“In the Realm of the Wretched King” ©2017 by Derrick Belanger. All Rights Reserved. First publication, original to this collection. Printed by permission of the author.

“The Case of the Biblical Colours” ©2017 by Ben Cardall. All Rights Reserved. First publication, original to this collection. Printed by permission of the author.

“The Haunting of Hamilton Gardens” ©2016 by Nick Cardillo. All Rights Reserved. First publication, original to this collection. Printed by permission of the author.

“The Mysterious Mourner” ©2017 by Cindy Dye. All Rights Reserved. First publication, original to this collection. Printed by permission of the author.

“Foreword” ©2017 by Lee Child. All Rights Reserved. First publication, original to this collection. Printed by permission of the author.

“Where Pastiche Begins” ©2017 by Michael Cox. All Rights Reserved. First publication, original to this collection. Printed by permission of the author.

“A Message From the Head Teacher of Stepping Stones” ©2017 by Melissa Farnham. All Rights Reserved. First publication, original to this collection. Printed by permission of the author.

“The Mystery of the Scarab Earrings” ©2017 by Thomas Fortenberry. All Rights Reserved. First publication, original to this collection. Printed by permission of the author.

“The Case of the Corpse Flowers” ©2017 by Wendy C. Fries. All Rights Reserved. First publication, original to this collection. Printed by permission of the author.

“The Ghost of Otis Maunder” ©2016 by David Friend. All Rights Reserved. First publication, original to this collection. Printed by permission of the author.

“The Adventure of the Risen Corpse” ©2017 by Paul D. Gilbert. All Rights Reserved. First publication, original to this collection. Printed by permission of the author.

“The Adventure of the Moonlit Shadow” ©2016 by Arthur Hall. All Rights Reserved. First publication, original to this collection. Printed by permission of the author.

“The Adventure of the Theatre Ghost” ©2017 by Jeremy Branton Holstein. All Rights Reserved. First publication, original to this collection. Printed by permission of the author.

“Sherlock Holmes in the Lavender Field” ©2017 by Christopher James. All Rights Reserved. First publication, original to this collection. Printed by permission of the author.

“The Adventure of the Awakened Spirit” ©2016 by Craig Janacek. All Rights Reserved. First publication, original to this collection. Printed by permission of the author.

“Rubbish, Watson, Rubbish!” ©2017 by Roger Johnson. All Rights Reserved. First publication, original to this collection. Printed by permission of the author.

“The Inexplicable Death of Matthew Arnatt” ©2017 by Andrew Lane. All Rights Reserved. First publication, original to this collection. Printed by permission of the author.

“Foreword” ©2017 by Rand B. Lee. All Rights Reserved. First publication, original to this collection. Printed by permission of the author.

“The Adventure of the Highgate Spectre” ©2017 by Michael Mallory. All Rights Reserved. First publication, original to this collection. Printed by permission of the author.

“The Two Different Women” and “Editor’s Introduction: ‘Eliminate the Impossible’” ©2017 by David Marcum. All Rights Reserved. First publication, original to this collection. Printed by permission of the author.

“The Adventure of the Pallid Mask” ©2010, 2017 by Daniel McGachey. All Rights Reserved. First publication of this script is original to this collection. This narrative originally appeared as a text story in The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Printed by permission of the author.

“The Case of the Little Washerwoman” ©2017 by William Meikle. All Rights Reserved. First publication, original to this collection. Printed by permission of the author.

“The Adventure of the Glassy Ghost” ©2017 by Will Murray. All Rights Reserved. First publication, original to this collection. Printed by permission of the author.

“The Adventure of the Pharaoh’s Tablet” ©2016 by Robert Perret. All Rights Reserved. First publication, original to this collection. Printed by permission of the author.

“The Adventure of the Hungry Ghost” ©2016 by Tracy Revels. All Rights Reserved. First publication, original to this collection. Printed by permission of the author.

“The Curious Case of Charlotte Musgrave” ©2016 by Roger Riccard. All Rights Reserved. First publication, original to this collection. Printed by permission of the author.

“The Affair of the Grange Haunting” ©2016 by David Ruffle. All Rights Reserved. First publication, original to this collection. Printed by permission of the author.

“The Problem of the Five Razors” ©2016 by Aaron Smith. All Rights Reserved. First publication, original to this collection. Printed by permission of the author.

