In these six adventures, Holmes solves cases in alternate universes and alongside famous historical and fictional figures. In the title story, Watson is slandered by mysterious forces who spread the rumor that the good doctor pushed Holmes off of Reichenbach Falls. In other cases, Holmes solves a real-life murder aboard a train; partners with G.K. Chesterton's Father Brown in a murder case; helps the crusading lawyer Grace Quackenbos Humiston (affectionately...

Fairies in the garden. Frost on the pumpkins. Farmhands at the dance. Wyn Outler doesn't talk about where he came from (or how long ago). All part of the vows he took when he and his best friend turned their backs on the In-between. Decades later, when a letter arrives from an orphan boy who thinks he's found his uncle, Wyn faces the monumental task of welcoming two children into a household rife with secrets. Alfie is quite sure Merritt House is...

Les contes de la fougère regroupe six histoires fantastiques qui nous emmènent au cœur d'une nature surprenante et insoupçonnée. Ces récits mettent en avant des personnages, des lieux chargés de magie et emprunts d'une autre réalité.

Family first.In a bleak future destroyed by climate change, family is all that matters to Navarro. He'll do anything to protect those closest to him, including violate his own moral code. Then one bloody day, he finds himself the caregiver of a fragile boy who threatens everything Navarro holds dear. He knows what he has to do. The only question is, can he do it?

Did you ever wonder where Sherlock Holmes found the Persian slipper he keeps his shag tobacco in? Had Holmes and Watson ever met before that day at St. Barts? Did Holmes really believe in curses when he said he did? Dr. John Watson reveals the answers to these questions in The Persian Slipper and Other Stories along with cases involving the putative Naval Man, a night spent at a gentlemen's club, Holmes' second marriage proposal, a movable tree,...

Of all the conundrums that have puzzled Sherlockian scholars, few have been thornier than the "vexed question" of Dr. Watson's wives. In these ten stories, readers will meet the all-but-unknown women who preceded and succeeded Mary Morstan, as well as learning more about poor Mary's fate. Other cases involve Our Heroes with all levels of Victorian society, including prime ministers and prostitutes, aristocrats and generals, amateur sleuths and Scotland...

Extrait : "La comtesse Samoris. — Cette dame en noir, là-bas ? — Elle-même, elle porte le deuil de sa fille qu'elle a tuée. — Allons donc ! Que me contez-vous là ? — Une histoire toute simple, sans crime et sans violences. — Alors quoi ? — Presque rien. Beaucoup de courtisanes étaient nées pour être des honnêtes femmes, dit-on ; et beaucoup de femmes dites honnêtes pour être courtisanes, n'est-ce pas ?..." À PROPOS DES ÉDITIONS...

A dying town trapped in a time bubble. They blame Michelle Graham, a descendant of the man who broke the town.She wants to leave. The family house refuses to let her go.Then past and present bleed together…horse-drawn wagons ride alongside cars. A timeline rupture?Michelle races against time to stop the unfolding disaster. But it may change everything she knows.A twisted science fiction short story that keeps you turning the pages.

Le charme minimaliste du haïku sied parfaitement à ces minuscules évènements que nous raconte la poétesse. Respectueuse du 5/7/5 hérité du haïku japonais, la poétesse canadienne Diane Descteaux ouvre le chemin encore inexploré du haïku-rimes en faisant rimer les premiers et troisièmes vers des tercets. Divisés en quatre parties (Thé vert du printemps, thé glacé en été, thé ambré d'automne, thé des moines d'hiver), ses textes...

A quirky collection of stories about teens in lust and in love. From the first stirrings of same-sex desire to paternity questions around a teen pregnancy, 101 Ways to Dance reflects the spectrum of teen sexuality from the sweet to the scary.