Search Worlds Without End

Some tales take us to the remote corners of the world, such as the Peru of "Cult of the Dead" or the Antarctica of "Devil's Bathtub." Like Lovecraft, Gresh fuses weirdness and science fiction in such tales as "Mandelbrot Mindrot" and "Willie the Protector." Lovecraft's "The Shadow over Innsmouth" has been a particularly fruitful source of inspiration for Gresh, as such tales as "Dreams of Death" and "Necrotic Cove" attest.

Contents:

• 9 - Underlying Darkness - essay
• 11 - Introduction (Eldritch Evolutions) - essay by Robert Weinberg
• 14 - Snip My Suckers - (1995) - shortstory
• 21 - Psychomidew Love - shortstory (variant of Psychomildew Love 1995)
• 29 - Soleman - shortstory (variant of Sole Man 1996)
• 48 - Where I Go, Mi-Go - (1997) - shortstory
• 69 - Mandelbrot Moldrot - (1996) - novelette
• 89 - Cafebabe - (1993) - shortstory
• 104 - Digital Pistil - (1994) - shortstory
• 114 - Let Me Make You Suffer - (1995) - shortstory
• 127 - Little Whorehouse of Horrors - (1998) - shortstory
• 138 - Watch Me If You Can - (1993) - shortstory
• 152 - Algorithms & Nasal Structures - (1998) - shortstory
• 166 - Debutante Ball - shortstory
• 173 - Smokestack Snout Neurology - shortstory
• 184 - The Battle of BatBrew Bulge - shortstory
• 195 - Underground Pipeline - shortstory
• 209 - Instant Gratification - (1994) - shortstory
• 221 - Lust of the Giant Sloth - shortstory
• 235 - AnOde to Thee: (or: Surfing Those Tubular Waves) - (1994) - shortstory (variant of AnOde to Thee, Or: Surfing Those Tubular Waves 1993)
• 239 - Geisha Black - shortstory
• 250 - Skinhead Bonehead - shortstory
• 262 - Wee Sweet Girlies - shortstory
• 275 - Julia Brainchild - (2010) - shortstory
• 290 - There's No Place Like Void - (2011) - shortstory
• 306 - Showdown at Red Hook - shortstory
• 320 - Scourge of the Old Ones - (2011) - shortstory
• 332 - The Lagoon of Insane Plants - (2011) - shortstory

A series of grisly murders rocks London. At each location, only a jumble of bones remains of the deceased, along with a bizarre sphere covered in strange symbols. The son of the latest victim seeks the help of Sherlock Holmes and his former partner, Dr. John Watson. They discover the common thread tying together the murders. Bizarre geometries, based on ancient schematics, enable otherworldly creatures to enter our dimension, seeking to wreak havoc and destruction. The persons responsible are gaining so much power that even Holmes's greatest enemy fears them - to the point that he seeks an unholy alliance.

Amelia Scarcliffe's monstrous brood, harbingers of Cthulhu, will soon spawn. Her songs spell insanity, death... and illimitable wealth. And Moriarty will do anything to get his hands on gold, even if it means tearing down the walls between this world and a realm of horrors.

Meanwhile, after Sherlock Holmes's last tangle with the Order of Dagon, horrifying monsters haunt the Thames, and madness stalks the streets of Whitechapel. Gang war between Moriarty's thugs and the powerful cult can only bring more terror--unless Holmes and Dr. Watson can prevent it. But can they find the cause of the neural psychoses before Watson himself succumbs?

Now united, both Fitzgerald and Moriarty travel to Innsmouth, the stronghold of the cult of the Old Ones. Holmes and Watson, accompanied by Mycroft Holmes, follow them across the ocean and discover a structure designed to bring the Old Ones into the human sphere. Yet when it is destroyed people continue to mutate and go mad.