“The Peculiar Persecution of John Vincent Harden” ©2017 by Sandor Jay Sonnen. All Rights Reserved. First publication, original to this collection. Printed by permission of the author.

“The Ghost of Dorset House” ©2017 by Tim Symonds and Lesley Abdela. All Rights Reserved. First publication, original to this collection. Printed by permission of the author.

“The Catacomb Saint Affair” ©2016 by Marcia Wilson. All Rights Reserved. First publication, original to this collection. Printed by permission of the author.

The following contributions appear in the companion volume

The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories

Part VII - Eliminate the Impossible: 1880-1891

“The Adventure of Vanaprastha” ©2017 by Hugh Ashton. All Rights Reserved. Hugh Ashton appears by kind permission of Inknbeans Press. First publication, original to this collection. Printed by permission of the author.

“The Last Encore of Quentin Carol” ©2017 by S.F. Bennett. All Rights Reserved. First publication, original to this collection. Printed by permission of the author

“The Adventure of the Haunted Room” ©2017 by Mike Chinn. All Rights Reserved. First publication, original to this collection. Printed by permission of the author.

“The Curious Case of the Sweated Horse” ©2017 by Jan Edwards. All Rights Reserved. First publication, original to this collection. Printed by permission of the author.

“The Mystery of the Scarab Earrings” ©2017 by Thomas Fortenberry. All Rights Reserved. First publication, original to this collection. Printed by permission of the author.

“The Tuttman Gallery” ©2001, 2017 by Jim French. All Rights Reserved. First publication of text script in this collection. Originally presented in broadcast form as Episode No. 24 of Imagination Theatre’s The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, October 28, 2001. Printed by permission of the author.

“The Adventure of the Mortal Combat” ©2017 by Jayantika Ganguly. All Rights Reserved. First publication, original to this collection. Printed by permission of the author.

“The Second Life of Jabez Salt” ©2017 by John Linwood Grant. All Rights Reserved. First publication, original to this collection. Printed by permission of the author.

“The Case of the Unquiet Grave” ©2017 by John Hall. All Rights Reserved. First publication, original to this collection. Printed by permission of the author.

“The Tranquility of the Morning” ©2017 by Mike Hogan. All Rights Reserved. First publication, original to this collection. Printed by permission of the author.

“The Case of the Petty Curses” ©2008, 2017 by Steven Philip Jones. All Rights Reserved. First prose publication, original to this collection. Originally presented in broadcast form as Episode No. 82 of Imagination Theatre’s The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, February 24, 2008. Printed by permission of the author.

“The Adventure of the Marchindale Stiletto” ©2016 by James Lovegrove. All Rights Reserved. First publication, original to this collection. Printed by permission of the author.

“No Ghosts Need Apply” ©2017 by Jacquellyn Morris. All Rights Reserved. First publication, original to this collection. Printed by permission of the author.

“The Adventure of A Rat.” ©2017 by Adrian Middleton. All Rights Reserved. First publication, original to this collection. Printed by permission of the author.

“The Blank Photograph” ©2017 by James Moffett. All Rights Reserved. First publication, original to this collection. Printed by permission of the author.

“The Melancholy Methodist” ©2016 by Mark Mower. All Rights Reserved. First publication, original to this collection. Printed by permission of the author.

“The Case of the Cursed Clock” ©2017 by Gayle Lange Puhl. All Rights Reserved. First publication, original to this collection. Printed by permission of the author.

“The Ghost of Lincoln” ©2017 by Geri Schear. All Rights Reserved. First publication, original to this collection. Printed by permission of the author.

“The Adventure of the Mind’s Eye” ©2017 by Shane Simmons. All Rights Reserved. First publication, original to this collection. Printed by permission of the author.

“The Pharaoh’s Curse” ©2016 by Robert V. Stapleton. All Rights Reserved. First publication, original to this collection. Printed by permission of the author.

“The Manor House Ghost” ©2016 by S. Subramanian. All Rights Reserved. First publication, original to this collection. Printed by permission of the author.

“A Ghost From Christmas Past” ©2016 by Thomas A. Turley. All Rights Reserved. First publication, original to this collection. Printed by permission of the author.

“The Vampire of the Lyceum” ©2017 by Charles Veley and Anna Elliott. All Rights Reserved. First publication, original to this collection. Printed by permission of the authors.

“The Adventure of the Second William Wilson” ©2016 by Daniel D. Victor. All Rights Reserved. First publication, original to this collection. Printed by permission of the author.