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"The Adventure of the Dying Doctor" (2002)
Included in:
Murder, My Dear Watson (Martin H. Greenberg, Jon Lellenberg & Daniel Stashower)
Story Type:
Pastiche
Canonical Characters: Sherlock Holmes; Dr. Watson; Mrs. Hudson; Professor Moriarty; Mycroft Holmes
Other Characters: Sarah; Postman; Dr. Nagel; Ushers; Students; Moriarty's Audience; Margaret Blackstock
Date: September, 1882
Locations: 221B, Baker Street; Watson's Surgery; Hyde Park; The Royal Albert Hall; (Peshawar, Eastbourne)
Story: On the same day, Watson learns that he has an illegitimate son by a nurse he met in Peshawar and diagnoses himself as having Marchant's disease and only a year to live. Furthermore, while attending a lecture given by Moriarty he learns that there is a good chance of a comet crashing into the Earth. It takes the combined minds of both Holmes brothers to solve all his problems.
"The Case of the Deserted Beach" (1997)
Included in:
The Strange Case of Mrs Hudson's Cat (Colin Bruce)
Story Type:
Pastiche
Canonical Characters: Dr. Watson; Inspector Gregory; (Sherlock Holmes)
Fictional Characters: Professor Challenger; Professor Summerlee
Other Characters: Telegraph Boy; Andrew Miller; Police Officers; Smuggler's Rest Patrons; Waitress; Billiard Players; (Watson's Distant Cousin)
Date: Autumn
Locations: 221B, Baker Street; Victoria Station; A Train; Bournemouth; Bournemouth Station; The Beach; The Smuggler's Rest
Story: When a telegraph arrives from Gregory, about a body on the beach, while Holmes is out on another case, watso travels alone to Bournemouth to investigate. He meets Challenger on the train and receives a lecture on waves. Gregory take him to few the body, lying on the beach, but with no footprints in the sand around it. The man is a technician at Challenger and Summerlee's wave research station.

"The Case of the Disloyal Servant" (1997)
Included in:
The Strange Case of Mrs Hudson's Cat (Colin Bruce)
Story Type:
Pastiche
Canonical Characters: Sherlock Holmes; Dr. Watson; (The Cutter Alicia; Von Herder)
Fictional Characters: Professor Challenger; Professor Summerlee
Historical Figures: (Queen Victoria)
Other Characters: Newspaper Seller; Captain James Falkirk / Sir Oswald Launton; Jenkins; Students; Burlington Audience; Scientists; (Palace Scullery-Maid; Jenkins's Child; Newspaper Editors; Garden Party Guests; King of Molstein; Palace Maid; Archbishop of York; Dr Adams)
Locations: Baker Street; 221B, Baker Street; Buckingham Palace; Hyde Park; Burlington Palace
Story: Watson reads in the papers about the disappearance of the cutter Alicia in a patch of mist. Her companion ship, the Sea Eagle, found flotsam from her decks, but no sign of the vessel. Holmes is called on by Falkirk of the Household Guards to investigate the death of Jenkins, a stableman at Buckingham Palace. It happened during a royal garden party, and while the Queen, and the King of Molstein, claim to have heard the shot, other guests standing near them on the verandah did not. After resolving the case, Holmes and Watson attend a lecture on the nature of light by Challenger and Summerlee.

"The Case of the Energetic Anarchist" (1997)
Included in:
The Strange Case of Mrs Hudson's Cat (Colin Bruce)
Story Type:
Pastiche
Canonical Characters: Sherlock Holmes; Dr. Watson; (Mycroft Holmes; Inspector Lestrade)
Fictional Characters: Professor Challenger; Professor Summerlee
Other Characters: Telegraph Boy; Adams's Assistants; Dr Adams; Cabbie; Hyde Park Day-Trippers; Museum Guard; Canvey Island Stationmaster; (Inspector Arndale)
Locations: 221B, Baker Street; British Museum; Imperial College; Exhibition Road; Hyde Park; The Serpentine; Euston Road; Fenchurch Street Station; A Train; Canvey Island; Devil's Point
Story: Holmes receives a message from Arndale at Scotland Yard informing him of an anarchist warning of a bomb of enormous power planted in central London. At the British Museum, they learn of a twin to the radioactive idol that could be brought to gether with the original to form a sphere. He and Watson visit Challenger who proves that E equals m times c squared, causing them to race to prevent a cataclysm.

"The Case of the Faster Businessman" (1997)
Included in:
The Strange Case of Mrs Hudson's Cat (Colin Bruce)
Story Type:
Pastiche
Canonical Characters: Sherlock Holmes; Dr. Watson; Mrs Hudson; Mycroft Holmes
Fictional Characters: Professor Summerlee; Professor Challenger
Other Characters: Barnum Rolleman; University Porter;Challenger's Student; Savoy Concierge; (Scientists; Mandrake)
Date: August
Locations: Marylebone Road; Baker Street; 221B, Baker Street; Euston Road; University College; Imperial College; Diogenes Club; Savoy Hotel
Story: American businessman Barnum Rolleman consults Holmes after receiving a blackmail note form Mandrake, who claims to have invented a faster than light method of communication, which could disrupt the business of Rolleman's brokerage firm. He wants Holmes to discover whether faster than light communication is possible. Holmes consults Summerlee, Challenger and Mycroft.

