Watson Has Killed Me, Alas: a Sherlock Holmes zombie mystery

Famed detective Sherlock Holmes undertakes a life-and-death mission in the British Raj, responding to reports of a “ghϋl plague” that turns its victims into zombies who crave living flesh. Loyal Watson arrives in India first, where a malignant Chinese mastermind arranges for his zombification. An unsuspecting Holmes falls victim next. Then it is up to the indomitable Holmes, in a race against time, to locate the villain and a possible antidote. But can a weakening Sherlock Holmes, losing more of his intellect every day, hope to prevail against Dr. Lòng Huòshèng, known as the Victorious Dragon — the shadowy villain who may be the infamous Dr. Fu Manchu?

About the Author

Andrew Fox has been a fan of science fiction and horror since he saw Destroy All Monsters at the drive-in theater at the age of three. His books include Fat White Vampire Blues, winner of the Ruthven Award for Best Vampire Fiction of 2003; Bride of the Fat White Vampire; Fat White Vampire Otaku; Fire on Iron, a Civil War dark fantasy; and The Good Humor Man, or, Calorie 3501, selected by Booklist as one of the Ten Best SF/Fantasy Novels of the Year for 2009. In 2006, he won the Moment Magazine-Karma Foundation Short Fiction Award. His stories have appeared in Scifi.com and Nightmare.com, and his essays have been published in Moment and Tablet Magazine. He edited a companion volume to Hazardous Imaginings, the international anthology Again, Hazardous Imaginings: More Politically Incorrect Science Fiction, which will be available from MonstraCity Press in December 2020. His next novel, The Bad Luck Spirits' Social Aid and Pleasure Club, revolves around an alternate Hurricane Katrina and will be published in February 2021. He lives in Northern Virginia with his family, where he works for a federal law enforcement agency. He can be reached at fantasticalandrewfox.com.

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