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Old 01-03-2011, 03:24 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by ATDrake View Post
Some eldritch abominations wouldn't come amiss. In fact, there was a rather good Sherlock Holmes/Lovecraft anthology before all this, Shadows Over Baker Street, which spawned Neil Gaiman's excellent A Study in Emerald, available for free reading from his website. Admittedly PDF, but it mimics the look of a Victorian penny dreadful tabloid, complete with "period" ads.

That's what all these mash-up writers should aspire to.
I haven't heard of Study in Emerald before... but now I shall have to download it as soon as I'm home -- it sounds fun.

Probably 75% of the appeal of PP&Z is the cover, which is fantastic. (The other 25% of the appeal is Zombies.)
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