"The Case of the Flying Bullets" (1997)
Included in:
The Strange Case of Mrs Hudson's Cat (Colin Bruce)
Story Type:
Pastiche
Canonical Characters: Sherlock Holmes; Dr. Watson; Inspector Lestrade; Mycroft Holmes; (Mrs Hudson)
Fictional Characters: Professor Challenger; Professor Summerlee
Other Characters: Mrs Hudson's Eldest Daughter; Dr Illingworth; Mary Latham; Tom Phipps; Martin Hennings; Runnymede Housekeeper; (Lord Runnymede; Phipps's Family' University Proctors; University Bulldogs; Old College Porter)
Locations: 221B, Baker Street; Cambridgeshire; Shelford Halt; Runnymede Hall; A Train
Story: Challenger and Summerlee have asked Mycroft to resolve their argument about whether light is a wave or a particle. Mycroft, in turn, asks Sherlock to listen to each of their explanations. Meanwhile, Illingworth arrives at Baker Street. Two of the three Cambridge University students who oversee the observatory at Runnymede Hall, Mary Latham and Martin Hennings, have been shot at, possibly by the third, Tom Phipps, whom Lestrade believes is a love rival . Holmes is curious that the first bullet struck before the gun's report was heard, while the second struck after the sound of the shot. The solution, also points Holmes towards an answer to the light question, but Mycroft explains why he is in error.

"The Case of the Lost Worlds" (1997)
Included in:
The Strange Case of Mrs Hudson's Cat (Colin Bruce)
Story Type:
Pastiche
Canonical Characters: Sherlock Holmes; Dr. Watson; Inspector Lestrade
Fictional Characters: Professor Challenger; (Professor Summerlee)
Other Characters: Dr Grainer; Kate Grainer; Arthur Pemberton; Mr Digsby; Kensington Road Residents; Policemen; Asian Woman; Master of Ceremonies; Opium Den Audience; Guards; (Lottery Organisers; Dr Illingworth; Philosophers; Logicians; Mr Parkes; Parkes's Thugs; Police Officers; Institute Maid; Willoughby; Dr Adams)
Date: Thursday - Saturday
Locations: 221B, Baker Street; A Train; Cambridgeshire; Institute of Educational Application / Fairley Farm; Kensington Road; Office Building; Opium Den; Euston Road
Story: Holmes attempts to track down those behind the "Extra Profit Raffles" lottery, and encounters a mysterious Asian woman. Dr Grainer asks him to investigate the apparent electrocution of a young man at the Institute of Educational Application, in the Fenlands. The solution lies in a theory of multiple universes. The following day they are called by Lestrade to assist with a bomb in Kensington Road. Challenger is already on the scene, and proposes firing a photon to find out if the bomb is live. Holmes and Watson are lured to a display of quantum magic.

"The Case of the Missing Energy" (1997)
Included in:
The Strange Case of Mrs Hudson's Cat (Colin Bruce)
Story Type:
Pastiche
Canonical Characters: Sherlock Holmes; Dr. Watson; Morrison; Matilda Briggs; Giant Rat of Sumatra; (Mrs Hudson)
Fictional Characters: Professor Challenger; (Professor Summerlee)
Other Characters: Divers; Matilda Briggs Crew; Doctor; Royal Society Member; Isis Mate; Isis Captain; Isis Crew; Matilda Briggs Captain; Hoist Operator; (Financial Backers; Famous Scientist; Fraudster)
Date: After 1895 and before 1901
Locations: 221B, Baker Street; Aboard the Isis; Barents Sea; Aboard the Matilda Briggs
Story: Holmes is approached by Morrison, an engineer working for Professor Challenger aboard the Matilda Briggs in the Barents Triangle, looking for oil deposits. The ship has been struck by strange events, at one point being stationary in the water, despite her engines working at full power. Now two divers who had been lowered to the sea floor in a diving bell have returned dead. The circumstances have led the ship's crew to believe a kraken was responsible, although a doctor has diagnosed the cause as heatstroke. Holmes sends Watson to investigate aboard the Matilda Briggs, and he receives a lecture on energy conversion and conservation from Professor Challenger en route. On Challenger's orders, the diving bell, nicknamed the Giant Rat of Sumatra, is sent down again, and a bicycle pump saves the lives of the divers aboard.

"The Case of the Pre-Atomic Doctor" (1997)
Included in:
The Strange Case of Mrs Hudson's Cat (Colin Bruce)
Story Type:
Pastiche
Canonical Characters: Sherlock Holmes; Dr. Watson; (Inspector Lestrade; Mrs Hudson)
Other Characters: (Middle-Aged Lady Patient; Dr von Kranksch)
Locations: 221B, Baker Street
Story: Watson is concerned that one of his patients has fallen victim to a homeopathic quack. Holmes meanwhile has been carrying out experiments attemting to measure the size of an atom. He is able to provide evidence for Watson to use to with his patient.

"The Case of the Sabotaged Scientist" (1997)
Included in:
The Strange Case of Mrs Hudson's Cat (Colin Bruce)
Story Type:
Pastiche
Canonical Characters: Sherlock Holmes; Dr. Watson; Mrs Hudson
Other Characters: Dr Illingworth; Hansom Driver; Dr Adams; Museum Cleaning Women; (Brighton Lady; Dangerfield; Expedition Members; Watson's Patients)
Locations: 221B, Baker Street; British Museum
Story: Astronomer, Dr Illingworth, consults Holmes when a photographic plate with which he is taking pictures of stars is sabotaged, showing strange amorphous shadows across the image of Orion. The plate was stored at the British Museum, along with a metal statue found by the Dangerfield expedition in Central America, said to have caused burns and sickness to the expedition members. Another plate is set up and watson keeps watch.

"The Case of the Scientific Aristocrat" (1997)
Included in:
The Strange Case of Mrs Hudson's Cat (Colin Bruce)
Story Type:
Pastiche
Canonical Characters: Sherlock Holmes; Dr. Watson
Fictional Characters: Professor Summerlee
Historical Figures: (H.G. Wells)
Other Characters: Viscount Forleigh; Lord Forleigh; (Planetarium Workmen)
Date: Saturday, 1895 or later
Locations: 221B, Baker Street; University College; Underground Train; Vauxhall; Universal Planetarium
Story: Viscount Forleigh finds his father, Lord Forleigh, coshed to death in the locked planetarium he is building. He believes that he will be accused of the murder. Holmes has the truth revealed to him by Summerlee among the exhibits at the planetarium, which include an orrery, a Foucault pendulum, and an astrolabe.

"Death in the East End" (2006)
Included in:
Ghosts in Baker Street (Martin H. Greenberg, Jon Lellenberg & Daniel Stashower)
Story Type:
Pastiche
Canonical Characters: Dr. Watson; Mrs Hudson; Sherlock Holmes
Other Characters: Irving Greyshott; Cabbie; Chapel-Street Youths; Ferret-faced Man; Timmy; Margaret May; Margaret's Sister; (Margaret's Children; Watson's Surgeon-General Ancestor; Harry)
Locations: Watson's Practice; A Cab; 33, Old Chapel Street
Story: Greyshott, an old colleague of Watson's, seeks Holmes's help, but as Holmes is away in Edinburgh, Watson accompanies him to the home of Margaret May, a patient to whom he believes something has happened that is being concealed by her children. The location reminds Watson of his ancestor's involvement in an outbreak of plague centered on the catacombs running beneath the area, and the rumours that the plague was spread by living corpses that emerged from them. At the woman's house, Watson learns that she has died, but the children believe she will return to life through magic, and has spoken to them. Watson agrees to sit vigil with the corpse to show that such is not the case.
"The Strange Case of Mrs Hudson's Cat" (1997)
Included in:
The Strange Case of Mrs Hudson's Cat (Colin Bruce)
Story Type:
Pastiche
Canonical Characters: Sherlock Holmes; Dr. Watson; Mrs Hudson; Inspector Lestrade; (Mycroft Holmes)
Fictional Characters: Professor Challenger; Professor Summerlee
Other Characters: Angela Hudson; (Scotland Yard Consultant Scientist; European Scientist; Barnum Rolleman)
Locations: 221B, Baker Street; Imperial College; The Park
Story: Mrs Hudson's daughter, Angela, asks Watson to help scare of the local tomcats who are bothering her mother's pet cat, Henrietta. Holmes tells him that Mycroft is worried about the implications quantum theory has for weaponry that might be devised for future wars. While they are out searching for Henrietta in the fog, they encounter Lestrade, who wishes to consult Holmes over the possibly fraudulent "Extra Profit Raffles" lottery. They visit Challenger and Summerlee, who are working on a similar quantum problem.

"Three Cases of Relative Jealousy" (1997)
Included in:
The Strange Case of Mrs Hudson's Cat (Colin Bruce)
Story Type:
Pastiche
Canonical Characters: Sherlock Holmes; Dr. Watson; Mycroft Holmes; (Mrs Hudson)
Fictional Characters: Professor Summerlee; (Professor Challenger)
Other Characters: Angela Hudson; Cabbie; Newspaper Seller; Alfred Smith; Arthur Smith; Waiters; (Ullman II; Crown Prince; Prince's Wife; Courtiers; Princess's Brother; Prince's Brother; Princess's Brother's Servant; Lord Uxbridge)
Locations: 221B, Baker Street; Park Lane; Constitution Hill; Birdcage Walk; Foreign Office; Mycroft's Office; St James's Park; Queen's Walk; Restaurant
Story: After the death of the king of Crolgaria in a riding accident, and the Crown Prince and his wife in a train explosion, it is necessary to establish the succession to discover whether the Prince or his wife died first. They meet with Mycroft, who takes them for luncheon with Summerlee, who presents them with the puzzle of Siamese twins, Alfred and Arthur Smith, born by Cesarean section. It is necessary to prove which is the eldest, so that he may be the beneficiary of Lord Uxbridge's will. The argument hinges on Alfred's recent round the world voyage.